Tag: Obstruction of Justice
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Former President Donald Trump Federally Indicted for Willful Retention of Classified Information
Former President Donald Trump was federally indicted on Thursday on charges of willful retention of classified national-security information, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. The indictment was unsealed on Friday afternoon and revealed that Trump had taken material from the White House after his presidency, stored it in Mar-a-Lago, and refused to return…
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Former President Trump Faces Indictment Over Illegal Retention of Intelligence Files
Former President Donald Trump faced a grand-jury subpoena in May 2022, which required him to surrender intelligence files he had illegally retained at his Mar-a-Lago resort club and estate in Palm Beach. Trump was intent on defying the legally enforceable court order, and during a meeting with two lawyers he had retained to help him…
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Former President Trump Refuses to Surrender Intelligence Files Despite Grand-Jury Subpoena
Former President Donald Trump, who was responsible for executing and upholding the laws of the United States, met with two lawyers on May 23, 2022, to handle a grand-jury subpoena that required him to surrender intelligence files he had illegally retained at his Mar-a-Lago resort club and estate in Palm Beach. However, Trump was intent…
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Former President Trump Federally Indicted for Theft of Classified Information
Former President Donald Trump was federally indicted on Thursday, with the indictment being unsealed on Friday afternoon. The charges against him include 31 counts of willful retention of classified national-security information, five counts of obstruction of justice, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. These charges relate to material that Trump took from the…