The documents in Donald Trump’s federal indictment covered nuclear secrets, military plans and intelligence that appeared serious enough for some Republicans to balk at directly defending his actions ahead of a court appearance Tuesday.
The indictment itself, unsealed last week, alleged Trump carelessly handled some of the nation’s most closely held secrets and tried to hide them after federal investigators sought their return.
William Barr, an attorney general in the Trump administration, told “Fox News Sunday” the allegations were “very, very damning” and that he was “shocked by the degree of sensitivity of these documents and how many there were, frankly.”
