Trump Indictment Outlines ‘Powerful Case,’ Ex-Prosecutors Say

Special Counsel Jack Smith has assembled a strong criminal case against Donald Trump that outlines his mishandling of classified documents and obstruction of the US investigation to recover them, former federal prosecutors said.

The indictment unsealed Friday in a Miami federal court alleges that after leaving the White House in 2021, the former president retained 300 sensitive documents about secrets like US nuclear programs, weapons capabilities and military plans.

Smith’s team has assembled allegations showing Trump willfully and recklessly mishandled and disseminated classified information, and thumbed his nose at the grand jury process, said Gene Rossi, a former federal prosecutor. ...