Donald Trump says he was 'too busy' to return classified documents

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Donald Trump said he had been too “busy” to sort through the documents holding US government secrets as he defended himself in an unusually tough interview on Fox News.

The interview was Mr Trump’s first since appearing before a judge to be presented with 37 charges brought by the federal government following an FBI search of his Florida mansion last August.

The Department of Justice accuses Mr Trump - who is vying to win back the White House next year - of violating the Espionage Act and other laws when he removed classified documents upon leaving office and failed to give them up to the National Archives.

The 77-year-old told Fox News host Bret Baier, in an interview broadcast on Monday, that as he quickly left the White House in January 2021, his personal belongings were mixed in with government documents.