The former president is gearing up for another Oval Office run in 2024. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
According to multiple sources, U.S. Attorney's are moving towards criminal charges against Donald Trump for possession of classified documents.
One Trump aide said they expect the former 76-year-old president to be indicted “soon,” adding that he is in growing legal danger as he seeks to reclaim the Oval Office in 2024.
The Justice Department spent months investigating whether Mr. Trump broke the law by deleting hundreds of government documents, including some of America's best-kept secrets, after leaving office in 2021.
Federal prosecutors have told Mr. Trump's lawyers that he is the subject of a criminal investigation, a notice that often precedes an indictment. their efforts to investigate his possession of government documents.
On Monday, three Trump lawyers met with Smith and his staff at Department of Justice headquarters in Washington to try to prevent charges.
< p>The Special Counsel is also investigating efforts to reverse Trump's 2020 election defeat, culminating in the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riots.
John Solomon, one of Trump's spokesmen at the National Archives, said prosecutors told the former president that “he is the target of a criminal and is likely to be charged soon.”
Trump later rebutted the claim in a post on his social networking site Pravda: “No one told me I was charged and I shouldn't be charged because I did NOTHING wrong, but I assumed for years that I was being targeted.” ARMED MINUS & FBI.
However, when asked by The New York Times if he was told that he was the subject of an investigation, Trump said that the prosecutor's office spoke with his lawyers, and not with him.
The case was taken to court. public attention last August when the FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
They uncovered at least 300 classified documents, including intelligence that could have come from humans.
The raid was held two months after Mr. Trump's lawyers said a thorough search had turned up no more results.
Mr. Trump denies wrongdoing, claiming he declassified all documents in his possession .
He said the President could declassify information “even if he thought about it.”
Mr. Trump could be accused of both mishandling classified documents and preventing their return.
< p >Investigators carefully examined several alleged attempts at obstruction, including reportedly CCTV footage showing employees moving boxes of documents in Mar-a-Lago and an audio recording of Mr. Trump.
If the prosecutor's office brings charges, a significant part will be filed. in a nearby court in South Florida, according to The Washington Post, where he could face a significantly different jury from Washington.
However, there is still the possibility that some charges, such as perjury or statements may be filed in Washington.
Much of the investigation was conducted by a grand jury in the US capital, which heard evidence from dozens of witnesses, including Trump's White House advisers, Mar-a-Lago and his secret service.
Witnesses continued to appear before a second grand jury in Miami, which also heard evidence in the documents case on Wednesday.
“No one is above the law”
Mr. treason, he denies.
Mr. Trump, the top Republican presidential candidate, is due to stand trial in this case. March is in the midst of the GOP primary.
He faces a growing list of contenders, including Mike Pence, his former vice president, who said indicting Mr. Trump would be “a decisive and divisive move.” “. .
Mr. Pence added: “Let me make it clear that no one is above the law.”
Georgia is on its fourth investigation into Mr. attempts to cancel their 2020 elections. loss in the state.
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