TRUMP INDICTED

✪ Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that federal prosecutors had indicted him as part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into his handling of White House documents…

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ccording to ABC News, Trump was indicted on at least 7 counts. The charges range from conspiracy to willful retention of national defense information to a scheme to conceal to false statements, ABC reported. Reporters swarmed the Miami courthouse on Thursday. Trump will be arraigned in federal court in Miami next Tuesday afternoon.

Trump said his indictment marks a a “DARK DAY” for the country. Trump said U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors notified his attorneys of the indictment, in a statement issued on Truth Social:

The exact charges federal prosecutors indicted Trump on were not immediately clear. The Department of Justice had not made an immediate comment or confirmation of Trump’s indictment as of 8:00 p.m. Thursday.

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Trump’s apparent indictment came one day after it was reported that an indictment by DOJ prosecutors would come imminently. It marks the first time that a former president, or leading opposition candidate for the presidency, has been indicted.✪