The indictment accusing former President Donald Trump of mishandling classified documents has been dropped. The document released Friday is the Justice Department’s first official confirmation of a criminal case against Trump, arising from its retention of hundreds of documents at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. Trump revealed the existence of the indictment in a Truth Social post Thursday night as well as in a video he recorded.
Trump described a “plan of attack” to the Pentagon and shared a classified map related to a military operation, according to an indictment on Friday. The document is the Justice Department’s first official confirmation of a criminal case against Trump, arising from the retention of hundreds of documents at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.
Trump revealed the existence of the indictment in a Truth Social post Thursday night as well as in a video he recorded. The indictment accuses Trump of improperly removing a number of boxes from the White House, many of which contained classified information, to be taken to Mar-a-Lago.
Trump has 37 felony charges
Trump faces 37 felony counts of mishandling classified documents. The indictment unsealed Friday also alleges he told the Pentagon “plans of attack” and shared a classified map related to a military operation. The document is the Justice Department’s first official confirmation of a criminal case against Trump, arising from the retention of hundreds of documents at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.
Trump was charged along with Walt Nauta, a Trump aide who was seen on surveillance camera removing the boxes at Mar-a-Lago. The indictment accuses Trump of improperly removing a number of boxes from the White House, many of which contained classified information, to be taken to Mar-a-Lago.
Trump Took Secret Nuclear Program Documents, Allegations Say
According to the BBC, the third point of the indictment accuses Trump of storing “information about the defense and weapons capabilities of the United States and foreign countries.”
The documents also include “the United States nuclear program, the potential vulnerability of the US and its allies to military attack” and “plans for possible retaliation” in response to a foreign attack, the BBC reported.
The indictment alleges that Trump showed the documents to others.
The indictment unsealed Friday outlined two circumstances in which Trump allegedly showed the documents to others.
One occurred at a meeting with a writer at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he described federal authorities’ “plan of attack” against him and reportedly admitted that the information was “still a secret” to him. It’s a mystery.”
Prosecutors said that later in a meeting with a representative of his Political Action Committee, Trump displayed “a classified map related to a military campaign”, admitting that he “should not have shown it to the representative and that the representative was too close”. should not go”.
In the next paragraph, prosecutors note how Trump addressed the media leak at a press conference in 2017 while he was president, saying that leaking classified information is “an illegal process” and that those involved “should be ashamed of themselves.” “
(with inputs from agencies)