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A federal case against Donald Trump for keeping classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate is “earth-shattering” — and will be an “uphill battle” for the former president to beat, legal experts say.
The 45th president allegedly kept hundreds of classified docs at the swanky Florida club after he left office — including records about the US nuclear weapons program, vulnerabilities in US defenses and plans for an attack on Iran, according to a 49-page Miami federal court indictment unsealed Thursday.
Former Brooklyn federal prosecutor Duncan Levin told The Post the case is much more serious than the “hush money” charges Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought against Trump in April.
“This is the kind of case that results in decades in prison,” Levin said. “Unlike the sentences that are handed down by the state courts in New York — where he is charged by the Manhattan DA’s office — and for that reason it’s earth shattering.”
“These charges are extremely serious and carry very heavy jail time with them,” Levin added. “Federal charges are a big deal.”
Trump is charged with 37 counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice, willful retention of national defense information, withholding a document, false statements and related offenses that carry prison terms totaling hundreds of years.
