CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS/DOJ: “The Justice Department unsealed an indictment including more than three dozen criminal counts against Trump for allegedly keeping and hiding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.
Trump, 77, now faces the most legally perilous moment of his life playing out in a federal court — charges that could bring decades in prison. He pleaded not guilty in Miami on Tuesday [June 13, 2023] and vowed to fight the charges…
Interviews with seven Trump advisers with knowledge of the probe indicate he misled his own advisers, telling them the boxes contained only newspaper clippings and clothes. He repeatedly refused to give the documents back.”
-Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany, “Trump rejected lawyers’ efforts to avoid classified documents indictment,” washingtonpost.com, June 14, 2023