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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Donald Trump faces possibility of jail; Julian Assange loses appeal; and TV shows for Succession withdrawal

Donald Trump
Federal prosecutors in the US have charged Donald Trump with illegal retention of classified documents. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

Happy Friday! Donald Trump’s legal woes remain a serious obstacle to his hopes of reclaiming the US presidency.

The former president has been charged with violating the US Espionage Act over classified documents held at his Florida estate of Mar-a-Lago and has been summoned to court next week. That makes Trump the first former US president to face federal criminal charges.

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