Former US President Donald Trump Has Never Experienced Seven Federal Indictments

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JAKARTA - Former United States President Donald Trump faces charges related to charges of illegally storing classified documents and other crimes that will be announced next week at the Miami Federal Court.

The indictment against a former US President on federal charges has never happened before in American history. This happened when Trump was also at the forefront of nominating presidential candidates from the Republican Party ahead of the 2024 elections.

Trump faces seven criminal charges related to his treatment of sensitive government material he brought when he left the White House in January 2021, according to sources familiar with the matter.

It is known that investigators confiscated about 13,000 documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago plantation in Palm Beach, Florida, nearly a year ago. One hundred of them were marked as classified, although one of Trump's lawyers previously said all documents with classified marks had been returned to the government.

Trump previously said he had classified the documents while serving as president. However, his lawyers refused to submit the argument in court filings.

"I AM AN INNOCENT MAN!", Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform on Thursday, after he announced that he had been indicted.

Meanwhile, Trump's attorney Jim Trusty told CNN the charges included conspiracy, false statements, obstructing justice and illegally storing classified documents under the Espionage Act.

He said he hoped to see the indictment documents on Tuesday when Trump would be present in court.

Trump is the first president or former president to face criminal charges.

This is Trump's second criminal case, to be tried in New York in March next year, in a case originating from payment of mouth shut up money to a porn star.

Trump is not the only top government official to be in the spotlight for keeping classified documents.

Lawyers for President Joe Biden and former US Vice President Mike Pence said the Justice Department was also investigating the handling of sensitive documents his client kept after leaving office.

President Biden's documents come from his tenure in the US Senate and vice president. Meanwhile, the Justice Department closed its investigation into Pence without filing any charges last week.