Trump says has been indicted in classified documents probe

Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Image from the US Department of Justice" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/09/02/20220902-us-department-of-justice.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Image from the US Department of Justice</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>WASHINGTON, United States - Former US president Donald Trump said Thursday he has been indicted in the federal probe over his handling of classified documents after leaving office.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/08/22/fbi-reportedly-found-foreign-nuclear-files-in-trump-home">Mar-a-Lago: Documents on foreign nuclear capabilities reportedly found in FBI search</a></li></ul><p>&quot;The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,&quot; Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social as he broke what would be bombshell news that he has been charged criminally for the second time.</p><p>There was no immediate confirmation from the Justice Department.</p><p>In his post, Trump, who is running for president again, said he has been summoned to a federal courthouse Tuesday in Miami.</p><p>&quot;I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States,&quot; he wrote.</p><p>Trump&#x27;s announcement came a day after US media said federal prosecutors have informed the former president&#x27;s lawyers that he is the target of the probe into his handling of classified documents.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Former President Donald Trump speaks in Wellington, Ohio, on June 26, 2021 in his first big campaign-style rally since leaving the White House. Stephen Zenner, AFP" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/06/28/20210626-us-trump-ohio-afp.jpg"/><figcaption>Former President Donald Trump speaks in Wellington, Ohio, on June 26, 2021 in his first big campaign-style rally since leaving the White House. <em>Stephen Zenner, AFP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>He was already the first former or sitting president to be charged with a crime -- in his case over election-eve hush money payments to a porn star who said she had an affair with him. That indictment came down in March.</p><p>Special counsel Jack Smith, named by Attorney General Merrick Garland, has been looking into a cache of classified documents that Trump had stored at his Mar-a-Lago residence after leaving the White House.</p><p>The FBI carted away some 11,000 papers after serving a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago in August, and Trump could face obstruction-of-justice charges after spending months resisting efforts to recover the trove.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/13/22/fbi-seizes-top-secret-documents-from-trumps-home">FBI seizes &#x27;top secret&#x27; documents from Trump&#x27;s home</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/02/22/trump-and-us-government-lock-horns-in-court-over-seized-secrets">Trump and US government lock horns in court over seized secrets</a></li></ul><p>Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.</p><p>He could conceivably be indicted in yet two other cases -- over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia and his role in inciting the Capitol mob attack in 2021.</p><p>dw/caw</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2205110" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Trump says has been indicted in classified documents probe

Trump says has been indicted in classified documents probe

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Published Jun 09, 2023 08:42 AM PHT

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