In a recent court filing, special counsel prosecutors ridiculed former President Donald Trump's claims that the classified documents case should be dismissed due to a slight rearrangement of the order of documents in the boxes. The prosecutors argued that the contents of the boxes were already stored haphazardly and that the reordering was inconsequential.

According to the 33-page filing submitted by prosecutors, Trump personally chose to store documents containing highly guarded secrets in cardboard boxes at Mar-a-Lago, his personal residence and social club. Alongside these classified documents, the boxes were found to contain a collection of keepsakes, including newspapers and various items in different shapes and sizes.

Prosecutors described how, after Trump's presidency ended, his cluttered collection of keepsakes was placed in stacks in a storage room at Mar-a-Lago. Unfortunately, several boxes fell, causing their contents to be splayed on the floor. Prosecutors accompanied their filing with previously unseen photographs showing how the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found the classified documents commingled with golf shirts, a New York Times story, cases of Diet Coke, and red Maga hats.

The filing served to defend the actions of the FBI agents who retrieved 101 classified documents from Mar-a-Lago in August 2022. It also aimed to ridicule Trump's legal arguments. Prosecutors emphasized that the slight disordering of the documents, after they were sent back to the FBI field office in Washington, did not matter. They argued that no physical evidence was destroyed and that the precise ordering of documents within the boxes could not exonerate Trump.

Trump's lawyers had previously requested the dismissal of charges, claiming that evidence was spoiled, which impeded their ability to argue that Trump was unaware of the classified documents in the boxes. Trump, along with his employees Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, was indicted last year on charges of retaining national security documents and obstructing the investigation.

The defense team argued that their potential defense strategies included claiming Trump's lack of knowledge about the documents if they were not on top of the pile and suggesting that the mixing of documents with old newspapers indicated they were placed together at the time.

Prosecutors disagreed with the notion that the charges should be dismissed. They maintained that the integrity of the evidence remained intact, allowing Trump to make his arguments regarding the proximity of documents to other materials within the boxes.

The court filings shed light on the ongoing legal battle surrounding the classified documents case. As the proceedings continue, the outcome will have significant implications for Trump and his co-defendants.