Federal indictment against former President Trump unsealed
Former President Donald Trump unlawfully kept hundreds of classified government documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after leaving office — including papers detailing America’s conventional and nuclear weapons programs, potential weak points in US defenses, and plans to respond to a foreign attack, federal prosecutors charged Friday.
The 37-count indictment against Trump was unsealed hours after the 76-year-old announced he had been charged by Jack Smith, the special counsel tapped in November to examine Trump’s retention of official documents at his Palm Beach club. A personal aide to Trump, Walt Nauta, was hit with an additional charge of making false statements to federal investigators.
![documents seized during the Aug. 8, 2022, FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.](https://mamardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1686333400_589_Trump-Mar-la-go-3.jpg)
![The Mar-a-Lago Club, home of former US President Donald Trump, is seen on April 4, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida.](https://mamardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trump-Mar-la-go-2.jpg)
![Trump holds a Make America Great Again rally as he campaigns at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Florida, October 12, 2020.](https://mamardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trump-mar-la-go-7-.jpg)
![photo shows aides carrying boxes to Marine One before US president Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump departed from the White House on Trump's final day in office, in Washington, DC.](https://mamardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trump-doc.jpg)
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