3 things we learned from the new charges against Trump in documents case
Washington PostJul 28, 2023
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday brought new criminal counts against former President Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, adding to the 37 counts he already faces in the investigation.
The superseding indictment charged Trump with attempting to "alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal evidence," inducing someone else to do so, and a new count under the Espionage Act related to a classified national security document that he showed to visitors at his golf club in New Jersey.
This case against Trump has just got stronger after the superseding indictment charged the former president not only with failing to return the files and obstruction of justice but also for a presentation concerning military activity in a foreign country, allegedly Iran. Additionally, it adds a wealth of evidence of Trump's obstructing efforts and a third defendant who's a strong candidate for flipping. The walls are closing in on the former president.
It's outrageous how politicized the DOJ has become under Biden, with these bogus charges further revealing that they are desperately harassing Trump and those around him as the former president is leading several polls for the White House in 2024 by a wide margin. Though Smith doesn't have a case, his illegal witch hunt against Trump is at full throttle to get someone else to run against the otherwise lame-duck Biden.
There's a 50% chance that the federal criminal trial of Donald Trump's classified documents case will begin by May 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.