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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>By the time you read this, everyone who hasn\u2019t been taking a Gulliver-style nap under a rock will know that Donald Trump has been arraigned in a United States federal district court in Miami on an indictment by a federal grand jury acting under the auspices of Special Counsel Jack Smith. Let us review the charges, then some of the reactions to the indictment and finally, I\u2019ll give you Bwana\u2019s take.<\/p>\n

In summary, the indictment begins with charges of willful retention of highly classified US government documents containing the most sensitive and secret information on US nuclear programs; defense and weapons capabilities of both the US and foreign countries; potential vulnerabilities of the US and its allies to military attack; and plans for retaliation in case of an attack.<\/p>\n

It goes on to allege that Donald Trump knew that he shouldn\u2019t have these documents in his possession, that he showed them to persons without security clearances, that he lied about having the documents in his possession and conspired with others to thwart the government\u2019s efforts to retrieve the documents to the point of attempting to get employees and even his attorneys to make false statements about the documents.<\/p>\n

These latter actions were designed to avoid compliance with the subpoena for the documents and amount to obstruction of justice. All the crimes charged are felonies. Two examples of facts alleged are:<\/p>\n

In July 2021, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey (The Bedminster Club), during an audio-recorded meeting with a writer, a publisher, and two members of his staff, none of whom possessed a security clearance, TRUMP showed and described a plan of attack that TRUMP said was prepared for him by the Department of Defense and a senior military official.<\/p>\n

TRUMP told the individuals that the plan was \u201chighly confidential\u201d and \u201csecret. \u201d TRUMP also said, \u201cas president I could have declassified it,\u201d and, \u201cNow I can\u2019t, you know, but this is still a secret.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. By the time you read this, everyone who hasn\u2019t been taking a Gulliver-style nap under a rock will know that Donald Trump has been arraigned in a United States federal district court in Miami on an indictment by a federal grand jury acting under the auspices of Special Counsel Jack Smith. 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