Trump accused the US of endangering the US by keeping classified documents

In America, Laws are same for allJack Smith, the special prosecutor in charge of the investigation, revealed the document during a brief televised address.

Who is that Protecting information related to national security is essential And Violating them will endanger our countryHe insisted, asking for one Quick test To the former president.

Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has been indicted by a federal judge for managing the White House archives, a first for a former president, and he was arraigned in court in Miami on Tuesday.

I am innocentHe said he was the victim of a conspiracy by Democratic opponents to prevent him from running for the White House in 2024.

A charge sheet containing 37 people was released on Friday Illegal Retention of National Security Information, Obstruction of justice And False witness.

This isn’t America anymore!Donald Trump commented on his network True communityMaking sure we don’t have There was nothing to hide.

In the United States, a law requires presidents to turn over their emails, letters, and other working documents to the National Archives. The other prohibits espionage, keeping state secrets in unauthorized and unsecured locations.

Mar-a-Lago has 11,000 documents

In January 2021, when he left the White House to move into his luxurious Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, Donald Trump carried dozens of boxes full of files.

According to the chargesheet, they were piled up at the spot BallroomBefore being transported to a game Access from the swimming pool, where specified in certain documents Top secret were found spread out on the ground.

A photo reproduced in this document shows stacks of cabinets behind a toilet in a large bathroom.

In January 2022, after several reminders, he agreed to return 15 boxes containing nearly 200 classified documents.

However, federal police estimate that he did not return everything and kept more at his club in Palm Beach. In May, Donald Trump was subpoenaed to produce missing documents.

His lawyers returned 38 additional documents. Always believe it’s less, agents FBI On August 8, a surprise raid was conducted at Mar-a-Lago and 30 other boxes containing 11,000 documents were seized.

According to the chargesheet, these Includes information on US and foreign defense capabilities, on nuclear power projects Americans and Regarding the possible consequences of an attack on the United States and its allies.

In addition to Donald Trump, his former personal assistant, Walt Nauta, is accused of hiding the boxes at the request of his boss.

Donald Trump has been accused of endangering the security of the United States by keeping military secrets from the US military and its allies, including Canada, all over Mar-a-Lago. He faces 37 counts. Report by Jean-Sébastien Cloutier.

Republicans stand with Trump

Another special counsel is investigating parallel classified documents discovered earlier this year in a former office and home of Democratic President Joe Biden by his lawyers.

These embarrassing findings, along with others by former Vice President Mike Pence, allowed Donald Trump to underestimate the seriousness of his behavior, even though Joe Biden has always cooperated with justice, voluntarily returning a very small number of documents.

Concerned not to feed the allegations Political persecutionThe Democratic president also pledged Friday to seek a second term in 2024 did not speak File with his Justice Minister Merrick Garland and have No comment.

For their part, Republicans are closing ranks around Donald Trump, including his rivals for the party’s presidential nomination, who is far ahead.

In April, a New York state judge also indicted him, this time for account fraud, in part for a 2016 payment to the X films actress that he allegedly covered up an affair.

Attorney Jack Smith, who spent his career prosecuting war crimes in Kosovo, is still investigating Donald Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.