The US is bracing for the first court hearing in the criminal probe involving alleged mishandling of classified documents by former US President Donald Trump, whom a grand jury chose to indict on 37 charges announced last week.
the indictment against Trump was released to the public, which outlined a total of 38 charges against Trump and a personal aide, including willful retention of national defense information and making false statements. The indictment comes following an investigation into Trump’s storage of sensitive materials at his Mar-a-Lago residence after leaving the White House, which culminated in a raid on the property in August. The probe and related indictment have been met with criticism by Trump, who denies the allegations, as well as Republican lawmakers and fellow 2024 Republican presidential candidates. InvestigationAccording to the Friday indictment, following Trump’s departure from the White House in January 2021, the former president took “scores of boxes” containing classified documents to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. The indictment alleges Trump was not authorized to possess or retain the sensitive materials. In March 2022, the FBI launched a criminal investigation into Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, which resulted in a grand jury issuing a subpoena for Trump to turn over sensitive materials. The indictment alleges that Trump attempted to obstruct the FBI and grand jury probes and conceal his retention of classified documents.
