2023-07-28 09:42:40
United States special counsel Jack Smith filed new charges on Thursday against former US President Donald Trump in the case in which he is accused of hiding classified documents in his Florida mansion during his time in the White House.
Trump admits to having a classified document on Iran in a recording with his team at his golf club
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Trump was charged with one additional count of “deliberate 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.
The Prosecutor’s Office also accuses a Trump employee, Carlos De Oliveira, in the case. According to the court brief, the 56-year-old man 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 Justice Department of the US will summon the former president for the first time in the case of the classified documents last May.
Trump, who already accumulates 37 criminal charges, once again denied his behavior. He repeated that they are “ridiculous” and “electoral interference at the highest level.”
Some of those crimes are punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Judge Aileen Cannon established that the trial of former US President Donald Trump for the classified documents found in his Florida home begins on May 20, 2024, that is, when there will be just over six months left for the November presidential elections.
In addition, Trump may face even more serious charges for instigating the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, which is also being investigated by prosecutor Smith. The case against him for possible attempted interference in the Georgia elections is also continuing. A few days after the 2020 elections, Trump called the person responsible for the count in this state – a Republican – and asked him to “find” votes that they made him win in this key territory (Biden won Georgia by more than 11,000 votes).
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