2023-06-13 06:08:03
Two months after his indictment in New York, Donald Trump is back in front of American justice on Tuesday June 13. He is summoned at 3 p.m. local time (9 p.m. in Paris) before a federal court in Miami, which will formally notify him of the charges against him for the Mar-a-Lago documents case. A higher-risk encounter than Manhattan’s precedent.
Some 37 charges
For this second indictment, he is accused of having endangered the United States by retaining confidential documentsincluding military and nuclear secrets, at his Mar-a-Lago home after leaving the White House.
Federal justice retained no less than 37 countsdont “unlawful retention of national security information”, “obstruction of justice” et “false testimony”. So many charges that Donald Trump should reject to plead not guilty. Before taking the floor in the evening, as he had done after his indictment in New York, to denounce again the ” witch hunt “ which he would be subject to.
In the meantime, law enforcement is preparing in Miami. According to calls made on social networks, many supporters of the Maga (“Make America Great Again”) movement should be present near the court.
And if there had been no overflows in April in Manhattan, the context is different this time. First, because Florida is not hostile to the former head of state, unlike New York. Secondly, because it is the Federal State of Joe Biden, opponent of Donald Trump in the event of victory in the Republican primaries, who accuses – and not local justice, as in the New York case. What, it seems, motivate the pro-Trump…
Donald Trump’s security flippancy
According to federal justice, Donald Trump would have violated two federal laws: the first, which concerns the management of archives, obliges presidents to transmit all their e-mails, letters and other working documents to the National Archives; the second, on espionage, prohibits keeping state secrets in unauthorized and unsecured places.
These laws “are essential” et “violating them puts our country in danger”recalled the special prosecutor in charge of the investigation, Jack Smith, revealing the charges during a brief televised address and asking for a “quick trial” for the 45th US President.
In January 2021, when he left the White House, Donald Trump took dozens of boxes. According to the prosecution, these “included information on the defense capabilities of the United States and foreign countries”, “on nuclear programs” Americans and “on potential vulnerabilities in the event of an attack on the United States and its allies”.
Furthermore, these documents were not stored in a secure location at Mar-a-Lago. Some would have been piled on the stage of a ” ballroom “then transported in a “disposal”where folders marked ” top secret “ ended up lying on the ground…
All behind and him in front
Like two months ago, these new legal setbacks for the businessman from Queens gave rise to an almost unanimous rallying of all the tenors of the Republican party. In the eyes of the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthythis indictment would mark a “dark day” for the United States. “I and all Americans who believe in the rule of law stand with President Trump”he assured.
Few dissonant voices like that of William Barr, Donald Trump’s former justice minister, who judged “ ridicules ” the accusedons of ” witch hunt “. “It’s a very detailed indictment. And very, very damning”he estimated.
All behind Donald Trump, the Republicans are too… in the polls, while the pre-primary campaign intensifies, with a view to the presidential election of 2024. The first poll published after the announcement of the federal indictment sees Donald Trump further increase his lead with 61% support, against 58% in April, well ahead of his main rival , Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida (23%, against 22% two months ago).
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