Trump Indicted on Charges Related to Classified Documents
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Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that a federal court in Miami has indicted him.
The indictment is currently sealed. However, Trump connected the charges to documents he held after leaving the White House.
Trump released a statement about the charges that he posted on Truth Social:
The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax, even though Joe Biden has 1850 Boxes at the University of Delaware, additional Boxes in Chinatown, D.C., with even more Boxes at the University of Pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floor where he parks his Corvette, and which is “secured” by only a garage door that is paper thin, and open much of the time.
Multiple reports stated that there are seven charges in the indictment, including possible obstruction of justice for allegedly making false representations in a sworn statement to the FBI and the grand jury.
As Trump noted, Biden faces a classified document scandal of his own, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton escaped prosecution for her own abuse of classified documents using her insecure email server.
In the statement, Trump said he would appear at the court on Tuesday.
Trump also released a video about the indictment.
This marks the second time Trump has been indicted in just over two months. On March 30, a Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump in relation to alleged hush money payments made to pornographic performer Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg led the investigation.
Trump appeared for his arraignment at the Manhattan Criminal Court a month later. The criminal trial is set for next March.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., called the second indictment a “dark day for the United States of America.”
Donald Trump Jr. said on Twitter that the second indictment was “revenge from the Deep State,” and that it is a violation of the norms and Constitution of the country.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called the indictment an “affront to every citizen.”
Donald Trump Jr. said on Twitter that the second indictment was “revenge from the Deep State,” and that it is a violation of the norms and Constitution of the country.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said that Trump acted like he was “above the law.”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said that the second indictment is a result of the FBI having a “vendetta” against Trump.
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, called the indictment a “moral and constitutional joke.”
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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