Damning New Charges Deflate Trump’s Defenses in Classified Documents Case

The Justice Department unveiled stunning new criminal charges against Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing the former president of asking aides to delete surveillance footage from his Mar-a-Lago club and residence where he illegally retained classified national security information, including evidence that severely undercuts Trump’s public defenses of his actions thus far. In additional to new obstruction of justice charges, the latest indictment explicitly charges Trump with the retention of what has now been identified as a classified document “concerning military activity in a foreign country,” which prosecutors say Trump showed...