Former US President Donald Trump claims innocence to three new charges of mishandling classified documents after he left the White House in 2021
Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, also waived his right to be present in Florida federal court for his arraignment on the three additional charges on August 10, a court filing showed. / Photo: AP Archive
The action against Trump on Friday came a day after he appeared in federal court in Washington to plead not guilty to four charges brought in a separate investigation led by Smith that alleged that Trump orchestrated an illegal plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss. The new charges against Trump in the documents case include an additional count for unlawful retention of national defence information and two more counts of obstruction of justice.
His valet, Walt Nauta, is also facing new charges, and prosecutors added a third defendant and another Trump employee, Carlos De Oliveira, to the case in a superseding indictment last week.
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