CNN’s Sneed notes that the indictment lays out, at some points in detail by the minute, how Trump allegedly directed Nauta to move documents to and from the Mar-a-Lago storage room in the days before Trump’s attorney was set to search that room for classified documents being sought in a May 2022 grand jury subpoena.Īll told, in the days leading up to the attorney’s search for the documents, Nauta moved 64 boxes from the storage room to the residence and then brought back to the storage room only 30 boxes, the indictment said.Įnter Evan Corcoran. The government says he was Trump’s accomplice in hiding classified documents. Nauta is a former US Navy officer who served as Trump’s military valet in the White House and followed him to Mar-a-Lago. Few Americans knew the name of Trump’s aide before today. The government thinks it can prove Trump intentionally tried to interfere with the investigation by having material moved. Trump tried to obstruct the investigation.
Trump was disputing a report that Milley worried he would try to attack Iran. Mark Milley, who is still the nation’s top general. The military official is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. The meeting had to do with two people helping former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows with his autobiography. The indictment details improper storage of the documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, but both instances of Trump displaying them are at his summer residence: his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. It marks the beginning of a legal process that will coincide with the Republican primary and the presidential campaign.Īn annotated version of the indictment, along with shocking photos of boxes of classified material openly stored in a ballroom and in a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago, is below. The detailed indictment was signed by special counsel Jack Smith and unsealed in Florida, where Trump will eventually face trial. The case pits the federal government against the man who could very well win the next election to become president once again. The former president faces his first federal indictment for retention of classified documents and conspiracy with a top aide to hide them from the government and his own attorneys - a total of 37 counts. Former President Donald Trump has survived impeachment two times, been sued repeatedly, found liable for sexual abuse, his company has been found guilty of tax evasion, and he faces a criminal trial in New York.
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