31 of the points Trump is charged with deal with the intentional retention of national defense information. 22 of the 31 points are labeled Top Secret. They must deal with intelligence information from other countries. One document will be about the American nuclear weapons program. Document that was kept in Trump’s bathroom. The picture will be made public in the indictment. Photo: US Justice Department / Reuters He is said to have kept several of the documents in the bathroom, in a shower and in a ballroom at his residence at a resort in Mar-a-Lago. In the indictment, it will also be written that he will have withheld documents on purpose. Several thousand people visit the resort in Mar-a-Lago every year. – The unfair storage of these classified documents could endanger US national security, states the US Department of Justice, which published the indictment on Friday. The 31 points that deal with the intentional storage of national defense information carry a penalty of up to three years per charge. The first page of the indictment against Trump. One of Trump’s former assistants, Walt Nauta, is also indicted. Alleged to have shown classified defense documents The indictment describes two cases in which Trump is said to have shown classified defense documents to persons without security clearance after he had resigned as president. In July 2021, Trump met with a writer and a publisher at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. The indictment states that Trump showed them what he called an “attack plan” that he said the Ministry of Defense had prepared. Trump said the plan was highly confidential and secret. Document found in the ballroom at Mar-a-Lago. The picture will be made public in the indictment. Photo: AP There is an audio recording of this conversation and he is quoted as follows in the indictment: Trump: Look what I found. This is the attack plan of (name of defense representative). He said he wanted to attack (Trump mentions a country). Isn’t it amazing? I have a big pile of paper, and this just popped up. According to the indictment, Trump must also have shown a person from one of his support groups a graded map showing military operations. Move classified documents In August 2022, FBI agents entered Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida and found around 13,000 documents. The USA’s national archive was supposed to have all these documents when he left the White House, and asked to get them back from Trump. Document found at Trump’s home. Photo: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / AP 100 of the documents were marked as confidential. Trump’s lawyers have previously said that all classified documents had been handed over to US authorities. Two weeks ago it became known that employees at Mar-a-Lago had been asked to move documents shortly before the FBI arrived there. In today’s indictment, it appears that Trump himself will also have moved classified documents. It also emerges that he is accused of having given a false statement when he testified through his lawyers that he had searched thoroughly for the documents the authorities were looking for at Mar-a-Lago Police outside Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago . Photo: AFP – I handed them over openly and without questions Former FBI chief Andrew McCabe told CNN that it is unusual for the indictment to be made public a few days before a court hearing. He believes that the media interest in the case has meant that the Ministry of Justice has chosen to make one exception. It is the US Department of Justice that publishes the indictment against Trump. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP Trump must appear in the first court hearing in Miami on Tuesday. After the indictments became known, Trump has gone hard on his own platform, Truth Social: – I delivered them openly, and without questions, writes Trump. – I had nothing to hide, and I don’t now either. No one said I couldn’t see the personal documents I brought with me from the White House. There is nothing wrong with that, he insists. He also comes with debts against current President Joe Biden. Trump comes with sharp accusations against President Joe Biden Photo: SAMUEL CORUM / AFP Can run an election campaign from prison According to US expert and lawyer Sofie Høgestøl, the most interesting thing about the criminal case against Trump is that he has not cooperated with the FBI in handing over the documents: – That can be punishable in itself and it is perhaps one of the most interesting parts of the criminal case against him. USA expert Sophie Høgestøl Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB Trump has said that he will stand for election in 2024. – He can basically run an election campaign from prison. But criminal cases tend to take some time, says Høgestøl. She does not necessarily think that the criminal case will be finished before the presidential election in 2024. – Then there is someone on the Republican side who says that they will pardon him. An American president can do that. And if Trump becomes president again in 2024, he can also pardon himself. But first, Trump will appear in court on Tuesday.
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