For keeping classified documents, Mr. Trump could be sentenced to 100 years in prison.

On the afternoon of June 8 (local time), former US President Donald Trump announced that he had been prosecuted by the US Department of Justice - Photo: REUTERS

On June 8 (local time), ABC News quoted a well-informed source as saying that former US President Donald Trump is facing at least 7 charges in the classified document scandal.

Four of the charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison: conspiracy to obstruct law enforcement; failure to return documents; illegal concealment of documents and concealment of documents related to a federal investigation.

The former US president could also face an additional 10 years in prison for willfully retaining national defense information, along with five years each for conspiracy to conceal documents and making false statements.

The total maximum penalty for the above 7 crimes is exactly 100 years.

Currently, neither Mr. Trump nor US judicial agencies have confirmed what crimes the former US president is being prosecuted for.

Meanwhile, Mr. Jim Trusty - Mr. Trump's lawyer in this case - confirmed to CNN that all 7 charges above "are split from one allegation of violating the Espionage Act".

The Espionage Act was passed by the US Congress in 1917 to prohibit acts of interference with military operations, prevent disobedience in the military, and prevent the efforts of US enemies in wartime./.

Mr. Trump announced that he has been prosecuted at the federal level by the US Department of Justice.

On the afternoon of June 8 (local time), Mr. Trump announced on social network TRUTH that he had been prosecuted by a federal court, most likely related to the investigation into the scandal of hiding classified documents after he left the White House.

The former US president said he had received a summons to appear in federal court in Miami on the afternoon of June 13. If what Mr. Trump asserted is true, he would be the first former US president to be prosecuted by a federal court after the end of his term.

According to ABC, neither the White House nor the US Department of Justice has responded to Mr. Trump's statements.

In August 2022, investigators seized nearly 13,000 documents at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where Mr. Trump was staying. Of these, about 100 were marked confidential, contrary to the assertion that all confidential documents had been returned to the government, made by Mr. Trump's lawyers.

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