In a post on Truth Social, Trump said his lawyers were informed he’s been indicted.
A FEDERAL grand jury in Florida has been meeting in special counsel Jack Smith‘s investigation of Trump’s handling of classified documents, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Trump has been charged with seven counts, according to a source. This marks the first time a former president has faced federal charges, and it is the second time Trump has been charged criminally this year.
Trump posted,
The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax.
I have been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM. I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States, who received far more votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican, in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election.
I AM AN INNOCENT MAN!”
According to NBC News,
A lawyer for Trump’s butler and body man — whose bills are being paid by a Trump political organization — is alleging in court papers that a key prosecutor in the classified documents case inappropriately sought to pressure him by bringing up his application for a D.C. judgeship, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The lawyer, Stanley Woodward, represents Walt Nauta, who is under scrutiny by investigators about his shifting accounts of whether he moved boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago at Trump’s urging.
In a letter filed under seal with the chief federal judge in Washington, the source said Woodward alleged that Jay Bratt, the Justice Department’s chief of counterintelligence, raised the issue of the judgeship during a meeting at DOJ in October where prosecutors were trying to convince Woodward that Nauta had lied and should cooperate in the investigation.
Bratt has been working for more than a year on the classified documents case.
In another post on Truth Social, Trump said,
This is indeed a DARK DAY for the United States of America. We are a Country in serious and rapid Decline, but together we will Make America Great Again!”
One person’s dark is another ones light…
The allegation was first reported by The Guardian. A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment to NBC News.
Trump writes on Truth Social that his attorneys have been informed he has been indicted. pic.twitter.com/dwzNHvX1jH
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 8, 2023
It goes without saying, Don Jr is blowing a gasket right now…
We’re living in a 3rd world Banana Republic and the only way to stop what the corrupt Biden DOJ is doing is to put @realDonaldTrump back in the White House!!! https://t.co/60Fd8Dyn6h
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 8, 2023
(via NBC News)
