Donald Trump is still catching legal heat. Prosecutors hit him with new charges in their case that accuses Trump of illegally possessing classified documents.
Prosecutors dropped a new bombshell, alleging Trump asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate to interview the federal investigation.
The unsealed indictment by the Justice Department now includes extra charges of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information, adding fresh detail to a criminal case issued last month against Trump and a close aide, the Associated Press reported.
Two of the new obstruction counts come from an allegation that Trump tried to have the director of information technology at Mar-a-Lago delete security camera footage that was sought by a federal grand jury, the indictment reads.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to the initial 37 felony counts that, include 31 counts of willful retention of classified documents and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
He’s also called the investigation and lawsuit a witch-hunt.
Walt Nauta, the former president’s aide, was also charged with six counts in the case and pleaded not guilty.
The 32nd count of willful retention of national defense information in the superseding indictment stems from a document Trump showed to four people during a July 21, 2021, meeting at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, according to the new filing. The indictment alleges that the document, which Trump had until mid-Jan. 2022, was marked TOP SECRET/NOFORN and is described in the indictment as a “presentation concerning military activity in a foreign country.”
