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Dakota Rudesill, Associate Professor of Law; Senior Faculty Fellow, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University

Why Trump's prosecution for keeping secret documents is lawful, constitutional, precedented, nonpartisan and merited

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to reporters on June 9, 2023, in Washington about the investigation of Trump's retention of classified records. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File

Donald Trump and his allies have responded with a variety of objections to his federal indictment, brought in June 2023 by special counsel Jack Smith. The federal charges – the first against a former president – listed 37 counts of obstruction of justice and wrongful retention of classified documents after Trump left office in January 2021.

Trump pleaded not guilty.

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