what is Inside Trump Indictment that was released
Former President Donald Trump’s federal indictment in the classified documents investigation has been unsealed.
The 49-page indictment details 37 federal charges against Trump, including obstruction and unlawful retention of defence information, for allegedly storing dozens of classified documents at his Florida resort and refusing to return them to the FBI and National Archives.
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Walt Nauta, a former presidential aide for Trump who remained in his employ after Trump left office, is also named in the indictment. Nauta faces six charges.
Trump Indictment that was released: Below is a summary of the counts, which are listed beginning on page 28 of the document that has been embedded:
Willful retention of national defense information:
This charge, which encompasses counts 1-31, is exclusive to Trump and relates to his alleged storage of 31 national defence documents at Mar-a-Lago.
Conspiracy to obstruct justice:
Trump and Nauta, along with others, are charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice for conspiring to conceal these documents from the grand jury.
Withholding a record or document:
Trump and Nauta are accused of misleading one of their attorneys by relocating boxes of classified documents so that the attorney could not locate them or present them to a grand jury.
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Corruptly concealing a document or record:
This refers to the alleged attempts by Trump and Nauta to conceal the boxes of classified documents from the attorney.
Concealing a document in a federal investigation:
They are accused of concealing Trump’s continued possession of these documents at Mar-a-Lago from the FBI and causing a false certificate to be submitted to the FBI in connection with a federal investigation.
Scheme to conceal:
This is for the allegation that Trump and Nauta conspired to conceal Trump’s continued possession of these materials from the FBI and grand jury.
False statements and representations:
This count relates to statements Trump allegedly caused another one of his attorneys to make to the FBI and grand jury in early June about the results of the search at Mar-a-Lago.
False statements and representations:
This final count accuses Nauta of providing false information during a voluntarily conducted interview with the FBI in late May.
According to the indictment, each of these charges carries a maximum fine of $250,000 and prison terms ranging from 5 to 20 years.
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