Trump news – latest: Trump rages at ‘joke’ indictment and says DeSantis can’t win 2024 with ‘no personality’
Former president Donald Trump spoke at two Republican state conventions on Saturday in Georgia and North Carolina, just one day after he was indicted for keeping highly-classified information at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.
The 49-page, 38-count indictment was unsealed on Friday after Mr Trump released a series of social media posts revealing that he has been indicted by a grand jury under the supervision of Special Counsel Jack Smith.
The indictment details the charges against Mr Trump and Walt Nauta, a former US Navy noncommissioned officer who left government service to work for Mr Trump after his term ended in January 2021.
The former president has fumed online about the charges and lashed out at Mr Smith calling him a “deranged lunatic”. The special counsel for his part gave a brief explanation of the sweeping indictment and reiterated that in America, the law applies to everyone.
Mr Trump repeated his attacks on Mr Smith onstage in Georgia before flying up to his second event. On the flight, he told Politico he would not quit the 2024 primary race even if convicted.
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Water: Maggie Haberman calls Trump indictment ‘one of the most devastating’ she has ever read
21:22 , Oliver O'Connell
“I think that it is one of the most devastating indictments that I have ever read.”
New York Times correspondent @maggieNYT tells @GStephanopoulos that details in federal indictment displayed former Pres. Trump having “a disregard for certain rules.” https://t.co/LVEUDNsYQN pic.twitter.com/WpQV3VB5Y2— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 11, 2023
Lindsey Graham ties himself in knots trying to defend Trump
21:15 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again ally in the Senate issued a half-hearted defence of the former president on Sunday as Republicans across Washington issued varied responses to the federal indictment against the former president.
Sen Lindsey Graham was on ABC’s This Week, where he received a grilling by host George Stephanopoulos about the allegations in the Justice Department’s 37-count indictment, unsealed last week.
John Bowden reports.
Lindsey Graham ties himself in knots trying to defend Trump
Trump kept classified documents from seven agencies
21:00 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump kept classified documents from seven agencies after leaving the White House, the 49-page and 37-count unsealed indictment against the former president has revealed.
Gustaf Kilander has the details.
Trump kept classified documents from seven agencies including CIA, DoD, and NSA
Trump to speak from golf club after Tuesday night
20:57 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump says he’ll speak from Bedminster, New Jersey at 815pm on Tuesday, just five hours after he becomes the first ever former US President arraigned on federal criminal charges.
Donald Trump’s campaign just announced that a previously-scheduled Tuesday night birthday fundraiser in NJ (he’s turning 77) will include remarks/a speech open to press. This follows the playbook the Trump team used after his New York arraignment, for first remarks on home turf.
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) June 11, 2023
Barr’s comments don’t go unnoticed by Trump
20:52 , Oliver O'Connell
In response to his attorney general’s comments on Fox News, former president Donald Trump posted on Truth Social:
Virtually everyone is saying that the Indictment is about Election Interference & should not have been brought, except Bill Barr, a “disgruntled former employee” & lazy Attorney General who was weak & totally ineffective. He doesn’t mean what he’s saying, it’s just MISINFORMATION. Barr’s doing it because he hates “TRUMP” for firing him. He was deathly afraid of the Radical Left when they said they would Impeach him. He knows the Indictment is Bull…. Turn off FoxNews when that “Gutless Pig” is on!
Watch: Bill Barr dismantles GOP talking points
20:45 , Oliver O'Connell
Bill Barr also told Fox News Sunday this morning that the entire classified documents case came about because of the reckless conduct of the former president, something he has said before.
However, he also noted: “There are two big lies that are out there right now. One is that: ‘oh, these other presidents took all these documents’ ... and the second thing is this idea that the president has complete authority to declare any document personal is facially ridiculous."
Barr debunks GOP spin: "There are 2 bigs lies that are out there right now. One is that, 'oh, these other presidents took all these documents' ... and the second thing is this idea that the president has complete authority to declare any document personal is facially ridiculous" pic.twitter.com/ofAeWzVfxE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 11, 2023
North Carolina Republicans rally around Trump after indictment
20:30 , Oliver O'Connell
Eric Garcia reports from Greensboro, North Carolina:
Any thought that Donald Trump’s latest would dampen Republican primary voters’ enthusiasm for his candidacy was quickly dispelled by the overwhelming reception the former president received at the North Carolina Republican Convention.
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North Carolina Republicans rally around Trump after indictment
Barr: ‘If even half of it is true, he is toast’
20:15 , Oliver O'Connell
Former Trump administration attorney general Bill Barr gave a devastating analysis of the indictment against Donald Trump, his former boss, in an appearance on Fox News Sunday.
Mr Barr said that if even half of what is alleged in the 49-page, 37-count document is true, then the former president is “toast”.
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Bill Barr gives devastating analysis of Trump indictment on Fox News
Jim Jordan rejects Trump’s statement suggesting Mar-a-Lago papers weren’t declassified
20:00 , Oliver O'Connell
One of Donald Trump’s most loyal champions in the House of Representatives battled a CNN reporter on Sunday over whether all the documents retained without the consent of the National Archives at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate were declassified.
Jim Jordan, chair of the House Oversight Committee, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union for an interview with Dana Bash.
John Bowden reports on what was said.
Jim Jordan rejects Trump statement suggesting Mar-a-Lago papers weren’t declassified
Watch: Michael Cohen gives potential motive for Trump taking classified documents
19:45 , Oliver O'Connell
"Donald Trump would rather burn this country down to the ground than to lose another election, but more importantly, to also lose his freedom." Michael Cohen on Trump's potential motive for taking classified documents. https://t.co/2M4TFDiDn3 pic.twitter.com/Nbiqsg8rXT
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 11, 2023
Key takeaways from the Trump indictment
19:30 , Oliver O'Connell
The federal indictment against Donald Trump outlines 37 counts related to retaining classified information, willfully retaining national defence information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and more.
The indictment was unsealed on Friday (9 June) afternoon, revealing the Department of Justice’s findings after a nearly year-long investigation into Mr Trump retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Last August, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized boxes of documents from Mr Trump’s home, some of which included top secret records detailing a foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities, via a search warrant.
The search warrant was executed after the National Archives made multiple attempts to obtain classified documents that Mr Trump allegedly took with him when he left office in 2021.
The indictment lays out various allegations against Mr Trump and names his aide Walt Nauta as a co-conspirator.
Here are key points from the indictment:
Eight key takeaways from the Trump indictment
Watch: Rep Goldman says Trump does not believe law applies to him
19:15 , Oliver O'Connell
"There is a through line with Donald Trump from the moment that he walked down the escalator to today...He does not believe that the law applies to him."@danielsgoldman to @jrpsaki on Trump's indictment. pic.twitter.com/77wjbCM4Zt
— Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) June 11, 2023
Pence struggles to send clear message on Trump indictment
19:00 , Oliver O'Connell
Mike Pence struggled to take a clear stance on troubles concerning former US president Donald Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case.
Mr Trump is reportedly facing 37 counts of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate.
These charges come less than three months after he was charged in New York with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Earlier this week, during an appearance on CNN, Mr Pence shared his views about Trump’s indictment.
Peony Hirwani reports.
Mike Pence struggles to send clear message on Trump indictment
Watch: Former AG Holder says idea of convicted felon as president ‘absurd’
18:45 , Oliver O'Connell
Former U.S. Attorney General @EricHolder: "The notion that a convicted felon...would serve as President of the United States is absurd, is simply absurd." pic.twitter.com/ksoJhlyWkY
— Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) June 11, 2023
Watch: Sen Coons says GOP must explain why Trump should be reelected given indictment
18:30 , Oliver O'Connell
“I think the challenges here are for Republicans to explain to the American people why they are confident Pres. Trump should be reelected, given his casual, even callous, mishandling of critical national security documents,” Sen. Chris Coons says. https://t.co/Ise3ja0zwf pic.twitter.com/APPofJ8qIv
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 11, 2023
GOP Congressman’s ‘scary as hell’ tweet seemingly calls for insurrection
18:00 , Oliver O'Connell
GOP Representative Clay Higgins appeared to call for an insurrection following the announcement that Donald Trump would face a second set of indictments stemming from his possession of sensitive documents following his presidency.
After the announcement, Mr Higgins, a GOP congressman from Louisiana and a former law enforcement officer, issued a strange tweet responding to the news.
Graig Graziosi has the story.
GOP lawmaker’s tweet seemingly calls for ‘war’ after Trump indictment
17:45 , Oliver O'Connell
Watch live as Trump supporters gather in Florida
What is an indictment? Here’s what Donald Trump is facing
17:30 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump on Thursday broke another legal barrier when he became the first former US president ever to be federally indicted.
A federal grand jury indicted Mr Trump in the investigation into his alleged improper retention of classified documents. The indictment unsealed on Friday revealed 37 counts against the former president, including conspiracy to obstruct, willful retention of documents, and false statements.
He was already under indictment for his role in an alleged scheme to make a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the buildup to the 2016 election.
Now, Mr Trump is facing yet more legal headaches. In a post to Truth Social, he wrote that he has been summoned to appear at a federal courthouse in Miami to be arraigned next Tuesday at 3pm ET.
Here’s a rundown of what all the legal terminology means and how we might see Mr Trump’s case progress through the criminal justice system.
What is an indictment? Here’s what Donald Trump is facing
With indictment overshadowing 2024 race, DeSantis argues he's top Trump alternative
17:00 , Oliver O'Connell
Republican White House candidate Ron DeSantis plowed ahead Saturday with efforts to portray himself as his party’s staunchest national conservative leader, even as the 2024 GOP race has been disrupted by drama surrounding the 37-count felony federal indictment for mishandling classified documents against former President Donald Trump.
The Florida governor sought to project strength amid the turmoil by campaigning in Oklahoma — one of more than a dozen states scheduled to hold its Republican primary on Super Tuesday, weeks after the earliest states vote.
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DeSantis argues he's top Trump alternative even as ex-president's indictment overshadows 2024 race
Watch: Sununu urges 2024 GOP candidates to ‘come out’ on seriousness of Trump indictment
16:33 , Oliver O'Connell
GOP New Hampshire @GovChrisSununu urges 2024 Republican presidential candidates to "come out" on the Trump classified documents indictment and "acknowledge this is different, this is serious, if even half of this stuff is true."
"Everybody needs to come out in concert," he says. pic.twitter.com/gP86kS65WG— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) June 11, 2023
Kimberly Guilfoyle posts chilling warning over Trump indictment
16:30 , Oliver O'Connell
Kimberly Guilfoyle, former Fox News host and Trump adviser — and also fiancé to Donald Trump Jr — has joined the chorus of violent rhetoric that has erupted from the right following the indictment of the former president.
Known for her bombastic presentation style, Ms Guilfoyle is often one of the most vocal supporters of Donald Trump.
After the indictment of the former president on 37 charges relating to the trove of classified documents he retained following his time in office and refused to return to the federal government, Ms Guilfoyle did not hold back.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle posts chilling warning over Trump indictment
Trump remains defiant at North Carolina GOP convention
16:00 , Oliver O'Connell
Former president Donald Trump delivered a defiant speech in North Carolina on Saturday night despite being indicted just days before, taking swipes at the Justice Department, the investigation that led to the indictment and even his Republican opponents.
Mr Trump took the stage at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro for the North Carolina GOP Convention, where he received an overwhelming reception despite his increasing legal woes. The Independent first reported that the Justice Department was ready to seek an indictment agianst Mr Trump, who now faces 37 charges related to his improper handling of classified materials.
A federal grand jury under the supervision of special c ounsel Jack Smith indicted Mr Trump on on a slew of charges, including showing highly classified information to unauthorised people on two separate occasions.
Mr Trump proclaimed his innocence onstage in North Carolina, calling the indictment a plot by “the radical left Democrats” and their “lawless partisan prosecutors.”
Eric Garcia reports from North Carolina.
Trump delivers defiant speech after indictment in North Carolina
Trump attacks special counsel Jack Smith in post-indictment speech
15:30 , Oliver O'Connell
During his first public remarks since the unsealing of the 49-page, 37-charge indictment against him, Donald Trump again lashed out at special counsel Jack Smith the lead prosecutor in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe.
Speaking at the state Republican Party convention in Columbus, Georgia, the former president and current presidential candidate gave a meandering stump speech weaving in his apparent incredulity regarding the charges levied against him.
As with all of his foes, political or judicial, Mr Trump has already veered into personal attacks against the individuals concerned on his social media platform Truth Social but relished his first opportunity to talk to a large, enraptured crowd of followers.
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Trump attacks special counsel Jack Smith in post-indictment speech with bizarre claim
Watch: Lindsey Graham believes espionage charges ‘completely wrong'
15:24 , Oliver O'Connell
Pressed by @GStephanopoulos on alleged recording of former Pres. Trump sharing sensitive info, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump is being targeted unfairly.
"I would like to review the system...I think the espionage charges are completely wrong." https://t.co/TAi6FOqGGJ pic.twitter.com/GXYxP5nv2z— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 11, 2023
Watch: Former FBI special agent says ‘the receipts are here’ in Trump case
15:07 , Oliver O'Connell
“The receipts are here,” former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa says of the federal indictment against former Pres. Trump in classified documents case.
“This is conduct that I don’t think Mike Pence or Joe Biden engaged in at any way at all.” https://t.co/PJkPNL9usJ pic.twitter.com/v1ExbIbZPh— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 11, 2023
Kari Lake called out over incendiary threat to Biden admin over Trump indictment: ‘This will escalate’
15:00 , Oliver O'Connell
Kari Lake, the GOP nominee and election denier who lost the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, has issued an incendiary warning to the Biden administration over the indictment of Donald Trump.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
Kari Lake issues incendiary threat to Biden admin over Trump indictment
Watch: Bill Barr says Espionage Act counts ‘solid'
14:40 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump's former Attorney General Bill Barr:
"I think the counts under the Espionage Act ... are solid counts ... If even half of it is true, then he's toast. It's a very detailed indictment, and it's very, very damning." pic.twitter.com/DleBOaPw4f— The Recount (@therecount) June 11, 2023
Former attorney general Bill Barr also told Fox News about the Trump indictment: “I was shocked by the degree of sensitivity of these documents and how many there were, frankly.”
“If even half of it is true, he’s toast. It is a very detailed indictment and it’s very, very damning.”
Mr Barr says the indictment alleges “very egregious obstruction” and adds “this whole thing came about because of reckless conduct” by the former president.
The former attorney general added: “This idea of presenting Trump as a victim here, a victim of a witch hunt, is ridiculous.”
“He was totally wrong,” he said.
"This idea of presenting Trump as a victim here, a victim of a witch hunt, is ridiculous."
—Former Attorney General Bill Barr pic.twitter.com/aVvMKEy3TR— The Recount (@therecount) June 11, 2023
Pence won’t say whether he’s read Trump indictment
14:30 , Oliver O'Connell
Former vice president Mike Pence refused to answer a question from The Independent about whether he had read the indictment against former president Donald Trump as he left the North Carolina Republican Party’s convention on Saturday.
Eric Garcia filed this report from the convention.
Pence won’t say whether he’s read the Trump indictment after calling for its release
Watch: Trump attorney says no chance of plea deal
14:12 , Oliver O'Connell
Fox's Shannon Bream on Trump indictment: "Any chance that he would take a plea deal?"
Trump attorney Alina Habba: "No. I could never imagine. I know I would never advise that, especially when he's not done anything wrong. You take a plea deal to make something go away." pic.twitter.com/tctrhTvGHS— The Recount (@therecount) June 11, 2023
DoJ will ‘go for incarceration’ if Trump is convicted
14:00 , Oliver O'Connell
The Department of Justice is likely to attempt to have former President Donald Trump incarcerated if he’s convicted following the indictment laying out 37 charges against him in relation to his handling of classified national defence information.
National security lawyer and George Washington University law professor Kel McClanahan said that the department will probably “want to go for incarceration” in the case of Mr Trump, according to Insider.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
DoJ to ‘go for incarceration’ if Trump is convicted, national security lawyer says
Trump mocked after indictment reveals he praised staffer who deleted Hillary Clinton emails
13:15 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump has been mocked for praising an attorney who deleted 30,000 of Hillary Clinton’s emails, according to the unsealed indictment from special counsel Jack Smith.
As a candidate and president, Mr Trump repeatedly called for his 2016 presidential opponent to be locked up after she was found to have been “extremely careless” in using a private server for official communications as secretary of state.
Privately, he joked about how her lawyers had “done a great job” deleting the emails and in his telling, protecting her from scrutiny, according to the indictment.
Bevan Hurley reports.
Trump mocked after indictment reveals he praised staffer who deleted Clinton emails
Legal scholar tells Fox News the Trump indictment is ‘extremely damning’
12:30 , Oliver O'Connell
Fox News legal commentator Jonathan Turley didn’t hold back after the indictment charging former President Donald Trump with 37 counts was unsealed.
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Jonathan Turley tells Fox News Trump indictment is ‘extremely damning’
Key takeaways from the Trump indictment
11:45 , Oliver O'Connell
The federal indictment against Donald Trump outlines 37 counts related to retaining classified information, willfully retaining national defence information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and more.
The indictment was unsealed on Friday (9 June) afternoon, revealing the Department of Justice’s findings after a nearly year-long investigation into Mr Trump retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Last August, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized boxes of documents from Mr Trump’s home, some of which included top secret records detailing a foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities, via a search warrant.
The search warrant was executed after the National Archives made multiple attempts to obtain classified documents that Mr Trump allegedly took with him when he left office in 2021.
The indictment lays out various allegations against Mr Trump and names his aide Walt Nauta as a co-conspirator.
Here are key points from the indictment:
Eight key takeaways from the Trump indictment
What does a Florida grand jury and judge means for Trump’s indictment?
10:45 , Oliver O'Connell
It was anticipated that a federal investigation into Donald Trump’s retention of top-secret documents months after he left the White House would result in charges in Washington DC.
But the damning 37-count indictment, with more than two dozen counts of illegally withholding classified documents under the Espionage Act, was filed on 8 June in US District Court in Florida, his primary residence and the location of his notorious Mar-a-Lago resort property, where mounds of boxes with sensitive government documents were discovered by federal law enforcement.
Read more from Alex Woodward...
What a Florida grand jury and judge means for Trump’s indictment
Ex-president’s indictment overshadows DeSantis in North Carolina
09:45 , Oliver O'Connell
In another era, a Republican frontrunner facing his second indictment in three months would mean that primary voters would actively be shopping for other candidates to put up against a president as unpopular as President Joe Biden.
Instead, former president Donald Trump’s indictment, which he announced on Thursday evening and which was unsealed on Friday, calcified his support among Republican voters at the North Carolina Republican Convention in Greensboro. If anything, the 37-count indictment accusing Mr Trump of showing highly classified information to unauthorised persons on two separate occasions made Republicans in the Tar Heel State more likely to support him.
Eric Garcia reports from North Carolina.
Trump indictment overshadows DeSantis in North Carolina
Romney’s blistering response to Trump’s damning indictment
08:45 , Oliver O'Connell
Republican US Senator Mitt Romney said that former president Donald Trump had brought an indictment upon himself for his taking classified documents and refusing to return them.
Mr Romney released a statement on Friday after news that a grand jury indicted Mr Trump for his alleged unlawful of retention of national defence information at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Eric Garcia reports.
Mitt Romney’s blistering response to Trump’s damning indictment
Trump lashes out at ‘deranged lunatic’ and ‘psycho’ Jack Smith
07:45 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump has lashed out at special counsel Jack Smith, branding the federal prosecutor a “deranged lunatic” and “psycho” for indicting him over mishandling of secret national security papers.
The former president attacked Mr Smith on his Truth Social platform after the Department of Justice’s 49-page, 37-count indictment against him was unsealed on Friday.
Graeme Massie has the story.
Trump lashes out at ‘deranged lunatic’ and ‘psycho’ Jack Smith
Pence struggles to send clear message on Trump indictment
06:45 , Oliver O'Connell
Mike Pence struggled to take a clear stance on troubles concerning former US president Donald Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case.
Mr Trump is reportedly facing 37 counts of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate.
These charges come less than three months after he was charged in New York with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Earlier this week, during an appearance on CNN, Mr Pence shared his views about Trump’s indictment and reiterated them during an appearance in North Carolina on Saturday.
Mike Pence struggles to send clear message on Trump indictment
Trump's GOP defenders in Congress leap into action
06:00 , Oliver O'Connell
Former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of mishandling classified documents is set to play out in a federal court in Florida. But hundred of miles away, part of Trump’s defense is well underway in a different venue — the halls of Congress, where Republicans have been preparing for months to wage an aggressive counter-offensive against the Justice Department.
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Trump's GOP defenders in Congress leap into action on charges after months of preparation
Why a tape of Trump’s remarks could land him in prison
05:15 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted a legally dubious claim that he declassified sensitive documents at his Mar-a-Lago property before he left the White House after losing the 2020 presidential election.
But he admitted, on a tape, six months after leaving office, that a document in his possession was “classified”, “highly confidential” and “secret information”. He admitted, on tape, that he could declassify such documents as president, but now that he is out of office, “I can’t.”
Alex Woodward reports.
Trump’s recording in ‘highly confidential’ documents case could land him in prison
Key moments in Trump indictment
04:30 , Oliver O'Connell
The Justice Department detailed stunning allegations against former President Donald Trump in a criminal indictment unsealed Friday, including allegations he stored classified documents in a bathroom and shower at his Florida club, flaunted the documents to people without security clearances and at times tried to conceal material from his own lawyers as well as investigators.
In the indictment, prosecutors spell out the types of classified material the Republican presidential candidate is accused of keeping at his Florida beach club after he left office in 2021, along with where he is said to have kept them and what he did with them.
A look at key moments as described in the indictment:
Key moments in Trump indictment: Showing off classified material, storing documents in a bathroom
The federal charges against Donald Trump
03:45 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump faces 37 counts in a federal indictment stemming from the US Department of Justice investigation into his possession of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago property.
Federal prosecutors will charge the former president with willful retention of national defense secrets in violation of the Espionage Act, conspiracy to obstruct justice, corruptly concealing documents, concealing documents in a federal investigation, scheme to conceal, and making false statements.
Thirty-one counts relate to each document alleged in his possession, five counts relate to Mr Trump concealing them, and two counts relate to false statements.
Alex Woodward has the details.
The federal charges against Donald Trump
Mystery over female Trump family member mentioned in indictment
03:00 , Oliver O'Connell
A female member of Donald Trump’s family was involved in decisions over how to handle classified US government documents that he took from the White House, prosecutors have said.
In a historic indictment unsealed on Friday, authorities alleged that an unnamed family member gave instructions to Mr Trump’s aide Walt Nauta as he was preparing to squirrel away documents that the former president did not wish to give back.
The accusation widens the circle of people who may have had unauthorised influence over sensitive information about US nuclear weapons, military plans, foreign relations, and more.
Yet the identity of the family member remains a mystery, with the only clue being that Mr Nauta allegedly addressed her as “ma’am”.
Io Dodds has the story.
Mystery female Trump family member allegedly involved in decisions over secret papers
A timeline of events leading to Donald Trump's indictment
02:32 , Oliver O'Connell
The 49-page federal indictment of former President Donald Trump lays out a stunning timeline of events, detailing allegations that he not only mishandled sensitive material, but also took steps to hide records and impede investigators.
Here are some of the key events leading to the 37 criminal charges against Trump, according to the indictment:
A timeline of events leading to Donald Trump's indictment in the classified documents case
McCarthy says Trump indictment will ‘disrupt the nation’
02:15 , Oliver O'Connell
Kevin McCarthy launched an aggressive defence of Donald Trump after his indictment on 37 counts of mishandling top secret documents.
“This is going to disrupt this nation because it goes to the core of equal justice for all which is not being seen today,” the Republican House Speaker told Fox News on Friday.
“And we’re not going to stand for it.”
Bevan Hurley reports.
Kevin McCarthy says Trump indictment will ‘disrupt the nation’
02:00 , Oliver O'Connell
After another 90 minutes, Trump wraps up by promising to put America first again and “demolish the deep state”.
Trump winds down his lengthy North Carolina speech on a cheery note: "This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state." pic.twitter.com/Tmf1xPOiVC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 11, 2023
01:56 , Oliver O'Connell
After a victory lap on his role in ending Roe v Wage, there is a huge round of applause for the promise to make every civil service take an exam to understand the Constitution.
The irony appears lost on him.
01:49 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump is running through what he would do if elected again in 2024.
The biggest applause and cheers from the crowd go towards his promises surrounding critical race theory and transgenderism, and then again when he says he will not give any money to schools that have vaccine mandates, and for a final time when he says he will keep men out of women’s sports and will ban “child sexual mutilation”.
01:35 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump goes on an extended tear about CNN and former CEO Chris Licht who was just fired from the network after a botched effort to drag the network to the right.
Trump: Did you see the town hall with CNN? I was on with a young woman who was I said nasty. She was a very nasty woman but it worked out very well and they were all saying he owns you. AOC was screaming he owns you, get him off the air pic.twitter.com/RIERom7OC5
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 11, 2023
More on that:
Chris Licht out at CNN after botched attempt to drag network right
01:31 , Oliver O'Connell
While still raspy, Trump has picked up steam as he makes his way through his talking points adding different digressions and adlibs than the earlier speech in Georgia.
Some are mind-boggling versions of events and others are questionable, such as this one about “sadists” at the Veterans Administration who “would beat up old wonderful soldiers. Beat the hell out of them. They got their jollies out of it. They’re sick. And we weren’t allowed to fire them.”
Trump claims that when he became president there were "sadists" working at the VA who "would beat up old wonderful soldiers. Beat the hell out of them. They got their jollies out of it. They're sick. And we weren't allowed to fire them." pic.twitter.com/R1vAGEVO2O
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 11, 2023
01:21 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump goes after DeSantis with his various nicknames and the idea that the Florida governor changed his name mid-campaign.
Trump: Once you get used to saying DeSanctus, it’s hard to say DeSantis… He’s changing his name. Now its Dee Santis… You don’t change your name in the middle of a campaign pic.twitter.com/EwSsYFpbnH
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 11, 2023
More on that:
Trump accuses DeSantis of faking his own name
01:14 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump jokes about the indictment but then reiterates that he doesn’t really like to be indicted.
Trump: I was a very good student at the Wharton School of Finance. Can you imagine? I wonder if they're proud of me. I got indicted. I wonder if they say Oh, that's wonderful. I've been indicted twice.. pic.twitter.com/iUnjT8G4KC
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 11, 2023
“When I was studying, when I was a very, very successful businessman. When I did The Apprentice, and I did lots of books that were big, big, big, big sellers…I never had the word indictment.”
01:06 , Oliver O'Connell
This was a horrific turn of phrase for mentioning debunked electoral fraud conspiracies.
Was there a chandelier above it? https://t.co/QgPrTI4Xwb
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) June 11, 2023
01:04 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump says: “At the end of the day, either the communists destroy America, or we destroy the communists.”
Trump: "At the end of the day, either the communists destroy America, or we destroy the communists." pic.twitter.com/tgC6VmY2aV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 11, 2023
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:59 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump claims he was ready to take over Venezuela and its oil when he left office.
Trump: When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over, we would have gotten all that oil. pic.twitter.com/5q3Jr1j1Ho
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2023
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:56 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump compares the Espionage Act to “the creation of missiles in your basement!”
TRUMP: “They’re going after me for the Espionage Act—that’s like the creation of missiles in your basement!”
— Sophia Cai (@SophiaCai99) June 10, 2023
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:51 , Oliver O'Connell
In a major riff against the press — in which he reminds the audience he is suing the Pulitzer organisation — Trump attacks Woodward and Bernstein of Watergate fame, calling them “major sleazebags”.
"Poor Richard Nixon, he had to put up with them" -- Trump seems like he wanted to praise Woodward and Bernstein as real journalists but then he remembers they covered him critically so he calls them "major sleazebags" instead pic.twitter.com/JkPwBguK8z
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:42 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump takes a moment to take a jab at “Ron DeSanctimonious”.
Trump says of DeSantis “he’s got no personality” says “he was dead” when he asked for his endorsement.
— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) June 10, 2023
“I got this guy in, so you think he’d have some loyalty.”
Watch below:
Trump: We are leading Desanctimonious by massive numbers. He’s heading south quickly. No personality. You gotta have a personality to win. He’s got no personality.
Audience: *laughs* pic.twitter.com/3q8OzhuzcB— Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2023
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:40 , Oliver O'Connell
Compared to his earlier speech, he sounds tired and less fired up, quickly skipping over many of the points he made earlier with fewer digressions.
the Durham report did not prove this. not even close pic.twitter.com/Q9cDohX0VH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:38 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump says he is asked how he can stand all the investigations and criticism and he says that in a “sick way” he kind of enjoys it and then complains about being indicted over nothing.
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:32 , Oliver O'Connell
After the customary introductions and congratulations to local politicians, Trump begins his remarks much the same as his earlier remarks in Georgia.
He rails against his usual list of foes and says that on 5 November 2024 they are going to evict “corrupt” President Biden from the White House.
Trump now at the North Carolina GOP convention, where he’s giving (so far) the same speech this afternoon in Georgia. pic.twitter.com/tvwLrNBOkI
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) June 10, 2023
Trump takes to the stage in North Carolina
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:26 , Oliver O'Connell
Lee Greenwood plays and Trump walks onto the stage.
Here we go again.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s company not happy with Trump use of 'Air’ monologue
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:10 , Oliver O'Connell
The production company of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck has asked the Trump campaign to stop using their work in the fundraising videos.
Former President Donald Trump posted a video on Saturday on his Truth Social platform that included a monologue from the Amazon movie Air in which Mr Damon plays the Nike marketing and sales representative Sonny Vaccaro, a film directed by Mr Affleck.
The film depicts the story of Nike’s rise as a brand.
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Matt Damon’s production company asks Trump to stop using its work in video
Sunday 11 June 2023 00:06 , Oliver O'Connell
More from Isenstadt’s interview with Trump for Politico.
Trump predicted he would not be convicted and said he did not anticipate taking a plea deal, though he left open the possibility of doing so “where they pay me some damages.”
He sidestepped the possibility that he would pardon himself should he win the presidency in 2024. “I don’t think I’ll ever have to,” Trump said. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”
He sidestepped the possibility that he would pardon himself should he win the presidency in 2024. “I don’t think I’ll ever have to,” Trump said. “I didn’t do anything wrong.” https://t.co/2wDpeV12ph
— Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) June 10, 2023
Earlier: Pence speaks about indictment in North Carolina
Saturday 10 June 2023 23:59 , Oliver O'Connell
Pence: A former president facing an unprecedented indictment by a justice department run by the current president and a potential political rival. We as Republicans know no one is above the law but… pic.twitter.com/nEUghIFr0W
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 23:47 , Oliver O'Connell
More from Isenstadt’s interview with Trump for Politico via Jill Colvin of the AP:
I don’t care that my poll numbers went up by a lot. I don’t want to be indicted. I’ve never been indicted. I went through my whole life, now I get indicted every two months. It’s been political.
Donald J Trump
“Nobody wants to be indicted,” Trump tells @politicoalex. “I don’t care that my poll numbers went up by a lot. I don’t want to be indicted. I’ve never been indicted. I went through my whole life, now I get indicted every two months. It’s been political.” https://t.co/yzaw0YKrEj
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) June 10, 2023
Trump vows to stay in 2024 race even if convicted
Saturday 10 June 2023 23:21 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump has said he will remain in the 2024 race for the White House even if he is convicted, vowing to never leave. Alex Isenstadt of Politico spoke with the former president this evening. He tweeted: “[T]rump just said aboard his plane that he would stay in the race even if convicted, though he insisted he was innocent.”
Per Politico:
Donald Trump vowed on Saturday to continue running for president even if he were to be convicted as part of the 37-count federal felony indictment that was issued against him this week.
“I’ll never leave,” Trump said in an interview aboard his plane. “Look, if I would have left I would have left prior to the original race in 2016. That was a rough one. In theory that was not doable.”
Kari Lake issues incendiary threat to Biden admin over Trump indictment
Saturday 10 June 2023 23:15 , Oliver O'Connell
Kari Lake, the GOP nominee and election denier who lost the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, has issued an incendiary warning to the Biden administration over the indictment of Donald Trump.
The former president has been indicted on 37 counts in relation to his allegedly illegal retention of classified national security information that he’s reported to have taken with him to his Palm Beach, Florida club Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House in January 2021.
The consensus among legal experts appears to be that Mr Trump is in serious legal jeopardy that may end in a decades-long prison sentence.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
Kari Lakes issues incendiary threat to Biden admin over Trump indictment
Pence won’t say whether he’s read Trump indictment
Saturday 10 June 2023 22:45 , Oliver O'Connell
Former vice president Mike Pence refused to answer a question from The Independent about whether he had read the indictment against former president Donald Trump as he left the North Carolina Republican Party’s convention on Saturday.
Eric Garcia report for The Independent from the convention.
Pence won’t say whether he’s read the Trump indictment after calling for its release
In pictures: Trump speaks at Georgia GOP convention
Saturday 10 June 2023 22:33 , Oliver O'Connell
Ex-president’s indictment overshadows DeSantis in North Carolina
Saturday 10 June 2023 22:15 , Oliver O'Connell
In another era, a Republican frontrunner facing his second indictment in three months would mean that primary voters would actively be shopping for other candidates to put up against a president as unpopular as President Joe Biden.
Instead, former president Donald Trump’s indictment, which he announced on Thursday evening and which was unsealed on Friday, calcified his support among Republican voters at the North Carolina Republican Convention in Greensboro. If anything, the 37-count indictment accusing Mr Trump of showing highly classified information to unauthorised persons on two separate occasions made Republicans in the Tar Heel State more likely to support him.
Eric Garcia reports from North Carolina.
Trump indictment overshadows DeSantis in North Carolina
Trump attacks special counsel Jack Smith in post-indictment speech
Saturday 10 June 2023 22:06 , Oliver O'Connell
During his first public remarks since the unsealing of the 49-page, 37-charge indictment against him, Donald Trump again lashed out at special counsel Jack Smith the lead prosecutor in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe.
Speaking at the state Republican Party convention in Columbus, Georgia, the former president and current presidential candidate gave a meandering stump speech weaving in his apparent incredulity regarding the charges levied against him.
As with all of his foes, political or judicial, Mr Trump has already veered into personal attacks against the individuals concerned on his social media platform Truth Social but relished his first opportunity to talk to a large, enraptured crowd of followers.
Read more...
Trump attacks special counsel Jack Smith in post-indictment speech with bizarre claim
Mark Levin screams at camera in outrage at Trump indictment
Saturday 10 June 2023 21:45 , Oliver O'Connell
He really lost it.
Fox host Mark Levin screams at camera in rant over Trump’s indictment
Saturday 10 June 2023 21:20 , Oliver O'Connell
And after almost exactly 90 minutes, Trump concludes his remarks on a hopeful note.
That everybody is being murdered in the streets of our great cities. Phew.
"Everybody's being murdered" -- Trump wraps up his speech on a hopeful note LMAO pic.twitter.com/xktU3CHdH7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 21:14 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump circles back to Russia/Ukraine and China, election interference and law enforcement, Fake News and how he’s suing the Pulitzer Prize.
Saturday 10 June 2023 21:08 , Oliver O'Connell
“China Virus”, social security, medicare, LIV Golf, Ron DeSanctimonious, CRT, transgender issues, parental rights, vaccine mandates... Trump is deep into his greatest hits here.
He has been speaking for almost 90 minutes.
Trump: When a politician has an idea to hurt social security, make the age 70, hurt medicare, 100% they go back to it after the election.. pic.twitter.com/0ajPZHCW8t
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:58 , Oliver O'Connell
Again Trump is skipping through stump speech topics on immigration, completely overhauling the DoJ, tariffs, and crime.
Donald Trump: "I will direct a...completely overhauled DOJ to investigate every radical DA in America for their illegal racist in reverse enforcement of the law." pic.twitter.com/RFOIW5qgnL
— Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:54 , Oliver O'Connell
Next Trump reiterates his claim he can end the war in Ukraine and that he is the only candidate who can prevent World War Three.
Trump claims that if elected, he'll prevent "obliteration of the entire world" pic.twitter.com/8V0xwB5W00
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:51 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump is now in full stump speech mode, jumping around topics ranging from electric cars to dishwashers to Mexico to NAFTA to China to the Supreme Court and rebuilding the military.
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:44 , Oliver O'Connell
Talking about his Republican primary rivals he says of former vice president Mike Pence: “He's a nice person, he's trying to get nasty though, so we might have to fight a different way.”
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:43 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump keeps comparing the US to Communist China based on the fact that he lost an election.
Trump: If they heard something wrong, they would have an obligation to tell me on the phone… I was complaining about an election that I think was rigged. The day that you are not allowed to complain about an election, then we are indeed communist China. pic.twitter.com/w83qgm45OC
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:42 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump’s rambling speaking style has this speech going around in circles, reiterating the same points again and again.
You’ve gotta feel for whoever is operating the Teleprompter.
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:31 , Oliver O'Connell
Again, because this speech is in Georgia, Trump invites Marjorie Taylor Greene up to speak.
Trump calls Marjorie Taylor Greene "beautiful" and brings her on stage pic.twitter.com/ZKqhRn5Psy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:27 , Oliver O'Connell
As this speech is in Georgia, Trump also mocks the “Lunatic, Marxist” district attorney in Atlanta, for investigating what he calls a “perfect phone call” after the 2020 election.
Claiming that recent elections in Georgia were rigged, Trump gets a big round of applause.
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:25 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump attacks special counsel Jack Smith again calling him “deranged” and his wife “a Trump-hater.” He then wishes her “a lot of luck”.
He also says of Smith: “I watched him yesterday go up and talk... He was shaking. He was so scared. He didn’t want to be there because ultimately these are cowards.”
Trump brings up Jack Smith's wife and says, "I wish her a lot of luck." He then suggests Mike Pence should've been charged for mishandling classified materials. pic.twitter.com/PsOF6i8QJb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Trump also claims there was no obstruction concerning the classified documents.
Trump: We didn’t do any obstruction pic.twitter.com/aNtfKmEJqs
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:19 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump continues to talk about Biden’s 1,850 boxes.
Here’s the fact-check of that by CNN’s Daniel Dale.
Trump, speaking in Georgia this afternoon, keeps saying "1,850 boxes." Again, facts: https://t.co/mwYJP6rEo5 pic.twitter.com/3k2OKY69TO
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:18 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump’s defence amounts to “whataboutism” about Joe Biden and the Clintons and the fact that there were photos of his document boxes outside the White House when he left office, which he claims means the contents of them and his refusal to turn over classified materials aren’t a big deal?
Trump's self-defense is that there were photos of his document boxes outside the White House when he left office, therefore ... the contents of them and his refusal to turn over classified materials aren't a big deal? pic.twitter.com/8xBLIq8IIQ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Watch: Trump says Biden trying to jail opponents like they do in Stalinist Russia
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:16 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump: "Biden is trying to jail his leading political opponent, an opponent that's beating him by a lot in the polls, just like they do in Stalinist Russia or Communist China. No difference." pic.twitter.com/siltilT6IQ
— Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:12 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump gets an extended round of applause after he frames his indictment as election interference and says, "you have to defeat 'em ... they're coming after you, and I'm just standing in their way" pic.twitter.com/tk397vqr9o
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:10 , Oliver O'Connell
As far as the joke of an indictment. a horrible thing. it's a horrible thing for this country. I mean, the only good thing about it is it's driven my poll numbers way up. Can you believe now it's driven up way up and somebody said the fundraising is through the roof that's less important.
But I will tell you, it's really driven us right through this guy. We're really winning big. We're winning by everyone beating the hell out of the Republicans and we're beating the hell out of Joe Biden.
That's why they're doing it if I wasn't, let me tell you if I wasn't there'd be no witch hunt. They'd been no indictment. If I was losing, winning by a lot against the Democrats, if I were losing, you know, they're the party of disinformation. They say, Oh, we want to run against Trump. We want to run so badly against Trump.
We won the first time and that we did better the second time
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:07 , Oliver O'Connell
The ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the administration’s weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. Many people have said that. Democrats have even said this vicious persecution is a travesty of justice.
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:06 , Oliver O'Connell
They’ve launched one hoax and witch hunt after another to try and stop our movement ... witch hunt, witch hunt, scam hoax.
It’s called election interference and they’re doing the best they can with it. Because who the hell would vote for them with the policies that they have of open borders and no voter ID.
As the Durham report which just came out proved they spied on my campaign, think of it. Can you imagine if it was the other way around? They spied on my campaign and we caught them. They forged false evidence to get illegal surveillance warrants. The FBI offered $1 million for a fictitious dossier written by a foreign spy to try to frame me for treason ... These people don’t stop and they’re bad that we have to get rid of them. We have to get rid of them. They put our country through hell and they knew it was all a lie. The entire time. They know it was a lie.
Saturday 10 June 2023 20:00 , Oliver O'Connell
While listing his various enemies he jokes that every time he flies over a blue state he gets a subpoena.
ok this is kinda funny pic.twitter.com/C5L8FNmmmv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Trump takes to the stage
Saturday 10 June 2023 19:57 , Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump has taken to the stage in Columbus, Georgia to give his first public remarks since his indictment was unsealed on Friday.
He has started calmly thanking his allies and supporters in attendance but he’s expected to get fiery later on.
Trump is about to give a fiery speech in Georgia, his first public remarks since his indictment: "In the end, they're not coming after me, they're coming after you -- and I'm just standing in their way." by @Mdixon55 https://t.co/My7HLe4bVl
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) June 10, 2023
Saturday 10 June 2023 19:50 , Oliver O'Connell
Trump running 20 minutes late in Georgia.
Trump calls Democrats ‘Communist’ who want to jail opponents
Saturday 10 June 2023 19:45 , Oliver O'Connell
In pre-released remarks ahead of his speech in Georgia, Donald Trump calls Democrats “communists,” accuses them of “wanting to jail opponents” and says that it was “no coincidence” he was indicted the same day new bribery allegations surfaced against Joe Biden.
Trump to call Democrats “communists,” accusing them of “wanting to jail opponents” and saying that it was “no coincidence” he was indicted the same day new bribery allegations surfaced against Biden.
Excerpt of Trump’s speech to Georgia GOP convention today: pic.twitter.com/KgiVQYMF8k— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) June 10, 2023
Rep Ted Lieu calls out Pence response to indictment
Saturday 10 June 2023 19:29 , Oliver O'Connell
California Democrat Rep Ted Lieu called out Mike Pence’s reaction to the indictment against former president Donald Trump on Twitter by posting an excerpt of his remarks in North Carolina and commenting: “Tell me you didn’t read the indictment without telling me you didn’t read the indictment.”
Tell me you didn’t read the indictment without telling me you didn’t read the indictment. https://t.co/UC485fdobc
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 10, 2023
Watch: Trump arrives at Georgia state GOP convention
Saturday 10 June 2023 19:16 , Oliver O'Connell
The cult greets Trump today as he arrives for the GA State GOP Convention. pic.twitter.com/qlPP62BWNT
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 10, 2023
How does having a Florida grand jury and judge factor in Trump’s indictment?
Saturday 10 June 2023 19:15 , Oliver O'Connell
Alex Woodward writes:
It was anticipated that a federal investigation into Donald Trump’s retention of top-secret documents months after he left the White House would result in charges in Washington DC.
But the damning 37-count indictment, with more than two dozen counts of illegally withholding classified documents under the Espionage Act, was filed on 8 June in US District Court in Florida, his primary residence and the location of his notorious Mar-a-Lago resort property, where mounds of boxes with sensitive government documents were discovered by federal law enforcement.
Read more...
What a Florida grand jury and judge means for Trump’s indictment
Premium: Trump is in trouble – even his most ardent fans could turn against him
Saturday 10 June 2023 18:45 , Oliver O'Connell
Andrew Feinberg writes:
How badly has Donald Trump stepped in it? If you ask national security law experts, the answer is badly. Extremely badly.
The twice-impeached, now twice-indicted former president on Thursday shocked the world by revealing that he faces charges for what he disparagingly calls the “boxes hoax” – his alleged unlawful retention of national defence information and his alleged obstruction of a year-long Department of Justice probe into how he ended up with highly classified secrets at his Florida beach club turned home and office.
In a string of outraged missives posted to his bespoke social media platform, Truth Social, Mr Trump laid out what will be his main political arguments against a criminal case that could, if things go badly, send him to prison for what would amount to a life sentence.
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Trump is in serious jeopardy – even his most ardent fans could turn against him
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