Donald Trump has develop into the primary U.S. president, former or otherwise, to be indicted on federal criminal charges.
Trump announced in Thursday night posts on his Truth Social platform that prosecutors had notified his attorneys he had been indicted. NBC News confirmed soon after that he faces seven counts. Charges include making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct, NBC reported.
Trump, the leading contender for the GOP presidential nomination next 12 months, is scheduled to look Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Miami. The previous president had kept reams of classified documents in boxes at his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida until federal agents raided it last 12 months and seized the records.
The ex-president said he’s innocent and ripped the case because the “box hoax.”
Special counsel Jack Smith has been investigating Trump over the removal of classified documents from the White House after he left office, in addition to apparent efforts by Trump and his aides to potentially stymie the federal government’s investigation.
That is the second time Trump has been indicted. Last month, a grand jury in Recent York indicted Trump on state charges for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments to women who said that they had sexual trysts with him.
Trump still faces two other criminal probes, as well: Smith’s investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump riot on the U.S. Capitol, and an inquiry in Georgia looking into whether he attempted to interfere with the presidential election in that state.
