Trump indictment – live: Trump vows to continue 2024 run in jail as new charges added to classified docs case

Donald Trump has vowed to continue his 2024 presidential run from prison if necessary after the Mar-a-Lago boxes case became subject to a superseding indictment late on Thursday. The former president and aide Walt Nauta were hit with a new set of federal charges related to alleged mishandling of classified information after leaving the White House. Federal prosecutors accuse him of retaining defence information and conspiring with club employee Carlos De Oliveira to delete security footage to hide evidence of misconduct. On Friday morning, radio host John Fredericks asked Mr Trump if conviction and sentencing in one of the cases against him would stop his White House campaign. The former president assured him that he would continue to run, even while incarcerated, adding that there is nothing in the Constitution to stop him. Meanwhile, a separate federal grand jury is considering indicting Mr Trump on charges over the January 6 Capitol riot and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Last week, Mr Trump received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith ‘s office saying he is the target of their investigation. The former president’s legal team met with prosecutors on Thursday morning in preparation for the expected indictment. Key points More charges for Trump in Florida documents case Trump warns new indictment would ‘only further destroy our Country’ Court official says no indictment on Thursday Trump insists Jan 6 indictment doesn’t ‘frighten’ him LISTEN: Leaked audio at centre of new classified documents charge Will Trump’s history of lies finally catch up to him? McCarthy and Swalwell’s heated exchange on House floor revealed 19:30 , Oliver O’Connell Prepare for some really bro-ey adult language from the two California lawmakers… Kevin McCarthy and Eric Swalwell’s heated exchange on House floor revealed Trump says he’ll run for president from jail if convicted 19:14 , Oliver O’Connell Donald Trump said on Friday that he would run for president from prison in 2024 if he is convicted on any of the number of criminal charges he faces. The former president and current Republican frontrunner made the comments during a radio interview with conservative host John Fredericks. During the exchange, Mr Trump denied new charges brought against him by federal prosecutors claiming that he instructed employees at his Mar-a-Lago resort to destroy security recordings. ‘These were security tapes. We handed them over to them. … I’m not even sure what they’re saying,’ Mr Trump insisted. Graig Graziosi reports. Trump says he’ll run for president from jail if convicted on any indictments A man with a plan… 18:50 , Oliver O’Connell Mike Lindell says he has been working 18 hours a day on his blockbuster event on 17 August to reveal his secret plan for our elections. The founder of My Pillow says he just showed his plan to Michael Flynn: ‘He said it’s beautiful. He doesn’t see any holes in it. He actually added a couple of things.’ Mr Lindell has made such wild, grandiose claims in the past, including holding a three-day ‘Cyber Symposium’ in August 2021, promising to present ‘irrefutable evidence’ of election fraud in 2020. None was produced. In January 2022, Mr Lindell claimed that he possessed ‘enough evidence to put everybody in prison for life, 300-some million people ‘ for their part in the alleged 2020 election fraud. At the time, that was approximately 90 per cent of the US population. Trump slams superseding indictment in classified docs case as ‘election interference’ 18:30 , Oliver O’Connell In an interview on Thursday night, Donald Trump told Breitbart News that he considered Special Counsel Jack Smith ‘s superseding indictment levelled against him in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case ‘harassment’ and ‘ election interference ‘. He also repeated his claim that the Presidential Records Act should protect him and lambasted the Department of Justice for not also going after President Joe Biden in his own classified documents case, even though Mr Biden willingly cooperated and returned the documents in his possession. Trump calls additional charges in Jack Smith’s superseding indictment ‘harassment’ Trump wants Smith, Garland and Monaco thrown in jail 18:00 , Oliver O’Connell Donald Trump rants on Truth Social that he wants Special Counsel Jack Smith, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco thrown in jail for weaponising the Department of Justice. The former president has been especially active online this morning as more allegations of crimes catch up with him and more charges are added to his second criminal indictment. They ought to throw Deranged Jack Smith and his Thug Prosecutors in jail, with Meritless Garland and Trump Hating Lisa Monaco. They have totally Weaponized the Department of Injustice. Whatever happened to the Crooked Joe Biden Boxes Case? Why was Hillary Clinton allowed to delete 33,000 emails, many of them Classified, AFTER getting a Subpoena from Congress? Why was Bill Clinton allowed to take tapes out of the W.H. in his socks? Why has no other President ever been charged? ELECTION FRAUD! A third criminal indictment is expected in the near future. Trump praises Hunter Biden judge he appointed as plea deal unravels 17:50 , Oliver O’Connell In a post on Truth Social late this morning, Donald Trump praised US District Judge Maryellen Noreika, whom he appointed, for the unravelling of Hunter Biden’s plea deal for tax offences and a gun charge. The former president wrote: They are doing nothing but ‘playing the ref,’ as the Left always does. Say bad things, and hope a person ‘folds’ to Radical Left Policy, and a Country losing point of view. No, this Judge is strong and smart, sees clearly the Democrat lawyer that called her office demanding things and claiming to be a Republican operative (SO ILLEGAL!), and knows this deal is a disgrace, the likes of which has never been seen before – And they actually admit that. Brave Judges will become Historic Figures!!! Here’s where Hunter Biden’s case stands now: Watch: McCarthy weighs in on new Trump charges 17:40 , Oliver O’Connell House Speaker Kevin McCarthy weighs in on the new Trump charges and immediately pivots to the alleged mishandling of classified documents by President Joe Biden. He tries to compare Mr Biden’s actions to Donald Trump’s obstruction in refusing to return secret papers he took, ignoring the fact that the current president willingly cooperated and returned the documents in his possession. Watch CNN’s Manu Raju confront the speaker: What to know about the Trump classified documents case and what’s coming next 17:30 , Oliver O’Connell Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on three additional charges in a case that accuses him of illegally possessing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, allegations that add fresh detail to the criminal case initially issued last month. Here’s a look at the charges, the special counsel’s investigation and how Trump’s case differs from those of other politicians known to be in possession of classified documents: With Trump newly indicted, here’s what to know about the documents case and what’s next Former Trump intelligence official stresses lives can be lost by leaking of classified documents 17:10 , Oliver O’Connell On her CNN show on Thursday night, Kaitlan Collins asked former Trump Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats if he was concerned or surprised by Donald Trump’s handling of classified information. Their interview came shortly after additional charges were added to the indictment against the former president. Mr Coats responded: ‘A lot of times, people say, well, what’s the big deal about all of this? If you walk into the lobby of the CIA and look to the right wall, you see a bunch of stars. Their names aren’t there, because they were covert. But they’re dead because somebody got their names out, maybe on a classified document.’ He continued: ‘We put millions of dollars into technology for gathering intelligence. And if that’s breached because somebody gets a classified document floating around or knows of it, we lose that information that we are grabbing. So, it’s more than just a bunch of papers and what a big deal is this and so forth.’ The former national intelligence director added: ‘Lives can be lost. Money can be misspent … our adversaries are out there searching, trying to get this kind of information, because they want to undermine us.’ He confirmed there are deadly consequences to such behaviour as exhibited by Mr Trump, later adding that documents are classified for a reason and there are people currently in prison for taking stuff home that they shouldn’t have. Watch the segment here: Trump rails against ‘textbook Third World intimidation by rabid, lawless prosecutors’ 16:55 , Oliver O’Connell Donald Trump broke his social media silence following the new charges and superseding indictment against him in the Mar-a-Lago documents case at around 11.30am on Friday. First, he thanked RNC Chair Rep Elise Stefanik for her defence of him on Fox & Friends this morning. Elise Stefanik was amazing this morning in defending against the Marxists, Fascists, and Communists on the Radical Left who are doing everything within their power to interfere with our 2024 Presidential Election through the weaponization of the DOJ and FBI. She is smart, strong, and tough, there are few like her. Thank you Elise! Then he attacked ‘Crooked Joe Biden’ and ‘Deranged Jack Smith’ for ‘attempting to destroy the lives of two fine people who have worked for me (and have done a great job!) for a long time’. He claims their actions are ‘textbook Third World intimidation by rabid, lawless prosecutors’. Here’s the full post: At the direction of Crooked Joe Biden and his Weaponized DOJ, Deranged Jack Smith is attempting to destroy the lives of two fine people who have worked for me (and have done a great job!) for a long time. They are being persecuted with one goal, to ‘Get Trump.’ This is textbook Third World intimidation by rabid, lawless prosecutors. These same craven tactics were used, and failed, during the Russia, Russia, Russia Witch Hunt and other Hoaxes. We will not let Radical Lunatics destroy our Country! 16:40 , Oliver O’Connell ‘What slavery was really about was separating families… about mutilating humans and even raping their wives. It was just devastating,’ Mr Scott, the sole Black Republican in the Senate, told reporters on Thursday after a town hall in Ankeny, Iowa. ‘So I would hope that every person in our country – and certainly running for president – would appreciate that.’ Analysis: 16:20 , Oliver O’Connell Rachel Sharp reports on how a recording of an interview two years ago has come back to haunt Donald Trump. Watch: Moment Trump says criminal conviction won’t stop 2024 campaign 16:10 , Oliver O’Connell Asked if being convicted and sentenced in one of his criminal cases would stop his 2024 presidential campaign, former president Donald Trump told radio host John Fredericks: ‘Not at all. There’s nothing in the Constitution to say that it could.’ DOJ slams Trump request for ‘extraordinary authority’ to talk about classified matters at Mar-a-Lago 16:00 , Oliver O’Connell The Department of Justice has slammed Donald Trump ‘s legal team for asking the judge overseeing the criminal case against him in the Southern District of Florida to allow the ex-president to discuss classified matters at Mar-a-Lago and other private residences. In documents filed with the court late Thursday, prosecutors said Mr Trump’s attorneys made the request for ‘extraordinary authority’ as part of negotiations over the legally-mandated protective order which Judge Aileen Cannon must issue before they and their client can have any access to the classified material which the government plans to use as evidence when Mr Trump goes on trial next May. Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC. Watch: Megyn Kelly asks DeSantis about pardoning Trump 15:50 , Oliver O’Connell Ron DeSantis sat down with Megyn Kelly for an interview airing in full today on SiriusXM and was asked whether he’d pardon Donald Trump on any federal charges against him. The Florida governor replied in part: ‘I’m going to do what’s right for the country. I don’t think it would be good for the country to have an almost 80-year-old former president go to prison…’ Bolton says America will suffer needlessly for Trump’s selfishness and self-interest 15:40 , Oliver O’Connell Responding to the news of additional charges in the second indictment of Donald Trump, former UN Ambassador John Bolton tweeted: I called for Trump to end his presidential candidacy after the first Federal