According to a report by The Washington Post, the FBI and the Department of Justice have uncovered new evidence that suggests former President Donald Trump may face charges of obstruction of justice in connection to the classified documents found in his Florida mansion. The evidence in question are messages and emails from a former Trump adviser that have been obtained by the prosecution. The Department of Justice is currently investigating the handling of thousands of official documents, including around 300 classified documents, that were removed from the White House after Trump’s term ended. Special prosecutor Jack Smith is leading the investigation, which is one of four criminal investigations currently open against Trump. He is facing charges for paying a porn actress to keep her silence about a sexual encounter, involvement in the January 6th Capitol attacks, and trying to nullify the 2020 election results in Georgia. Trump is also facing multiple civil lawsuits.
The FBI and the Department of Justice obtained new evidence that suggests that the former president of Donald Trump (2017-2021) could be accused of obstruction of Justice in the case of the classified documents that were found in his mansion in Florida, reported this Sunday an American newspaper.
According to The Washington Post, citing sources familiar with the judicial process, the new evidence is messages and emails from a former Trump adviser that have come into the hands of the prosecution.
The Department of Justice is investigating the handling of thousands of official documents, including some 300 classified documents, which were removed from the White House at the end of Trump’s term in January 2021 and which were found by FBI agents last August during a search in his mansion in Mar-a-Lago (Florida), indicated DW.
Four investigations of a criminal nature
In charge of that investigation is special prosecutor Jack Smith, who was appointed to the position in November by the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, with the aim of making the investigations independent. This, since Trump announced that he will run for the Republican nomination to be the candidate of that party in the 2024 presidential elections.
The investigation into the classified documents is just one of four of a criminal nature that Trump has open.
The former president has been indicted by a New York grand jury for paying a porn actress during the 2016 election campaign so that she would not reveal a sexual encounter that allegedly occurred 10 years earlier. On Tuesday he will have to appear before a judge for that cause.
Trump is also being investigated by Smith, the aforementioned special prosecutor, for his possible involvement in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Finally, the former president is under scrutiny from the Georgia prosecutor’s office for his attempts to annul the 2020 election results in that state.
In parallel, Trump also has several civil proceedings open.
For example, the writer E. Jean Carroll has filed two civil lawsuits against her, one for defamation and the other for a rape that allegedly occurred in the dressing rooms of the Bergdorf Goodman store on Fifth Avenue in the mid-1990s. 1990.
The investigations and legal woes surrounding former President Trump continue to pile up. The latest evidence that has come to light suggests he may be facing obstruction of Justice charges related to classified documents found in his Florida mansion. With multiple criminal investigations and civil lawsuits now underway, it remains to be seen what the future holds for the former president. As these legal battles play out in the coming months and years, it’s clear that Trump will continue to be a polarizing figure in American politics.