Former President Trump was dictated

37 charges, including 31 violations of the Espionage Act

as part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the mishandling of Trump White House classified documents

The 49-page indictment, released Friday by the Justice Department, describes Trump storing boxes of classified documents at several Mar-a-Lago locations, including a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, his office, his bedroom and a storage space.

According to the indictment, the classified and top-secret documents included details of the nuclear capabilities of foreign nations, as well as information on defense and weapons capabilities of both the US and foreign countries; US nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the US and allies to military attacks; and plans for possible retaliation in response to an attack.

Trump’s personal assistant Walt Nauta was also dictated as a co-conspirator.

“He did a fantastic job! They are trying to destroy his life, like the lives of so many others, in the hope that he will say bad things about ‘Trump’, the former president.

said van Nautaan announced

in a Truth Social post.

The specific charges against Nauta, a Navy veteran who often sided with Trump in the White House, were not disclosed. The Special Prosecutor’s investigation has also focused on Nauta, who

are they

Reportedly

have seen

on surveillance video helping a maintenance worker move boxes from a storage unit before the FBI executed a search warrant on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Trump announced in a social media post Thursday that he had been charged

in connection with

his handling of classified documents and was due to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday afternoon. The charge

what his legal team confirmed,

comes nearly a year after more than 100 secretly marked documents were found during an August 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.

The special counsel will make a public statement at a later date

Friday today

.

Trump said on social media that he was summoned Tuesday afternoon to the federal courthouse in Miami.

The case initially appears to be directed against U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who settled his lawsuit over the FBI investigations last year.

Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and late Thursday again claimed his innocence. On Friday, he announced he is shaking up his legal team, replacing attorneys Jim Trusty and John Rowley

who led his legal team for months,

with Todd Blanche from New York

Esq.,

and a company to be named later. Blanche assists on Trump’s other 34 felony charge related to an alleged hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in the closing days of the 2016 campaign.

Trusty and Rowley said in a joint statement that they were resigning, calling it a logical time to leave as the business had moved to Miami.

Trump and his allies quickly framed the new indictment as an attempt to downplay a political opponent, misrepresenting some, such as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.).

misrepresenting things

the legal process.

“If those in power can jail their political opponents at will, we don’t have a republic,” Hawley, a lawyer and former attorney general, tweeted.

Such claims do not account for the fact that it was a grand jury

WHO

recommended the allegations based on evidence presented to

it them

and it will be a jury

that who

decides Trump’s guilt or innocence based on the evidence provided in open court.