How Donald Trump wanted to cover up the illegal keeping of classified documents

Negligence, narcissistic taste for possessiveness, lying, covering up. But above all, utter disregard for national security. indictment Published Friday, June 9, the account of the charges against Donald Trump in the case of secret documents kept at his residence in Mar-a-Lago (Florida), draws a figure and makes you dizzy. The supporting evidence — photos, audio recordings and SMS messages — details how the former president sought to deceive federal authorities, not return classified archives that were illegally taken when he left the White House in January 2021.

Donald Trump will officially appear on June 14 in court in Miami (Florida) to be notified of the indictment. On Friday, in a terse and rare speech, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, who is in charge of the investigation, praised his team and the FBI investigators. He invited the American public to read the court document, in order Understanding the extent and severity alleged crimes.

Chosen leaders are heavy. Their stake is not just personal integrity in bankruptcy, but the security of the United States. The main ones are listed as follows: the retention and concealment of information relating to national defense, in violation of the Espionage Act, False statements, and conspiracy to obstruct justice with his personal assistant, Naota Teen, were also charged. Some of these leaders are liable to imprisonment for ten to twenty years. Our laws protecting national defense information are essential to the safety and security of the United States, and must be enforced.Jack Smith confirmed. Violating these laws puts our country at risk. »

President Donald Trump has made a habit of storing all kinds of souvenirs in cardboard boxes: newspaper clippings, photographs, but also classified documents on the most sensitive topics. Among them, US nuclear capabilities, advanced armaments, and the country’s potential vulnerabilities to a possible foreign attack, as well as those of America’s allies, or plans to retaliate against any attack. State secrets of immeasurable value, which Donald Trump treated like old issues of the magazine Sports Illustrated.

Squares scattered in Mar-a-Lago

On January 20, 2021, the day the ex-president, full of bitterness and denial of the fact of his defeat, had to leave the White House, the archive boxes were moved to his residence on Mar. Mistress. he “Personally participate in this process”confirms the indictment. He did not have the legal right to do so.

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