Trump claims classified doc boxes were actually full of ‘newspapers, personal pictures’

Shortly after special counsel Jack Smith announced the unsealing of a 37-count indictment alleging Donald Trump mishandled classified documents in violation of the Espionage Act, the former president assured his social media followers that the allegations are no matter.

Trump suggests that photos showing documents released by the Justice Department exonerate him.

“The Box on the floor which was opened (who opened it?) clearly shows there was no ‘documents,’ but rather newspapers, personal pictures, etc. WITCH HUNT!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social website.

Trump was hit by 37 counts including willful retention of national defense information and single counts of false statements and representations, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document, concealing a document in a federal investigation and a scheme to conceal. They come with sentences of up to 20 years in prison.