Smith's indictment is the second pending criminal case against Trump.
Some of Trump's close aides and allies, including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and ex-spokesperson Taylor Budowich, testified before grand jurors who brought the indictment. Prior to Trump's indictment, federal prosecutors told his attorneys in early June that he was a target of the investigation. There's language in there that might actually be reflecting a single count instead of two, but I think there was a conspiracy count as well," he told the Times. "This is not biblically accurate, because I'm not looking at a charging document.
But in an interview with the New York Times in which he spoke of the same charges, he noted he wasn't exactly certain which charges his client faced. Trump's lawyer Jim Trusty told CNN Thursday night that he hasn't seen the indictment yet, but a summons he received from the DOJ via email referred to an Espionage Act charge, several obstruction charges, false statements charges, and a conspiracy charge. The precise charges weren't immediately known, but multiple outlets have reported there are seven of them. The Justice Department brought an indictment against Donald Trump on Thursday over the former president's hoarding of government records, according to the New York Times, citing multiple people familiar with the matter. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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