Documents in Trump Indictment Were Nation’s Most Closely Guarded

Top-secret documents were left on a ballroom stage for three months. Some of the nation’s most prized secrets spilled out of a box and were scattered across a floor. Others were stacked in a bathroom shower. An attack plan was waved in front of a writer.

The indictment against Donald Trump that was released on Friday offered shocking new details about how the former president and at least one staffer allegedly mishandled some of the nation’s most closely guarded papers. The fresh revelations will unsettle allied nations that share such classified information with the US.

The indictment, which outlines 37 ...