Former President Donald Trump has reported on his social media site Truth Social that he has been accused. Trump said the allegation “appears” to be related to boxes of classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
According to US media, the charge contains at least seven counts. These include obstruction, conspiracy and misrepresentation. While the precise details are not yet known, one of the points is also the deliberate concealment of national defense secrets in violation of the Espionage Act, according to sources familiar with the case.
“The corrupt Biden administration has informed my lawyers that I have been charged, apparently for the box hoax,” Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform. He also wrote that he was summoned to appear in court in Miami on Tuesday.
Raid on Mar-a-Lago
The allegations relate to classified government documents that were brought to his estate when he left the White House. Authorities seized 13,000 government documents in a raid on Mar-a-Lago last year. About a hundred of them were stamped secret. Trump previously said he dropped that classification when he was president, but didn’t provide evidence.
It is the first time in American history that a former president has faced a federal charge, writes the New York Times. It puts the nation in a special position not only because of Trump’s status as a former president but also as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination to run against Biden in 2024, whose administration is now pursuing a conviction of his would-be rival. .
Each national security document in Trump’s possession counts as a separate crime, writes the newspaper. In theory, the sentences carry 10-year prison sentences at a time, but, the New York Times continues, defendants in other legal espionage cases have received far less than the maximum.
‘Honestly’
In a White House press conference on Thursday, President Joe Biden rejected suggestions that any condemnation of his predecessor and rival would be politically motivated, telling reporters he was “honest.” “You will see that not once have I suggested to the Justice Department what it should and shouldn’t do,” Biden said.
Civil suit
Trump recently lost a civil suit against writer E. Jean Carroll. So the jury found him guilty of sexual abuse. Trump has to pay about 5 million dollars (4.6 million euros) in damages to Carroll. A criminal case against Trump regarding payments to porn star Stormy Daniels will begin on March 25, 2024.
Source: BNR
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