Former President Donald Trump suggested Monday that he is about to face charges in the Justice Department’s investigation into his handling of classified documents.
In an online post that radiated panic, Trump expressed disbelief that he could be charged and said he is innocent of all wrongdoing.
“How on earth can DOJ charge me, who has done nothing wrong, when there is no other president [sic] were sued,” he posted in all caps on his Truth Social account.
Trump’s message came shortly after his lawyers met with Justice Department officials in Washington on Monday. The Washington Post And The New York Times reported. The lawyers had requested the meeting in an effort to convince officials of the charges, the Post reported.
In his online post, Trump argued that President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be indicted instead.
Clinton “wasn’t even close to being charged! Only Trump – the greatest witch hunt of all time!” He wrote.
Biden and Clinton have also come under scrutiny for their handling of classified documents. a special council is investigating after documents with secret markings were found in Biden’s office and home, while an investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state turned up no charges, even though she was admonished for being “extremely careless” by then-FBI Director James Comey.
Former Vice President Mike Pence was also not charged after classified documents were found at his home earlier this year. The Justice Department recently ended its investigation into Pence’s handling of those documents, and Pence — who filed Monday to run against Trump in the 2024 election — was cleared of any wrongdoing.
“Mistakes were made and I take full responsibility,” Pence said after the documents were found in January.
The Trump investigation is looking into whether he or others close to him mishandled classified documents or hindered government efforts to retrieve them.
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Trump reportedly had more than 300 classified documents at his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago after he left the White House. reportedly seen moving boxes of paper for the FBI and a federal prosecutor visited the property early last year.
It was also reported last week that Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the investigation into Trump’s handling of the documents, obtained audio from 2021 that captures the former president appearing to boast about having a classified document related to Iran.
On Thursday, Trump said he “knows nothing” about that recording and claimed, without corroborating evidence, that he had the right to release documents as president.