Donald Trump indicted for keeping classified documents after leaving office

The federal grand jury in Florida indicted former President Trump on 38 counts of keeping government documents after his defeat in the 2020 election, and related actions concerning these documents.

31 counts rely on 18 USC 793 which includes references to espionage, but no claims of espionage are made in the indictment. No claims are made that Mr Trump shared this information with Russian or North Korean agents. One can only speculate on that, given Mr Trump’s well known respect for Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.

Additional counts rely on 18 USC 1512 and 18 USC 1519, which concern withholding a document from the proper government agency, in this case the National Archives.

Reckless disregard for American national security, manifested by insecure storage of documents, including in places accessible to the public, constitutes the factual basis for the indictments.

Read the full indictment here https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000188-a12f-db74-ab98-b3ff4de50000

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