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The 37-count indictment against him was made public Friday afternoon, a day after Trump was charged in the case in U.S. District Court in Miami.
"Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice," special counsel Jack Smith said in brief remarks Friday. "I invite everyone to read it in full to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged."
He added: "The men and women of the United States intelligence community and our Armed Forces dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people."
Thirty-one counts charge that Trump willfully retained national defense information, a violation of the Espionage Act. The other six allege that Trump caused false statements to be made, concealed documents from investigators, obstructed justice and allegedly conspired to do these things.
Trump, the leading contender for the GOP presidential nomination next year, is scheduled to appear Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Miami. He is still set to hold a previously scheduled birthday eve fundraiser in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Tuesday night, the Trump campaign confirmed to NBC News.
Trump had kept reams of classified documents in boxes at his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida until federal agents raided it last year and seized the records.
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