Donald Trump, a former US president, has claimed that he has been indicted in the investigation into his handling of sensitive documents after leaving office. This development makes him the first former president to be charged with a federal crime. “The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,” Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social as he broke what would be bombshell news that he has been charged criminally for the second time.
The Department of Justice did not provide any instant confirmation. The Republican leader, according to a CNN report, has been charged with seven crimes. According to those who are aware of the indictment, he has been accused of violating the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice, falsifying or destroying records, conspiring, and willfully holding onto materials and making false claims. According to two people who were familiar with the matter but were not authorised to speak publicly about it, the indictment contained seven criminal counts. One of them claimed that just before Trump revealed on his Truth Social platform that he had been indicted, prosecutors contacted his attorneys. (https://veroinn.com)
Trump announced that he would run for office once more in the 2024 US Presidential Election
According to Trump, he has been ordered to appear in Miami federal court on Tuesday at 3 p.m. The former president is a defendant in a seven-count indictment that has been filed in federal court, according to persons with knowledge of the case who spoke to the Washington Post under the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. He wrote, “I never thought that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States. Trump announced that he would run for office once more in the 2024 US Presidential Election. He is now in the lead among candidates competing for the Republican Party nominee for president.
The former president’s attorneys were reportedly alerted by federal prosecutors that he is the subject of an investigation into his handling of secret documents the day before Trump made his announcement. As the first US president to be impeached twice while in office, Trump also holds the distinction of being the first former president to be charged with a crime. This was over a hush money payment made on election eve to porn star Stormy Daniels, who claimed they had an affair. It was indicted in March.
In a statement after his initial online posts, his campaign lashed out at what it called an “unprecedented abuse of power”
About half an hour after his initial post on Truth Social. Trump took to Truth Social again. This time with a video. “I am innocent,” he stressed. In a statement after his initial online posts, the Trump campaign lashed out at what it called an “unprecedented abuse of power” and called for the indictment to be thrown out. Trump “has long been the biggest threat and the top political target for Joe Biden and the corrupt Democrat Party,” his campaign said in a statement. “Today’s act of open legal ‘warfare’ by the highly politicized and partisan Department of Injustice, has taken things to a new level, and set a dangerous precedent.”
Special Counsel Jack Smith, who has been investigating a trove of classified materials maintained by Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home even after leaving the office of president, has been appointed by US Attorney General Merrick Garland. At Mar-a-Lago, the FBI carried out a search order in August of last year and removed over 11,000 papers. Trump has resisted attempts by the government to retrieve the records for months. As a result, Trump may also be charged with obstructing the legal system.
Trump has a history of denying wrongdoing. It’s possible that he’ll face charges in two more incidents. These concern his attempts to reverse Georgia’s 2020 election results and his part in encouraging the 2021 attack on the US Capitol building.