Trump faces more charges in classified documents case
28 Jul 2023 02:23pm
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial in the defamation and battery case brought against him by E. Jean Carroll, who was ultimately awarded US$5 million in damages. - Photo by AFP
Special counsel Jack Smith brought additional charges against Trump on Thursday, including obstruction and willful retention of national defence information.
The obstruction charges center on attempts to delete security camera footage at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for it, reported Xinhua.
The updated indictment adds a count of illegally retaining national defence information. The new charge is about Trump discussing on an audio recording a classified document in his possession.
In the conversation allegedly at his golf club and summer residence in New Jersey, in July 2021, Trump said: "As president I could have declassified it. ... Now I can't, you know, but this is still secret."
Now Trump faces 40 charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. - BERNAMA
