Donald Trump is the subject of 37 charges, including for “withholding information relating to national security” and “obstructing justice” in the case of the White House archives, according to the act of accusation made public on Friday, June 9.
“The classified documents that [Donald] Trump kept in boxes included information on the defense capabilities of the United States and foreign countries “ And “on nuclear programs” Americans, according to this document. Their potential “Dissemination would have endangered the national security of the United States”prosecutors add.
A former personal assistant prosecuted
Donald Trump said Friday that a former personal assistant and possible leading witness in the case will also be charged by federal justice in this case. The former US president did not detail the charges against Walt Nauta, a military officer attached to the presidency during Mr Trump’s tenure before he left the administration to continue working alongside him after his 2020 defeat.
“I just learned that the “thugs” of the Department of Justice are going to indict Walt Nauta, a wonderful manreacted Donald Trump on his network Truth Social. They are trying to destroy his life, like the lives of so many others, hoping he will say bad things about “Trump”. » According ABC News, Walt Nauta was indicted by the same grand jury – a panel of citizens with broad investigative powers that works in concert with prosecutors – as the one that prosecuted Donald Trump. The charges against Mr. Nauta are not known.
“Essential witness”
According to washington postWalt Nauta is a “essential witness” in the federal investigation led by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith that led to the indictment of the former president. According to the daily, Mr. Nauta was responsible, in the residence of Mar-a-Lago in Florida, where Mr. Trump has lived since he left the White House, of ” move “ the boxes of documents that contain the notes of the former president.
US President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would not be in contact with Justice Minister Merrick Garland about these historic charges against his predecessor. Supporters of the former Republican president accuse Mr. Biden of instrumentalizing justice before the 2024 presidential election, which could see the two men clash again.