Former President Donald Trump speaks with supporters at the Westside Conservative Breakfast, in Des Moines, Iowa, June 1, 2023. A newly unsealed indictment says former U.S. president Donald Trump is facing 31 charges of mishandling national secrets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Charlie Neibergall
WASHINGTON – A newly unsealed indictment says former U.S. president Donald Trump is facing 37 charges of mishandling national secrets and conspiring to obstruct justice.
It’s the second time Trump, already the only U.S. president to be impeached twice, has been indicted by a grand jury in less than three months.
The document alleges he stored “scores of boxes” of classified documents in various rooms throughout his Mar-a-Lago sanctuary in Florida, including a ballroom, a bathroom and a shower.
He’s accused of showing classified documents to various people at his golf club in New Jersey in 2021, after he left office, and admitting they were secret.
The 38-count indictment also charges one of Trump’s aides, Walt Nauda, of concealing false documents and conspiring to obstruct justice.
Trump’s legal woes – he was arraigned in March in the hush-money case involving adult film star Stormy Daniels – are the biggest question mark in his effort to secure the Republican nomination for president.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 9, 2023.
