The allegations are stunning. Prosecutors say the former president stored sensitive documents—including those concerning matters of national security—in a remarkably haphazard and irresponsible way
every day that a former American president faces federal indictment. Donald Trump became the first to earn this ignominious distinction on June 9th when the Department of Justice unveiled an array of federal charges, the culmination of a 16-month investigation into the removal of classified documents from the White House after Mr Trump left Washington,The details of the indictment were unsealed in a 49-page document. The allegations are stunning.
The charges outlined in the indictment, all of which carry significant prison sentences, include keeping classified documents without authorisation and possibly sharing them with others; conspiring to obstruct justice by resisting requests to return documents; putting pressure on individuals to refuse to testify against him or to make things up; concealing documents and making false statements.
Despite the extraordinary spectacle of a former president being dragged into a federal courtroom, the political consequences are rather predictable. This is, after all, neither the first time Mr Trump has faced legal inquiry, nor the first time that he has been indicted. Just as before, the Republican Party appears to be uniting to defend himfor the presidential nomination in 2024. Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor and his most serious rival, felt compelled to come to his defence.
Retaining highly classified documents and misleading federal agents who wished to secure them is a new level of wrongdoing—and may put Mr Trump in greater legal jeopardy than the other cases—but the former president’s base may be unmoved by any accusations against their political hero.
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