2023-07-28 12:47:00
Donald Trump, in an image from June 24 Europa Press / Contacto / Brian Cahn | EUROPAPRESS
Trump was charged with one additional count of willful withholding of national defense information and two additional counts of obstruction
28 jul 2023 . Updated at 12:47 p.m.
Special counsel Jack Smith presented this Thursday New Charges Against Former US President Donald Trump about the case in which he is accused of mishandling certain classified documents during his time in the White House.
Trump was charged with one additional count of willful withholding of national defense information and two additional counts of obstruction related to alleged attempts to remove surveillance video footage at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida residence in the summer of 2022. .
Special counsel Jack Smith also accused a third person, Carlos De Oliveirain the case of handling classified documents found at Trump’s residence.
According to the court brief, Oliveira, 56, was the handyman who helped Waltine Nauta, Trump’s personal assistant and also a defendant, move boxes of classified documents in Mar-a-Lago after the Department of The US Justice will summon the ex-president for the first time in the case of the classified documents last May.
Trump, who already accumulates 37 criminal charges, came out this Thursday in response to these new charges against him and pointed out that they are ridiculous and electoral interference at the highest levelaccording to the Fox channel.
Trump and Nauta were indicted last month and both have pleaded not guilty to all charges against them. The formal indictment also charges De Oliveira with the crime of making false statements and representations in a voluntary interview that he held with the FBI on January 13, 2023, according to what the channel reported. CNN.
A Trump spokesperson dismissed the new charges as an ongoing desperate and hectic attempt by the Biden Administration to harass President Trump and those around him and influence the 2024 presidential race.
Some of these offenses are punishable by a maximum of 20 years in jail and a $250,000 fine. Judge Aileen Cannon established that the trial of the former president begin on May 20, 2024, just over six months before the next presidential elections.
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