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Here are the 7 Charges Donald Trump Faces in Unprecedented Federal Indictment of Former President
thepoliticsbrief.com/ ^ | 6/8/2023 | nathan baker

Posted on 06/08/2023 10:08:00 PM PDT by bitt

Former President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has been indicted and is scheduled to appear in a federal courthouse in Miami at 3 PM on Tuesday.

According to The New York Times, Trump is facing indictment on seven separate charges. The reported charges break down into the following three categories:

Withholding of national defense secrets: Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on this charge, which alleges that he intentionally failed to disclose crucial information related to national defense. This charge likely falls under the purview of the Espionage Act, which deals with the protection of classified information.

Conspiracy to obstruct justice: Trump is facing an indictment for conspiring to obstruct justice, suggesting that he is accused of collaborating with others to impede or hinder the proper functioning of the justice system. It should be noted that this charge requires the involvement of at least two parties working together to obstruct the legal process.

Issuance of false statements: Another charge mentioned in the indictment is the alleged act of making false statements. This charge implies that Trump intentionally provided investigators with inaccurate or misleading information. It is possible that this charge may also involve conspiracy, requiring evidence of Trump and at least one other person agreeing to mislead investigators and taking overt actions to carry out that plan.

In his social media posts, Trump drew attention to what he referred to as the “Boxes Hoax.” He highlighted the double standard, pointing out that Joe Biden was found to have possessed an extensive collection of boxes with classified documents stored at various locations.

“The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax, even though Joe Biden has 1850 Boxes at the University of Delaware, additional Boxes in Chinatown, D.C., with even more Boxes at the University of Pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floor where he parks his Corvette, and which is ‘secured’ by only a garage door that is paper thin, and open much of the time,” he said.

“I have been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM. I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States, who received far more votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican, in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election. I AM AN INNOCENT MAN!” he continued.

“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.

Former President Donald J. Trump has become the first in U.S. history to be charged with federal crimes after the Justice Department took the momentous step of lodging federal charges against him, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The charges stem from a lengthy investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents that he retained after leaving office, as well as allegations of obstructing the government’s efforts to recover them.

The indictment, filed in Federal District Court in Miami, marks an unprecedented moment in American history as it marks the first time a former president has faced federal charges. This development places the nation in an extraordinary position, considering Trump’s status not only as a former chief executive but also as a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, potentially setting up a confrontation with President Biden, whose administration will now seek to secure a conviction against his potential 2024 rival.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 4a; 4thamendment; 7charges; deepstate; donaldtrump; fakecharges; fourthamendment; harassment; persecution; tds; trump
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To: teletech

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21 posted on 06/09/2023 3:38:22 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by🙏🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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To: teletech

Yes, it is.


22 posted on 06/09/2023 3:40:56 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (First they came for Trump ...)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

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23 posted on 06/09/2023 3:41:56 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by🙏🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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To: piasa
They’ll try to drag Justice Thomas’ wife into this, and Mark Meadows.
Guess which SCOTUS member oversees appeals from the state of Florida?
24 posted on 06/09/2023 3:43:47 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: bitt

Kangaroo court holds kangaroo trial over kangaroo charges they dreamed up out of whole cloth... and of course his guilt was known before the trial begins

All this because they’re desperate to get back the crossfire hurricane evidence that would fry them all


25 posted on 06/09/2023 3:59:48 AM PDT by sten (uired to )
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To: Robert357

“When you look...that is what a weaponized DOJ and FBI are all about.”

When people look back on the good ole USA, I think they will see the DOJ and FBI set in place by Obama et al was the beginning of the end.


26 posted on 06/09/2023 4:10:36 AM PDT by Jolla ( )
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we must never forget that Hillary had over 1800 FBI files in her bedroom in the White House and the FBI never charged her.


27 posted on 06/09/2023 4:33:17 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for )
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To: RaceBannon

Is there any agency of Federal government that is not corrupt?


28 posted on 06/09/2023 5:00:13 AM PDT by Lou Foxwell (It takes a deep level of stupidity to believe Trump is stupid.)
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To: bitt
I am NOT wasting my time reading about this latest distraction, falsehood, media manipulation, lies.

I am instead re-doubling my prayers and determination to stand in faith that God is working on our behalf, and that true justice will manifest for these false accusers who think NOTHING of violating every one of the Ten Commandments and their own conscience if it’s not already seared.

29 posted on 06/09/2023 5:03:31 AM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: bitt
To EVERY Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives and to EVERY Republican in the U.S. Senate,
NOTICE: IF YOU ARE NOT IN FLORIDA TO STAND BEHIND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON,
YOU ARE NEXT.
YOU will be charged with crimes you did not commit. YOU will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
YOU will be attacked by the full weight of the U.S.
Government and the most CROOKED administration to ever occupy the White House.
If you value America and Freedom, you will be standing in that courtroom behind Donald Trump
to show your condemnation of the weaponized DOJ at 3 P.M. Tuesday afternoon.
If you think this isn’t the most significant attack on the Conservative, Freedom-loving America, then stay home.

We will do the same when you run for re-election.

30 posted on 06/09/2023 5:20:02 AM PDT by red-dawg (They're going to have to pry my gasoline powered car from my cold, dead hands.)
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To: BerryDingle
This means any former President of the United States cannot be charged with any possession or mishandling of classified documents. This also means these charges are a complete hoax.

That is so simple but true.

Why won't Trump's legal team tell the doj to f-off and go directly to federal court for legal clarification?

The President can classify/declassify any document without any structure, written or spoken.

If Trump said the docs are declassified, they are, and the lawyers at doj can ESAD.

31 posted on 06/09/2023 5:28:13 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: bitt

Withholding of national defense secrets: Former President Donald Trump intentionally failed to disclose crucial information related to national defense.

—if Trump had the information, it was disclosed to someone...

Conspiracy to obstruct justice: Trump is facing an indictment for collaborating with others to impede or hinder the proper functioning of the justice system.

—the DOJ seems to be performing its duties extremely well.

Issuance of false statements: making false statements. This charge implies that Trump intentionally provided investigators with inaccurate or misleading information.

—compared to the Russian Hoax? How misleading?

The indictment, filed in Federal District Court in Miami, marks an unprecedented moment in American history as it marks the first time a former president has faced federal charges.

—and it won’t be the last time... buwhahahahaha


32 posted on 06/09/2023 5:33:51 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: bitt

If a fully corrupt and evil DOJ/FBI/etc falls in the forest, does anyone really care?

Do these entities have any authority if we don’t allow it? They clearly abuse all the power we allow them to have so they deserve none of it.


33 posted on 06/09/2023 6:22:25 AM PDT by Boomer (The biden regime / identity politics is a clear and present threat to this constitutional republic.)
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To: bitt

“Withholding of national defense secrets“

Umm… is the POTUS SUPPOSED to broadcast our national defense secrets???

Since when?


34 posted on 06/09/2023 6:27:36 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: RaceBannon

“…we must never forget that Hillary had over 1800 FBI files in her bedroom in the White House and the FBI never charged her.“

But… but, they couldn’t find ‘intent’!

Of course, we ALL KNOW Donald Trump’s intentions, ehh?


35 posted on 06/09/2023 6:33:11 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: bitt

People need to understand indictments are like a head wound. Lots of blood everywhere from a little cut.

Clean it down to the real issue and you’ve got Trump holding onto a few sheets of paper that aren’t that consequential. And if you could read those sheets of paper you’d exclaim That’s what all this is about?


36 posted on 06/09/2023 6:34:45 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: sten

‘desperate’ is the operative word.

If they possess hard evidence, honor and the plain truth, no individual or government sinks to the depths that these people have.

Liberals see crime and criminal measures as their only remaining recourse


37 posted on 06/09/2023 7:14:16 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: bitt

It seems no one mentions that slo Joe biden was NOT president when he took classified documents, therefore he did not have the ability to declassify them.


38 posted on 06/09/2023 7:21:20 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

“It is no secret they got people to flip on Trump, likely employees in MAL who probably cared more about their own families and freedom, rather than covering for 45. DOJ can be very effective and brutal in that department.”


It is likely that the people who “flipped” are hourly workers at Mara Lago. These are people who were just doing their jobs and were told to “do this” or “do that.” When they find themselves staring down Federal Agents, you think they should have lied to them?

“Flipped” suggests they were telling one story first, and then changed to another story. Is it impossible to believe that they were terrified and simply told the truth? These people cannot afford to go to jail for the boss. They don’t have $1,000 an hour attorneys.

It is likely these folks simply did what they were told.

The co-conspirator is probably Meadows. And it would not surprise me to see him “tell all.”


39 posted on 06/09/2023 7:45:34 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Angelino97

Yep. And they killed JFK for wanting to destroy the deep state CIA.


40 posted on 06/09/2023 7:57:59 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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