Timeline
FBI Delayed Trump Investigation
Top DOJ and FBI officials feared appearing partisan and blocked early proposals to investigate Trump and his allies for more than a year.
One full year after the January 6 Insurrection, only four prosecutors were assigned to investigate Trump. This long delay prevented agents from interviewing key witnesses and securing evidence such as email and phone records. Only after being publicly embarrassed by the House January 6 Committee and investigative journalists, did the DOJ leadership determine there was sufficient evidence to investigate Trump directly. Jack Smith was appointed as special counsel in November of 2022.
Trump Indictment Unsealed
“The purpose of the conspiracy was for Trump to keep classified documents he had taken with him from the White House and to hide and conceal them from a federal grand jury.”
Special Counsel Jack Smith, unsealed a detailed 49 page indictment that incriminates Trump using his own words from public statements, text messages, and voice recordings. The 38 count indictment is as follows:
Counts 1-31: Willful Retention of National Defense Information
Count 32: Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice
Count 33: Withholding a Document or Record
Count 34: Corruptly Concealing a Document or Record
Count 35: Concealing a Document in a Federal Investigation
Count 36: Scheme to Conceal
Counts 37: False Statements and Representations
Will Meadows Testify Against Trump?
The Department of Justice may be close to asking a grand jury to indict Trump for obstruction of justice and violating the Espionage Act.
Trump's former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has been cooperating with the special prosecutor and may have cut a plea deal in exchange for testifying against his former boss. The January 6 Committee previously revealed that Meadows asked Trump for a pardon. Other revelations include that a second grand jury has been hearing testimony in Florida and that over two dozen secret service agents assigned to Trump have been interviewed by the special prosecutor.
Trump Flooded by Legal Problems
A suspicious flood at Mar-a-Lago is further evidence that Trump may be guilty of obstruction of justice.
Two months after the FBI seized classified documents from Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago, critical surveillance footage of moving classified documents was lost when an employee "suspiciously" flooded the server room. This convenient flood is further evidence that Trump, his employees, and even his lawyers may be guilty of obstructing the DOJ investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents. Especially in politics, the cover up can be worse than the crime.
Unfit for ANY Office
The House Jan. 6 Committee has made history by referring a former president for criminal prosecution.
Two years to the day of the "will be wild" tweet, the Jan. 6 Committee not only released a summary report compiling damning evidence of Trump's involvement with the infamous Capitol attack, but significantly escalated the 18-month investigation by referring Trump and several of his inner circle (including Giuliani, Meadows, and Eastman) for criminal prosecution.
DOJ Appoints Special Counsel
Due to "extraordinary circumstances," the Trump investigations have been turned over to a special counsel with experience in prosecuting political corruption.
Jack Smith's appointment as special counsel is a sign that Trump may soon be facing criminal indictments for the January 6 Insurrection, obstruction of justice, and for stealing sensitive government documents. Attorney General Garland said that, "Jack Smith has built a reputation as an impartial and determined prosecutor who leads teams with energy and focus to follow the facts wherever they lead.”
DOJ Expands Trump Investigation
The Department of Justice issued 40 subpoenas and seized phones of Trump's former staff in a growing investigation of the January 6 Insurrection.
Trump's legal problems keeping getting worse. Recent actions by the DOJ show a larger than expected criminal investigation of Trump's failed coup to overturn the 2020 election. The National Archives is unsure if Trump is still withholding national documents. And now the Senate Judiciary Committee has launched a probe into reports that Trump pressured federal prosecutors investigate his political opponents.
The Photobomb Heard Round the World
With one photo, the Department of Justice blew up Trump's lies covering up his criminal theft of our nation's most closely guarded secrets.
Trump illegally took hundreds of government documents to his Mar-a-Lago residence and then lied to and obstructed federal investigators attempting to retrieve the records. The redacted photo released by the DoJ shows a small sample of the Top Secret documents seized from Trump's home and desk.