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Special Counsel Adds New Charges Against Trump in Classified Document Case

Justice Department via AP

Special Counsel Jack Smith and a Florida grand jury added new charges against former President Donald Trump on Thursday in the ongoing classified document case that's set to go before a jury of his peers next May.

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The Justice Department said "a superseding indictment was returned by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida that adds one defendant and four charges to the prior indictment filed against Donald J. Trump and Waltine Nauta," which adds "a new Count charging Trump with one additional count of willful retention of National Defense Information."

In addition, Trump, Nauta, and a new defendant — Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos de Oliveira — face "two new obstruction counts," according to a DOJ statement.

The new counts on obstruction are, per the filing, related to the allegation from Smith that the former president sought to have surveillance footage of Mar-a-Lago wiped from security servers by Nauta and de Oliveira:

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In addition, the new count regarding national defense information alleges that Trump's denials about a document outlining a "plan of attack" — since reported to be an attack on Iran — were false and that such a document does in fact exist, Trump "willfully" kept it after leaving office, and subsequently shared it in some manner during a conversation with individuals not possessing security clearances:

This is a developing story and may be updated.

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