What to do with transferred Migration assistant files?

My 5 year old MacBook Pro display stopped working. I used Migration assistant to transfer my files to another MacBook. Can I get rid of (trash) these transferred files?

I assume you want to trash them on the hdd that resides on the 5 year old MBP.  Set it up for target disk mode and delete the files:
http://osxdaily.com/2010/04/07/how-to-boot-a-mac-in-target-disk-mode/
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3838
Ciao.

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