US Politics

Trump ‘described Pentagon plan of attack and shared classified military map’

The newly unsealed indictment is built on Trump’s own words and actions as recounted by lawyers, aides and other witnesses

  • June 9, 2023
Former US president Donald Trump. Picture: Getty

Donald Trump described a Pentagon “plan of attack” and shared a classified map related to a military operation, according to a sweeping 37-count felony indictment related to the mishandling of classified documents which could reshape the 2024 US presidential race.

The indictment paints a damning portrait of Trump’s treatment of sensitive information, accusing him of wilfully defying justice department demands to return documents he had taken from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, and enlisting aides ...