WASHINGTON - Here are five takeaways from Friday’s indictment accusing former US President Donald Trump of illegally retaining classified government documents after leaving the White House and then conspiring to obstruct a federal probe of the matter. Read more at straitstimes.com.
of illegally retaining classified government documents after leaving the White House and then conspiring to obstruct a federal probe of the matter.Documents kept at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida included information on US and foreign countries’ defence and weapons capabilities, US nuclear programmes, US vulnerabilities to potential military attacks, and plans for possible retaliation in response to foreign attacks, according to the indictment.
In a meeting later that year at Bedminster, Trump allegedly showed a representative of his political action committee a classified map of another country in discussing an ongoing military operation there.After receiving a grand jury subpoena in May 2022 requiring him to produce all documents with classified markings in his possession, Trump allegedly directed his aide Walt Nauta to remove 64 boxes of documents from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago to Trump’s residence.
Before Trump’s lawyer arrived at the club to conduct a search of the storage room in response to the subpoena on June 2, Nauta spoke with Trump on the phone and then moved 30 of those boxes from Trump’s residence to the storage room, according to the indictment.One photo included in the indictment shows boxes allegedly containing classified documents being stored in a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago, where events and gatherings took place.
“In my administration I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information,” Trump said during his campaign in 2016.Trump’s personal aide, Walt Nauta , helps him with a shirt at a golf event in May 2023. PHOTO: NYTIMES
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