Donald Trump announced that he had been indicted by a federal judge

Donald Trump On Thursday June 8 he announced that he had been indicted by federal justice for managing the White House archives, the most serious case at this point for Republicans who dream of regaining the US presidency in 2024.

About the boxes of documents he took with him when leaving the White House, he wrote on his truth social network that “the corrupt Biden administration has informed my lawyers that I have been accused. Already last summer he received an amazing search at his Florida home.

The billionaire, whose Florida home was raided last summer by FBI agents seeking records, said he will appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday.

His attorney, Jim Trusty, told CNN that his client will go to trial and that he faces seven charges under the Espionage Act, which specifically prohibits possession of classified documents in unauthorized and unsecured locations. Donald Trump, the first former president in US history to be indicted by a federal judge, is being prosecuted for obstruction of justice and perjury.

In March, he was indicted by a New York state judge on multiple counts of fraud in a 2016 case of allegedly buying the silence of an actress who starred in X movies. This time, the indictment is on the stamp. According to the US media, Donald Trump has been sued for illegal possession of state secrets, obstruction of justice and false declarations.

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The former real estate tycoon, currently ahead of other candidates for the Republican nomination, has always defended himself against any fraud and portrayed himself as a victim of “political persecution.” “I am innocent, I have done nothing wrong and I will fight”, he pledged in a video posted on Twitter on Thursday evening, denouncing “election interference at the highest level”.

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Elected Republicans immediately closed ranks around him. “This is a sad day for America,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. President Joe BidenSenator Josh Hawley ruled that the 2024 candidate was “trampling the rule of law for his own benefit.”

Without being so specific, the millionaire Elon MuskIncreasingly prominent in the political arena, it ruled, “there seems to be more interest in prosecuting Trump than other politicians.”

Democrats, on the other hand, welcomed the news while warning against Donald Trump’s speech. “He will try to instrumentalize this charge for political gain because winning the presidency may be the only way to avoid prison,” said elected official Adam Schiff. In the United States, being charged and convicted of a felony or a felony does not bar you from being a candidate, elected, or holding official office.

11,000 records

When Donald Trump left the presidency to settle down at his luxurious Mar-a-Lago home, he took full boxes of files with him. However, a 1978 law requires every US president to turn over all of his emails, letters and other working documents. archives National. Another law related to espionage prohibits anyone from keeping classified documents in unauthorized and unsecured locations.

In January 2022, after several reminders, he agreed to return 15 boxes containing more than 200 classified documents. In a letter, his lawyers assured that there were no others. After the investigation, the federal police, however, determined that he had not returned everything and that he still had a lot at his club in Palm Beach. FBI agents went there on August 8 and seized about thirty boxes containing 11,000 documents, some of which were very important to Iran or China.

In a scathing media crackdown, his lawyers have criticized the FBI for what they say is a photo showing seized documents strewn on a floral-patterned carpet stamped with the words “Top Secret” is unnecessary.

setbacks

To silence allegations of a frame-up, Justice Secretary Merrick Garland in November appointed special counsel Jack Smith to independently oversee the investigation, as well as another prosecutor into Donald Trump’s role in the attack on the Capitol.

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, as well as other former vice presidents Mike PenceWhile Joe Biden has always cooperated with justice and returned a very small number of documents of his own volition, Donald Trump has allowed the severity of his behavior to diminish.

And Donald Trump’s backlash probably won’t stop. Georgia’s attorney general, who has been investigating Republican pressure for months to try to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, must announce the outcome of his investigation by September.

With AFP