Sheldon Whitehouse warns Trump in deep trouble as Jack Smith presents evidence.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Trump in “Real Trouble” in Classified Documents Case
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) expressed his belief that former President Donald Trump is facing significant legal challenges in the classified documents case. This comes after a recent court filing by special counsel Jack Smith revealed the existence of additional evidence.
According to Whitehouse, the court filing indicates that federal prosecutors have a strong case against Trump. Smith has already begun sharing the evidence, including multiple interviews of Trump, with the former president’s legal team.
“It tells me that there’s going to be a bad Christmas for the Trump lawyers as they open the different files of evidence and find out how awful the evidence is against their client,” Whitehouse shared during an interview with MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell.
“And it tells me that they want to get Trump’s attention early by getting his lawyers the evidence that they need to be able to go to their client and say, ‘Hey, you are in real trouble here.'”
Trump was indicted by a Florida grand jury earlier this month on charges related to mishandling classified documents after his presidency. The indictment includes 37 charges, with 31 counts for the willful retention of national defense information, which violates the Espionage Act.
While a preliminary trial date has been set for August 14 by Judge Aileen Cannon, it is expected that Trump’s defense team will seek to delay the trial through pretrial motions.
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The case originated from an FBI raid conducted at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, last August. During the raid, the FBI seized hundreds of classified documents, but only 31 are being used in the case. Trump has also been prohibited from sharing the classified documents and can only view them in the presence of his attorneys.
Trump has pleaded “not guilty” to all charges.
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