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WSJ What’s News

Trump Charged Over Retention of Classified Documents

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for June 9. Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 37 counts over his retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Justice Department reporter Sadie Gurman has the latest. And, pharmaceutical giants have finalized a $19 billion opioid settlement. National legal affairs reporter Erin Mulvaney has more. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.3

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0:20.9

Former President Donald Trump faces 37 federal counts in connection with an

0:25.6

investigation into his handling of classified documents at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.

0:30.8

What's most striking about this indictment is just how many different counts there are,

0:34.6

and that there is also a conspiracy charge alleging that Trump worked alongside his military

0:39.9

valet, Wautnauta, to evade authorities as they were trying to retain this information.

0:45.2

Plus, pharmaceutical giants finalized a $19 billion opioid settlement.

0:50.1

And after the recent debt ceiling crisis, Democrats push for an overhaul.

0:54.6

It's Friday, June 9. I'm Ann Marie for Tolley for the Wall Street Journal.

0:58.3

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that moved the world today.

1:10.6

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 37 counts,

1:14.4

including willful retention of classified information,

1:17.2

withholding a record, conspiracy, false statements, and obstruction.

1:21.2

As we reported in this morning's show, news of a federal grand jury's indictment of the former

1:25.3

president, the first time that's ever happened in US history, broke last night.

1:29.3

And this afternoon, charges against Trump were unsealed.

1:32.6

In brief summary, prosecutors alleged that Trump hung on to sensitive military secrets

1:36.9

that he knew he should not have retained access to, shared them with others,

1:40.4

and directed his staff to help evade authorities' efforts to get them back.

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