Among the items taken from the president’s Florida residence were files that investigators said contained classified material and formed the central evidence in one of the criminal cases against him.
Aides carrying boxes of materials onto Air Force One on Friday before President Trump departed Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to spend the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida club and estate.
During a visit to the White House by the British prime minister, President Trump refused to pledge U.S. military support for a peacekeeping force for Ukraine.
Behind the scenes, cabinet secretaries compared notes as they tried to figure out how to respond to a directive from President Trump’s most powerful adviser without angering the president.