Global Courant
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury has indicted Donald Trump on seven criminal charges related to his mishandling of more than 100 classified documents discovered last year at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, leading the twice-deposed former commander-in-chief to chief the first former president to face federal criminal charges.
Trump said Thursday night that his lawyers have been informed he has been charged in the special counsel’s investigation into his handling of classified documents. Two sources familiar with the case confirmed the charges, with one adding that the former president has received a subpoena to appear in U.S. District Court on June 13.
In a post about his social media platform Truth Social Trump said, “The corrupt Biden administration has informed my lawyers that I have been charged, apparently because of the Boxes Hoax.”
A well-known source says the indictment has been sealed and therefore the government cannot comment.
A search warrant for his Mar-a-Lago property in August said investigators were looking for evidence of three crimes involving mishandling of sensitive government data, including whether it had been shared with “unauthorized” people. Attorneys at the Justice Department have since had the prospect of a obstruction-related crime in lawsuits.
Minutes after Trump announced he was indicted on Truth Social, he sent out a fundraising appeal citing the criminal charges.