Trump classified document case

The collision of former President Donald Trump’s criminal indictment with the presidential campaign could further undermine confidence in America’s institutions, experts say.

Despite the seriousness of the charges, the former president sought to maximize political benefits from the day.

The former president was released without having to pay a bond. As the hearing continued after his not guilty plea was entered, Trump sat at the table scowling with his arms crossed.

The former president and his allies have been escalating efforts to undermine the criminal case against him over handling of official documents and drum up protests.

Defiant statements from Donald Trump and his political allies, as well as violent rhetoric in online forums, have put law enforcement officials on alert ahead of the former president’s Tuesday court appearance.

Abundant factual and legal differences — chiefly relating to intent, state of mind and deliberate acts of obstruction — limit the value of comparisons between the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton investigations.

Former President Donald Trump blasted his historic federal indictment as “ridiculous” and “baseless” Saturday during his first public appearance since the charges were unsealed, painting the 37 felony counts as an attack on his supporters as he tried to turn dire legal peril to political advantage.

The extraordinary story of the lengths Donald Trump went to to keep sensitive national security documents and how they showed familiar traits for the mogul.

Former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of mishandling classified documents is set to play out in a federal court in Florida, but part of Trump’s defense is well underway in a different venue — the halls of Congress, where Republicans have been preparing for months to wage a counteroffensive against the Justice Department.

In a lengthy Mar-a-Lago investigation, prosecutors interviewed dozens of Donald Trump’s staffers, including his secretary, groundskeepers and political aides.

The former president is slated to address state GOP conventions in Georgia and North Carolina in the wake of an unprecedented federal indictment.

Former president Donald Trump allegedly lied, schemed and hid boxes from his lawyers to keep highly sensitive military information after leaving the White House.

The longtime valet told the FBI conflicting stories about whether former president Donald Trump ordered him to move boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago.

The governor’s statement was issued before the indictment was unsealed Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice. Sullivan in an interview later on Friday said while he stood by his statement, he hadn’t yet read the indictment.

Law enforcement officials are preparing for how to handle Trump’s court appearance in Miami, along with any protests that might ensue.

Federal authorities have charged a longtime aide to Donald Trump whose responsibilities included moving and carrying cardboard boxes in which the former president kept mementos and papers, Trump announced on social media Friday.

Donald Trump improperly stored in his Florida estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, repeatedly enlisted aides and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators and cavalierly showed off a Pentagon “plan of attack” and classified map, according to a sweeping felony indictment.

Each classified document the former president is accused of holding onto illegally is charged in a separate count, and his alleged efforts to hide classified information from federal investigators is charged in several ways.

Analysis: While the case against the former president was assembled by special counsel Jack Smith, Garland, who was appointed by President Biden, retained the ultimate authority on what to do with the evidence.

Trump’s own words are some of the most powerful evidence against him, leading to the filing of a seven-count indictment in the classified documents case Thursday.

Analysis: The history, the familiar reactions, and how it might play in 2024.

Here is what you need to know about the legal process and what to expect along the way.

The case adds to deepening legal jeopardy for Trump, who has already been indicted in New York and faces additional investigations in Washington and Atlanta that also could lead to criminal charges.