Donald Trump arrested: DOJ hands over initial evidence against former president in classified documents case
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Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has been given the first batch of evidence obtained in its search of Mar-a-Lago.
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team handed over several materials the government seeks to use in its case, including documents and evidence obtained through subpoena, search, or grand jury testimony; documents and photographs; complete copies of closed-circuit television footage; and the testimonies of people who will testify for the government.
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The court filing says that the evidence handed over “includes the grand jury testimony of witnesses who will testify for the government at the trial of this case” and “any payments, promises of immunity, leniency, preferential treatment, or other inducements made to prospective government witnesses.”
The evidence could direct Trump’s wrath toward some people working with him if they testified against him without his knowledge.
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Smith’s indictment alleges Trump knowingly and willfully mishandled classified documents after he departed the White House and resisted efforts to return them to the National Archives. The government alleges he retained 31 documents related to sensitive defense secrets, from nuclear programs to attack plans, shared them with people without clearances on at least two occasions, and was personally involved in the decision to withhold them.
Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has maintained his innocence, and his legal team said he wouldn’t take a plea deal.