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| Donald Trump indicted over classified documents case | Donald Trump indicted over classified documents case |
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| Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House. | Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House. |
| Mr Trump, 76, faces seven charges including unauthorised retention of classified files, US media reported, but further details are unclear. | |
| It is the second indictment of Mr Trump and the first-ever federal indictment of a former president. | |
| He is campaigning to make a stunning return to the White House in 2024. | |
| Follow live: Reaction as Trump faces historic second indictment | |
| In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said he was innocent and had been summoned to appear at a federal court in Miami on Tuesday. | |
| "I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States," he wrote. | |
| He added: "This is indeed a dark day for the United States of America. We are a country in serious and rapid decline, but together we will Make America Great Again!" | He added: "This is indeed a dark day for the United States of America. We are a country in serious and rapid decline, but together we will Make America Great Again!" |
| The BBC's US partner CBS News reported a source as saying the indictment was linked to the documents case and involved multiple charges. | The BBC's US partner CBS News reported a source as saying the indictment was linked to the documents case and involved multiple charges. |
| Other US media, including CNN and ABC News, said the indictment involved at least seven charges. | Other US media, including CNN and ABC News, said the indictment involved at least seven charges. |
| An indictment enables the prosecution of a suspect for offences they are charged with. | An indictment enables the prosecution of a suspect for offences they are charged with. |
| The Department of Justice declined to comment and the indictment has not been released. | |
| Special prosecutor Jack Smith has been considering evidence in the documents case since he was appointed to oversee it by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November. | |
| Last year, Mr Trump's Florida resort Mar-a-Lago was searched and 11,000 documents were seized, including around 100 marked as classified. Some of these were labelled top secret. | |
| It was reported last week that prosecutors had obtained an audio recording of Mr Trump in which he acknowledged keeping a classified document after leaving the White House. | |
| It is against US law for federal officials, up to and including a president, to remove or retain classified documents at an unauthorised location. | |
| Mr Smith, a former war crimes attorney who is known as a dogged investigator, is also overseeing a separate probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which Mr Trump lost. | |
| Mr Trump became the first former president to be charged with a crime in April, after he pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records over a hush-money payment to a porn star. | Mr Trump became the first former president to be charged with a crime in April, after he pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records over a hush-money payment to a porn star. |
| He faces a trial in that case in New York next year. | He faces a trial in that case in New York next year. |
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| Donald Trump | Donald Trump |
| US politics | US politics |
| United States | United States |