WHAT ARE THE CHARGES?

Donald Trump faces 37 felony counts, including 31 counts of willful retention of national defence information under the Espionage Act. Each of those 31 counts pertains to a specific classified docu- ment found at Mar-A-Lago marked “SECRET” or “TOP SECRET.” Topics covered in the documents included U.S. nuclear weapons, the nuclear capabil- ities of a foreign country and the military activities or capabili- ties of other countries. Other charges include: conspiracy to obstruct justice; corruptly concealing a document or record; concealing a document in a federal investigation; and making false statements. The conspiracy charges relate to Trump’s alleged attempts to hide documents from his own attorney or federal investigators. The false statement charges stem from Trump causing his attorney to tell the FBI that no more classified documents were at Mar-aLago — but then the FBI later found more than 100 documents during an August 2022 search.