A 37-count criminal indictment against Donald Trump was unsealed Friday, revealing allegations that the former president willfully retained hundreds of classified government records and conspired to prevent their return to U.S. officials.
Among other allegations, the indictment says that Trump showed classified documents to other people in the summer of 2021, after leaving office in January of that year.
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The FBI's raid of Mar-a-Lago last August discovered hundreds of classified documents, which Trump had failed to turn over to U.S. officials after they spent a year or so trying to recover them.
During the time had had the documents at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's club hosted more than 150 social events, which drew tens of thousands of guests, the indictment noted.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Trump, Donald Trump's, Walter Nauta, Nauta, Jack Smith, Smith, Joe Biden
Organizations:
White, Pentagon, Lago, Mar, Department of Justice, Trump
Locations:
U.S, Florida, Miami, Bedminster , New Jersey, Bedminster, Trump, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, Mar, United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom