Miami (EFE) investigation and unindicted persons.
In his motion, Smith affirms that information related to ongoing investigations that “could compromise and identify people currently without charges” must be restricted, according to the protection order to which EFE had access.
“The government proposes protections against the dissemination of discovery materials and the confidential information they contain. Accompanying this motion is a proposed protective order that will protect against unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, while allowing the defense to use the materials in preparation for their defense,” the document added.
Smith was appointed last November by the United States Attorney General, Merrick Garland, to investigate former President Trump. In a case currently being handled by a federal court in Miami, Florida.
This same Friday, Trump’s legal team, headed by lawyers Chrispher M. Kise and Todd Blanche, presented their notice of compliance before Judge Aileen Cannon, in charge of supervising the case, in the aforementioned court. Confirming that she contacted the Department of Justice to corroborate the “compliance” with the security clearance, as can be read.
Trump faces 37 charges
Last Tuesday, Trump appeared before federal magistrate Jonathan Goodman for the reading of the 37 charges against him by a Grand Jury. 31 of which correspond to the crime classified as deliberate retention of national defense information.
The other charges Trump faces are for conspiracy to obstruct justice, “corruptly” concealing a document or record. Concealment of a document in a federal investigation, plan to conceal, and false statement and representation.
Trump pleaded “not guilty” and left Florida on his plane for New Jersey.
According to the 49-page document containing the indictment, the most serious crimes charged against Trump, such as obstruction of justice and conspiracy, are punishable by a maximum of 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 (232,500 euros) and the less serious, such as conspiracy to hide, with 5 years in prison and the same financial penalty.
The investigation began following a search carried out at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s home in Palm Beach, by FBI agents.
They found more than 11,000 official documents, among which there were a hundred classified as secret or “top secret”.
The former president, who is campaigning to return to the White House, attributes the accusation to a “great witch hunt” launched by the current US president, Democrat Joe Biden, in order to “interfere” in the electoral campaign”, as he wrote on his social network Truth.