Sources: Donald Trump Indicted in Classified Documents Probe

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in the special counsel’s classified documents probe, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. This unprecedented moment in history follows a lengthy investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents after he left the White House, as well as possible obstruction of the investigation and government efforts to retrieve the material. Trump has been charged with seven counts in the indictment, according to another source familiar with the matter. At least one of the charges against Trump will be a conspiracy charge, a source said. According to Trump, he has been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday.

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0:00.0	And good evening, what has never happened before has just happened tonight for the first
0:06.1	time ever.
0:07.1	Former President of the United States has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
0:10.4	Donald John Trump charged, according to a source familiar with the matter, with seven
0:13.8	counts in the classified documents case.
0:15.6	There's a special edition of 360 from New York on Anderson Cooper.
0:18.9	And here in Washington, I'm Caitlin Collins.
0:21.2	And in keeping with his reality TV roots, the former president preempted any justice
0:25.5	department announcement of the charges against him in a series of posts on his social media
0:30.7	network.
0:31.7	And one, just a few moments ago, he wrote, quote, I have been summoned to appear at the
0:35.9	federal courthouse in Miami on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
0:40.0	He goes on to say he never thought it was possible that such a thing like this could
0:43.3	happen, then drifts into boasting about how he won all the votes in the presidential election,
0:48.5	which we know is not true.
0:50.0	He also wrote in all caps, quote, I am an innocent man.
0:53.5	Caitlin Johnny is now our senior justice department correspondent Evan Perez.
0:57.5	Evan, what do we know about these seven counts?
0:59.9	Well, we don't know the details of exactly what these seven counts are.
1:03.9	Anderson, we know that the former president was on notice.
1:07.4	He knew that he was being investigated for a couple of particular statues.
1:11.6	One is 793, the Espionage Act.
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