Former president’s lawyer says charges include conspiracy, false statements, obstruction of justice, and illegally retaining classified documents
Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a lawyer for the former US president and another source familiar with the matter.
Trump faces seven criminal counts in the federal case, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The justice department has been investigating whether Trump mishandled classified documents he retained after leaving the White House in 2021. In April, he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records relating to hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election.
Though Garland is a Biden appointee, special counsels appointed to investigate politically sensitive cases do their jobs with a degree of independence from justice department leadership. In the current case, the justice department examined whether Trump unlawfully removed classified documents when he left office in January 2021. Part of the investigation has also looked into whether Trump or others sought to obstruct the government’s investigation.
Trump’s attorneys turned over 38 pages marked as classified to FBI and justice department officials and showed them a storage room at Mar-a-Lago, but they did not permit the agents to open any of the boxes.
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