Skip to main content

OnPolitics: Donald Trump faces 37 federal charges


Hi there, OnPolitics readers. We have lots to catch up on since our last newsletter. Tomorrow afternoon former President Donald Trump will appear at a federal courthouse in Miami.

In case you missed it, Trump was indicted again Thursday after a grand jury brought federal criminal charges against Trump and his personal valet, Walt Nauta, over the hundreds of classified documents seized at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, last year.

The details: Trump faces 37 charges, among them are 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information under the Espionage Act, according to the indictment, which the Justice Department unsealed Friday.

The documents in Trump's possession were described as some of the country's most important secrets.

Trump and Nauta also face one count each of: conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document in a federal investigation, concealing a document in a federal investigation and scheming to conceal. Trump has said he's innocent.

What's next?: Trump is set to appear at the federal courthouse in Miami Tuesday at 3 p.m., but what will happen during that appearance, we can't be sure.

Keep reading: 4 takeaways from Donald Trump's indictment: charges, lawyers, alleged conspirator and judge

🗐 Read it for yourself: The full classified documents indictment

Who is Walt Nauta? Trump's 'body man' is accused of lying, hiding documents. What DOJ says he did.

📨 Stay in the know on politics: Sign up for the OnPolitics newsletter