The U. S. Department of Justice released on Friday an unsealed federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, with 37 felony counts related to the mishandling of classified documents, obstructing justice and making false statements.
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Friday said that the indictment charged the former president with “felony violations of our national security laws” and “participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice.” He also encouraged the public to read the indictment to understand the scale and scope of the charges.
“Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the United States, and they must be enforced,” Smith said. “Violations of those laws put our country at risk.”
Smith added that the defendants in the criminal case — Trump and Nauta — “must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.” The case will be tried in the Southern District of Florida.
The indictment alleges that Trump shared a classified map related to an ongoing military operation and improperly stored boxes containing classified documents at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, including in a ballroom, bathroom and shower. Federal prosecutors also accused the former president of defying requests from the Justice Department to hand over classified documents, making false statements to the FBI and tapping his aides to help hide boxes of records.
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