WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is facing additional charges in the Justice Department's classified documents investigation.
The additional allegations of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information were added to the indictment Thursday by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith's team of prosecutors.
A new defendant, Carlos De Oliveira, was also added to the case.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A third defendant has been charged alongside former President Donald Trump and his valet in the classified documents case in Florida, court records show.
The charges against the individual, identified on the court docket as Carlos De Oliveira, were not immediately revealed Thursday.
Trump and valet Walt Nauta were charged last month by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith in a 38-count indictment with conspiring to hide classified documents at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, from government investigators who were demanding them back.
The records were taken by Trump to the Palm Beach complex after he left the White House in January 2021.
Both men have pleaded not guilty.
