TRUMP INDICTMENT UNSEALED

Donald Trump has been charged with 37 counts in relation to the mishandling of records at Mar-a-Lago as well as his efforts to block the government from recovering the documents.

An indictment unsealed by the Justice Department Friday underscores the high-level material the former president kept after leaving office, the times he improperly shared it with those without clearances and the extent he sought to block any efforts to retrieve them.

There are 38 counts:

• 31 — Willful Retention of National Defense Information

• 1 — Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice

• 1 — Withholding a Document or Record

• 1 — Corruptly Concealing a Document or Record

• 1 — Concealing a Document in a Federal Investigation

• 1 — Scheme to Conceal

• 2 — False Statements and Representations

Two of Donald Trump’s top lawyers abruptly resigned from his defense team on Friday, just hours after news broke that he and a close aide were indicted on charges related to their handling of classified documents.

Jim Trusty and John Rowley, who helmed Trump’s Washington, D.C.-based legal team for months and were seen frequently at the federal courthouse, indicated they would no longer represent Trump in matters being investigated and prosecuted by special counsel Jack Smith, who is probing both the documents matter and efforts by Trump to subvert the 2020 election.