Trump Indicted on Charges Related to Classified Documents

June 9, 2023

Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that a federal court in Miami has indicted him.

The indictment is currently sealed. However, Trump connected the charges to documents he held after leaving the White House.

Trump released a statement about the charges that he posted on Truth Social:

The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax, even though Joe Biden has 1850 Boxes at the University of Delaware, additional Boxes in Chinatown, D.C., with even more Boxes at the University of Pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floor where he parks his Corvette, and which is “secured” by only a garage door that is paper thin, and open much of the time.

Multiple reports stated that there are seven charges in the indictment, including possible obstruction of justice for allegedly making false representations in a sworn statement to the FBI and the grand jury.

As Trump noted, Biden faces a classified document scandal of his own, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton escaped prosecution for her own abuse of classified documents using her insecure email server.

In the statement, Trump said he would appear at the court on Tuesday.

Trump also released a video about the indictment.

JUST IN: Trump releases video statement after being indicted by federal grand jury https://t.co/pRuqPp1llW

“Our country is going to hell and they come after Donald Trump. […] I’m an innocent man. We will prove that again. Seven years of proving it and here we go again!” pic.twitter.com/q62fpH0c0F

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 9, 2023

This marks the second time Trump has been indicted in just over two months. On March 30, a Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump in relation to alleged hush money payments made to pornographic performer Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg led the investigation.

Trump appeared for his arraignment at the Manhattan Criminal Court a month later. The criminal trial is set for next March.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., called the second indictment a “dark day for the United States of America.”

Today is indeed a dark day for the United States of America.

It is unconscionable for a President to indict the leading candidate opposing him. Joe Biden kept classified documents for decades.

I, and every American who believes in the rule of law, stand with President Trump…

— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) June 9, 2023

Donald Trump Jr. said on Twitter that the second indictment was “revenge from the Deep State,” and that it is a violation of the norms and Constitution of the country.

100% – This is revenge from the Deep State. They’re willing to engage in historic election interference and will burn our norms and Constitution to shreds to try to stop Trump from winning the Presidency again. They know he is the only real threat to their power. https://t.co/FGnApSrBzq

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 9, 2023

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said that Trump acted like he was “above the law.”

Trump’s apparent indictment on multiple charges arising from his retention of classified materials is another affirmation of the rule of law.

For four years, he acted like he was above the law. But he should be treated like any other lawbreaker. And today, he has been.

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) June 8, 2023

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said that the second indictment is a result of the FBI having a “vendetta” against Trump.

From the time President Trump first announced his candidacy, the FBI has displayed an unprecedented vendetta against him. A few years ago, it would have been unthinkable for an Attorney General to approve an FBI raid on the home of a former president.

— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) June 9, 2023

Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, called the indictment a “moral and constitutional joke.”

The former president will be indicted for “mishandling” his own government’s classified info. Yet everyone agrees the president has the authority to declassify anything. This is a moral and constitutional joke. Merrick Garland has disgraced this country.

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) June 9, 2023

This is a breaking story and will be updated.

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