Donald Trump has been indicted in special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents investigation. Follow along for live updates:
The former president broke the news of his indictment on his Truth Social platform tonight. He says he has been summoned to appear in Miami federal court on Tuesday.2m ago / 12:34 AM UTC,” moments ago:
I'm sitting in a hotel room in Miami, and if you had asked me where I'd be when Donald Trump was indicted by the federal government, it certainly wouldn't have been here. As early as early this week, we fully expected this would happen in Washington D.C., if at all.
We don't know a lot, Chris, about when this shift happened. There's been public reporting that indicated that while folks like you and me weren't watching, this grand jury in Miami was convened last month and heard from a variety of witnesses before we were here earlier this week to track down Taylor Budowich, Trump's former spokesperson, when he arrived with his lawyer, Stanley Woodward.
But that sort of jumps over the predecessor question, which is: why Florida at all? And Department of Justice policy generally holds that you charge a crime where the bulk of the conduct occurs. And nowhere is that more true than where obstruction is concerned, where there's also some case law in D.C. that would trend in that direction. And I think one other factor for Jack Smith and his team was: even though the jury pool in D.C.
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