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Trump indicted on other counts
Former US President Donald Trump has already been charged with more than 35 counts in connection with taking away secret government documents. Now there are more allegations – and a third man comes into play.
Published28. Jul 2023, 1:15 am
The Republican wants to be US President once more: Donald Trump speaks at a conference in Palm Beach, Florida. (July 15, 2023)
Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, testified in a Florida court in mid-June.
He was summoned by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
The reason for this are thousands of documents that the President took with him to his residence in Florida following the end of his term in office.
The documents fill dozens of boxes. Many of them were only found during a house search.
Justice Department via REUTERS
For the court date, Trump traveled to Miami in his private plane.
There he had to work in “Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.” -Courthouses appear.
Trump’s supporters have little sympathy for the charges …
… and sense a political conspiracy.
Donald Trump is facing several court cases at the same time.
One of them: the document affair.
More charges followed.
The ex-president denies any guilt.
Former US President Donald Trump is in the Affair regarding taking away secret government documents been charged on other counts. This emerges from a court document published on Thursday (local time). In addition to Trump and his assistant Walt Nauta, a third defendant has been included in the case.
In the supplement to the indictment, Trump is accused, among other things, of having asked an employee to delete camera footage on his Florida property in order to hinder the investigation. In addition, Trump’s assistant Carlos De Oliveira is named as a participant for the first time.
Trump pleads not guilty
Trump was first charged in the case in June for storing top-secret government documents at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida and not returning them when requested. In early August 2022, the federal police FBI searched Trump’s villa and confiscated several sets of documents classified as top secret. The Republican pleaded not guilty at a court hearing in Miami in June.
The trial is scheduled to start on May 20, 2024. The start of the process thus falls in the middle of the election campaign for the next presidential election in early November 2024. Trump wants to run once more. He’s right there in the election year several court cases confronted.
Trump also expects an impending third indictment in connection with the 2020 presidential election and the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. In the weeks following the 2020 election, he had stirred up false claims that his victory was due to massive voter fraud was stolen. A special counsel is leading the investigation into both cases.
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