Donnie “Seven Counts” indicted

Created
Fri, 09/06/2023 - 23:00
Updated
Fri, 09/06/2023 - 23:00
Took long enough Finally. Special prosecutor Jack Smith indicted former President Donald Trump in Florida Thursday on seven federal counts over his removal, possession, and retention of classified documents. Trump attorney Jim Trusty confirmed that Trump will appear in a Miami federal court Tuesday afternoon for processing. Trusty told reporters Thursday evening that the summons mentioned the “Espionage Act, multiple false-statement charges and ‘several obstruction-based type charges.’ Specifically, he mentioned Section 1519 (which relates to obstructing an official effort and was widely expected because it was listed on the F.B.I. search warrant affidavit), but also a new one: Section 1512, which criminalizes witness tampering or other means of obstructing an official proceeding.” There may also be a conspiracy count. Charges will be unsealed on Tuesday. Trusty told Fox News this morning that unlike other presidents Trump is being singled out for having “commingled” personal and government documents upon leaving office (Washington Post): “For every other president in history, there’s a process of cooperation, a deference to the president to make that first cut — is something presidential or is it personal?” Trusty said. “Here we have a complete weaponization of something that’s never been criminal in history, and it’s a process that frankly is expected to take a long time.” National defense documents were among those that the FBI discovered in a search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence last summer. The FBI uncovered evidence that Trump had retained and insecurely stored classified documents in addition to those he had already returned…