and, in an accompanying written post, he said, i have been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse in miamon tuesday at 3pm. us media is reporting he faces seven charges, including unauthorised retention of classified files. it is the second indictment of mr trump, who it is the second indictment of mrtrump, who is it is the second indictment of mr trump, who is campaigning once again to be president. his first was a state indictment this is a federal case. it s the first ever federal indictment of a the first everfederal indictment of a former president. prosecutors had been looking into the transfer of files to mr trump s mar a lago florida estate since last year. the beach side property was searched last august and 11,000 documents were seized, including around 100 marked as classified. some of those were labelled top secret. mr trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and has described the investigation as politically motivated. trump s lawyer says he will appear in court on
his handling of classified files after he left the white house. trump is saying he is an innocent man, he is disputing the claims. he says he has been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse in miami, tuesday at three p m. us media reports he is facing seven charges including unauthorised retention of classified files. this is the second indictment of mr trump. this is the second indictment of mrtrump. he this is the second indictment of mr trump. he is campaigning once again to be president. his first was a state indictment, this is a federal case, so it is the first ever federal indictment of a former president. bbc .com has live updates on the stories as you can see here so head to our website to stay updated on the very latest details on this breaking news historic story and we will be back here at the news desk at the top of the hour with more updates. thank you for watching bbc news.
the white house. i the white house. am an innocent man, i am an innocent i am an innocent man, i am an innocent person. he said disputed the claims and it accompanying written posts he said : i have been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse in miami on tuesday, at3 pm. us media reports he faces seven charges including unauthorised retention of classified files. it is the second indictment of mr trump, who is campaigning once again to be president. his first was a state indictment this is a federal case. it s the first ever federal indictment of a former president prosecutors had been looking into the transfer of files to mr trump s mar a lago florida estate since last year. the beachside property was searched last august and 11,000 documents were seized, including around 100 marked as classified. some of these were labelled top secret. mr trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and has described the investigation as politically motivated.
i would imagine, if i was prosecutor, i want the grand jury to hear that testimony. i think to some degree peopl think, oh, we heard what mik pence has to say in thes interviews on abc or in th wall street journal op-ed. i know that i have mor questions. i know a coalition of medi outlets is pressing to get tha testimony unsealed because of its national import do you think we will b successful in any of that? it s hard it s really hard, grand jury issues to kind of breakthrough on that. i mean we saw how well we di as media coalition just this week - a state indictment, yes federal grand jury when i is not even completed it investigation. maybe at the end of it but not even completed i think it will be hard to get a successful verdict there but we will see. can, you i know this is reading tea leaves to a larg degree but i know we have had often conversations about where we are in the timeline for th special counsel s probe.
the fact is, you know, marc short and greg jacob, two of pence s closest aides, hav testified. but that secondary information right. yeah, they were conversations only trump and pence are a party to i think even believing there s one on january 6th, in fact. and those are the conversations, i would imagine if i was a prosecutor, i want the grandeu to hear that testimony i, mean i think to some degree, people think, oh, we v heard what mike pence has to say in these interviews on abc or the wall street journal op-ed. i know that i have mor questions. i know a coalition of medi outlets is pressing to get tha testimony unsealed because o its national import. do you think we are going to b successful in any of that? those are so hard it s really hard with gran jury issues to sort of breakthrough on that i mean, we saw with what we di as a media coalition just this week state indictment, yes. federal grand jury, whe it s not even complete its investigation. but maybe it s at the