washington donald trump on friday become the first former us president in history to face federal criminal indictment stunningly on a range of espionagerelated charges if convicted on all seven charges brought against him by us justice department ranging from illegally retaining classified documents after he left the white house to making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice the 76 year old former president faces up to 100 years in prison read alsotrump indicted what to know about the classified documents caseformer us president donald trump has been charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the white house here are the details of the charges and the implications for trumptrump charged over classified documents in 1st federal indictment of an expresidentthe case is a milestone for a justice department that had investigated trump for years as president and private citizen but had never before charged him with a crime the most notable investigation was an earlier special counsel probe into ties between his 2016 campaign and russia buttrump lawyers quit documents case and a former aide of the us expresident is indictedwashington two lawyers defending donald trump on federal charges of illegally retaining classified documents quit the case on friday and a former aide was charged as well in surprise developments one day after the former us president was indicted trump said on his truth social platform that hisdonald trump indicted what to know about the documents case and whats nextwashington donald trumps indictment on charges of mishandling classified documents at his florida estate has brought renewed attention to one of the most notable cases in justice department history the federal charges represent the biggest legal jeopardy so far for trump coming less than threetrump immediately protested innocence dubbing the charges as a boxes hoax a reference to charges that he had illegally carted boxed of classified material to his home in maralago the former president maintains that he had declassified the material not by any official decree but simply by saying so a defense the justice department has rejected he has been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse in miami at 3 pm on tuesday and he is expected to comply he will appear before a judge aileen cannon trump himself had appointed i never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former president of the united states who received far more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country and is currently leading by far all candidates both democrat and republican in polls of the 2024 presidential election trump lamented on his social media platform adding in all caps i am an innocent man the stunning developments first disclosed by trump himself convulsed american politics and was met with incredulity particularly the republican party which accused the white house of weaponising the law enforcement system presidential historians described it as a seismic moment in the countrys history the gop also began to