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CHAMBER OF SECRETS

Trump stored classified docs in a bathroom ■ Had nuclear, military files ■ Showed them off, admitted material wasn’t declassified

By SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN and JOSH CHRISTENSON

Donald Trump unlawfully kept hundreds of classified government documents at his Mar-aLago estate in Florida after leaving the presidency — including papers detailing America’s conventional and nuclear weapons programs, potential weak points in US defenses and plans to respond to a foreign attack, federal prosecutors charged Friday.

The 45th president stored boxes containing the documents throughout the Palm Beach property, including in “a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, an office space, his bedroom and a storage room,” according to a 49-page indictment filed in Miami federal court Thursday.

Trump also wasn’t shy about showing off the material, according to prosecutors, who cited a recorded July 2021 meeting at which the ex-president reportedly displayed a “plan of attack” against Iran prepared by Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The 37-count indictment against Trump was unsealed hours after the 76-year-old Trump announced he had been charged by Jack Smith, the special counsel tapped in November to examine Trump’s retention of official documents.

The first-ever federal case filed against a sitting or former president includes 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, one count of withholding a document or record, one count of corruptly concealing a document or record, one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation, one count of scheming to conceal a document or record and one count of making false statements.

A personal aide to Trump, Walt Nauta, was hit with one count each of conspiracy, withholding, corruptly concealing, concealing, scheming to conceal and making false statements to federal investigators.

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