Update July 28, 2023: On July 27, 2023, prosecutors added new charges against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta to their indictment in the classified documents case. Prosecutors also charged a new defendant, Carlos De Oliveira. This story has been updated to reflect these new charges.
Former president Donald Trump now has been charged 40 times in a federal indictment by a grand jury over his handling of classified documents, court documents show.
An initial indictment unsealed June 9 detailed 37 charges against Trump and six charges against his aide, Walt Nauta. A superseding indictment with three additional charges for Trump and two for Nauta was released July 27. The superseding indictment also includes a new co-defendant, Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira, who faces four charges.
Prosecutors allege in the new indictment that Trump asked De Oliveira to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage in an attempt to conceal it from the FBI and the grand jury. They also added another count against Trump for willful retention of national defense information.
The charges against Trump now include:
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- 32 counts of willful retention of national defense information
- one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice
- one count of withholding a document or record
- one count of corruptly concealing a document or record
- one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation
- one count of scheme to conceal
- one count of false statements and representations
- one count of altering, destroying, mutilating or concealing an object
- and one count of corruptly altering, destroying, mutilating or concealing a document, record or other object.
Trump announced June 8 on Truth Social that he had been indicted. This is the first time a former U.S. president has faced federal charges and his second indictment this year. Trump is running for president in 2024.
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