By Le Figaro with AFP
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According to the indictment, the former US President continued to guard nuclear secrets even after leaving the Oval Office.
According to the indictment released on Friday, Donald Trump faces 37 charges, including “withholding information related to national security” and “obstruction of justice” in the White House filing case.
The former Republican president, who left Washington with boxes of files, has also been charged with perjury and conspiring with his assistant, Walt Nauta, to hide documents requested by the federal police. Walt Nauta is also being charged, according to Donald Trump, who responded on his network Truth Social.
Nuclear Secrets
According to the indictment, he maintained nuclear secrets even after leaving the Oval Office. “The secret documents that Trump kept in boxes contained information about the defense capabilities of the United States and other countries” and “about America’s nuclear programs,” the document says. Prosecutors add that their possible “distribution would have endangered the national security of the United States.”
Incumbent President Joe Biden, in turn, said he had no contact with the Justice Department in the case of the archives and Trump. Special prosecutor Jack Smith told him Friday the laws “are the same for everyone” but wanted a “quick” trial.
Donald Trump led the way when he announced Thursday night that he had been indicted by the federal judiciary, a historic first for a former president. “The corrupt Biden administration has notified my attorneys that I have been charged, presumably in connection with the fabricated case of the boxes,” he wrote to Truth Social, referring to the boxes of documents he took with him. when he left Washington.
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thousands of documents
When Donald Trump left the White House in January 2021 to settle into his luxurious residence in Mar-a-Lago, he took whole boxes of files with him. However, a 1978 law requires the president to submit all his emails, letters, and other working documents to the national archives.
A year later, after several reminders, he agreed to the return of 15 boxes containing more than 200 secret documents. In a letter, his lawyers then assured that there were no more. However, federal police estimated he had not returned everything and still kept much at his Palm Beach club. On August 8, FBI agents went there and seized around thirty other boxes containing 11,000 documents, some of which were very sensitive to Iran or China.
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