Trump charged under Espionage Act in secret files case. Here's what is in the indictment Published

Federal prosecutors have unsealed a 38-count indictment against former President Donald Trump accusing him of mishandling classified documents.

The 49-page charge sheet includes 31 separate counts of wilful retention of national defence information under the Espionage Act.

The charges arise from hundreds of documents Mr Trump kept at his Florida home after leaving the White House.

The files include information on US and its allies' weapons capabilities.

Trump showed secret 'plan of attack' documents to others - indictment

The indictment accuses Trump of showing "classified documents to others" on two occasions.

The first instance was at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, "during an audio-recorded meeting with a writer, a publisher, and two members of his staff".

None of these people possessed security clearance, the indictment adds.

Trump showed and described a "plan of attack" that he said was "prepared for him by the Department of Defense and a senior military official".

Trump then told the individuals that the plan was "highly confidential", "secret" and also added "as president I could have declassified it".

"Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret," the indictment states Trump as saying.

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