SHOCKING: President Donald Trump Drops Bombshell Revelation – Indicted on Federal Charges!

Donald Trump said Thursday night he had been indicted on federal charges in connection with classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, the latest legal misfortune to hit the former US president as he organizes another race for the White House.

“The corrupt Biden administration informed my lawyers that I have been charged, apparently for the box hoax,” Asset said on his social media platform Truth Social. He said he was “subpoenaed” in federal court in Miami, Florida on Tuesday.

“It is indeed a DARK DAY for the United States of America,” he wrote.

THE justice department declined to comment.

Since leaving office in January 2021, Trump has faced an unprecedented series of investigations and legal actions. He has already become the first former president to be charged in a criminal case in state court, after the Manhattan District Attorney hit him with 34 counts of falsifying business records. He pleaded not guilty.

The indictment in the documents case represents the first time a former US president has faced federal criminal charges.

A lawyer for Trump, Jim Trusty, told CNN on Thursday that a legal summons from the DoJ said there were seven counts, including obstruction of justice, misrepresentation and violations of the law on espionage, which he called “ridiculous”. He said he hasn’t seen the indictment yet but the subpoena calls for Trump to be in the federal courthouse on Tuesday.

A criminal conviction would not disqualify Trump from running for the White House. But the legal proceedings could be an obstacle for his campaign because the election 2024 the calendar begins to take shape. The first Republican presidential debate is scheduled for August, although it is unclear whether Trump will attend.

The federal case appears to involve documents seized by Mar-a-Lago officers in August. The raid came after the former president had already handed over more than 15 boxes of classified documents, including some that have been marked “top secret”, to the government after months of negotiation with DoJ officials. Trump had stored the equipment in an unsecured room in his Florida home for just over a year.

In May, Trump told CNN he “took the documents” because he was “allowed” to do so under the Presidential Archives Act, a law that defines who controls documents and other archives of the presidency. The law states that official presidential documents belong to the United States, not the president, and must be kept in a federal repository after the official leaves the White House.

Trump is not the only politician to be investigated on presidential records. The DoJ has assigned a second special counsel to investigate potential mismanagement of documents found in President Joe Biden’s residential garage in Delaware and his former private office in Washington. This investigation is ongoing.

Classified documents were also found at the home of Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice president who is challenging his former boss for the Republican nomination in 2024. The DoJ recently closed the investigation without laying any charges, according to media reports. .

Jack Smiththe U.S. special counsel who led the investigation into Trump was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November to oversee investigations involving the former president.

Trump could face even more legal trouble, stemming from separate investigations by Smith at the DoJ and Fani Willis, the Fulton County prosecutor in the state of georgialinked to the 2020 presidential election. Legal experts have said any charges arising from these investigations could pose a more serious threat to him.

Earlier this year, Willis said his decision to press charges based on a special grand jury investigation was “imminent”. Upon his appointment, Smith said he would “move the investigations forward quickly and thoroughly.” Trump maintained that he had done nothing wrong.

New York Attorney General Letitia James also filed a civil lawsuit against Trump and three of his adult children, alleging massive fraud in connection with the Trump Organization. In yet another case, Trump was recently ordered to pay journalist E Jean Carroll $5 million after he was found liable in a civil lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse and defamation.

The legal actions do not appear to have had much effect on Trump’s popularity with Republican voters – most polls show him with a commanding lead over his party’s other presidential candidates.

Trump described the actions as politically motivated. In a video posted to Truth Social Thursday night, Trump repeatedly said he was an “innocent man” and claimed the case constituted “election interference.” He accused the Biden administration of “trying to destroy a reputation so you can win an election.”

Biden, who has already announced he will run for re-election in 2024, said Thursday he had “never, not once suggested to the Justice Department what he should or shouldn’t do. regarding whether to lay a charge or not to lay a complaint”. an accusation,” in response to a question about whether Americans should trust the independence of the DoJ in the face of continued attacks by Trump.

Additional reporting by James Politi