The unsealed indictment against Donald Trump found out that the embattled ex-president was charged with 37 criminal charges related to the secret documents case, RadarOnline.com has learned. He could face up to 100 years in prison if convicted.
In the latest development to come hours after the former president was Trump charged by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Miami on Thursday, the 37-count indictment was unsealed to the public on Friday.
According to a copy of the 44-page indictment obtained by RadarOnline.com, Trump was accused of showing other people classified documents after he left office in January 2021.
31 of the 37 counts accused Trump of deliberately withholding national defense information.
The former president was also charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in a federal investigation, scheme to conceal and making false statements and representations.
“When he left the White House, TRUMP arranged for dozens of boxes, many containing classified documents, to be shipped to The Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, where he maintained his residence,” part of 37 – count indictment against Trump.
“I don’t want anyone looking in my boxes,” Trump is said to have told one of his lawyers before asking what would happen “if we just don’t respond at all or don’t play with them.”
“Wouldn’t it be better if we just told them we don’t have anything here?” That’s what Trump said at the time, according to his lawyer.
