Smith had made no public statements until a Friday press conference during which he accused Trump of “felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstru
ct justice."When he left the White House in 2021, Trump took boxes of sensitive documents with him to Mar-a-Lago, his South Florida golf resort and residence. Those documents should have been turned over to the National Archives.
“The unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the United States, foreign relations, the safety of the United States military, and human sources and the continued viability of sensitive intelligence collection methods.”Smith’s indictment is all the more damning because it includes photographs of the boxes in question stacked in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom, or on a ballroom stage.Trump also discussed classified materials with visitors.
“Wouldn’t it be better,” he asked one of his attorneys in 2022, “if we just told them we don’t have anything here?”
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