Donald Trump indictment charges over mishandling classified documents unsealed
Mr Trump, 76, announced he had been indicted in a Truth Social post on Thursday night. He is due to make a first court appearance in the case in a Miami court on Tuesday.The unsealed indictment said Mr Trump described a Pentagon “plan of attack” and shared classified map related to a military operation.
The Government documents include some of the most sensitive US military secrets, including information on the country’s nuclear program and potential domestic vulnerabilities in the event of an attack. According to the indictment, boxes of classified docs were stacked on the stage in a ballroom at Mar-a-Lago where ‘events and gatherings’ took place.It is also claimed in the indictment that Mr Trump tried to obstruct y investigations into the retention of classified documents by suggesting that his attorney falsely represent to the FBI and grand jury that he did not have the documents being called for in a subpoena.
Mr Trump has previously said he declassified those documents while president, but his attorneys have declined to make that argument in court filings.One hundred were marked as classified, even though one of Mr Trump’s lawyers had previously said all records with classified markings had been returned to the government.
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