Trump Indicted on Federal Charges: Latest Updates

The indictment alleges that Trump showed documents to others

The 49-page indictment unsealed Friday describes at least two circumstances in which Trump allegedly showed the documents to other people. One occurred in a meeting with a writer at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he described federal officials’ “plan of attack” against him and allegedly acknowledged that he knew the information “continues to be a secret”.

Instead, in a subsequent meeting with a representative of his political action committee, Trump showed “a classified map related to a military operation,” acknowledging that he “should not show it to the representative and that the representative should not get too close,” they said. The prosecutors. .

Prosecutors further point to how Trump, at a press conference while president in 2017, addressed the media leaks, saying that leaking classified information is “an illegal process” and that the people involved “should be ashamed of themselves.” .

The indictment alleges that Trump shared a Pentagon “plan of attack” and a classified map related to a military operation, according to the indictment unsealed Friday.

[Con información de The Associated Press]