An attorney for Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the US Department of Justice investigation into the former president’s alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents as “mundane” crimes such as “espionage” and “obstruction”.
A damning 36-page filing from federal prosecutors on 30 August alleges that Mr Trump and his team “likely concealed and removed” documents in an effort to “obstruct” the government’s probe into whether the former president hoarded classified documents at his Florida compound after he left the White House in January 2021.
