Trump Claims Indictment for Mishandling Classified Documents

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Trump Claims Indictment for Mishandling Classified Documents
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Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted for a second time, this time on federal charges related to his handling of classified information while out of office. He is set to be arraigned in federal court in Miami on Tuesday. The federal probe has been led by special counsel Jack Smith, who was tapped by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November to oversee the Department of Justice's investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents when his presidency ended. The unprecedented federal indictment of a former president further underlines what are potentially the most consequential prosecutions in US history, with implications both global and domestic.

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