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THREAD🧵Former President Trump said June 8 that he had been indicted by special counsel #JackSmith as part of the investigation into his handling of #ClassifiedDocuments.

The federal inquiry has led to the raid on Trump’s personal residence at Mar-a-Lago. theepochtimes.com/timeline-the-t…
The indictment is the conclusion of a yearslong saga that started when the former president moved out of the White House following the 2020 election.

The following is the timeline of the events leading up to the indictment👇
Jan. 18, 2021

@CBSMiami reports that at least 2 moving company trucks are spotted at President Trump’s residence at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (Source: cbsnews.com/miami/news/mov…) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jan. 19, 2021

Trump signs a letter designating @MarkMeadows and others to be in charge of his presidential records. theepochtimes.com/trump-orders-d…

In a separate document, Trump also declassifies “certain materials related to the @FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation.”

That probe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jan. 20, 2021
This is the day of President Biden's inauguration as the 46th president, although Trump disputes the election results. He has not conceded. theepochtimes.com/trump-on-the-2…

Hours before Trump’s tenure ends, @MarkMeadows, Trump’s chief of staff, writes his own memo about the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
May 6, 2021

Believing that records were missing, @USNatArchives requests records from Trump.

It’s unclear why NARA suspected records were missing. In an #FBI agent's affadavit (Source: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2226…) that was released in August 2022, many events from January-May 2021… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
December 2021

A Trump representative informs @USNatArchives that about a dozen boxes of presidential records had been located at Mar-A-Lago and that staffers were continuing to search for more. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jan. 18, 2022

@USNatArchives receives 15 boxes of records from Trump’s attorneys, following months of negotiations. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jan. 31, 2022

@USNatArchives releases a statement, saying that some of Trump’s presidential records “included paper records that had been torn up by former President Trump,” and taped back together by White House staff.

(Source: archives.gov/press/press-re…) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Feb. 9, 2022 (Source: archives.gov/files/foia/202…)

The same day House Democrats write a letter expressing concern about Trump’s records, @USNatArchives sends a referral email to the #DOJ, stating the boxes contained “highly classified records” that were “intermixed with other… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Feb. 18, 2022

@USNatArchives sends House Democrats a letter stating that NARA found “items marked as classified national security information.” (Source: archives.gov/files/foia/fer…)

NARA also sends other letters, expressing concerns over the Trump administration’s apparent failure… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
May 5, 2022

@BreitbartNews quotes Kash Patel, a former Trump administration official, as saying that other media reports about “classified” materials were “misleading” because Trump had already declassified the records. breitbart.com/politics/2022/… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
April 11, 2022

The House Counsel’s Office asks that @USNatArchives provide the #FBI access to the 15 Mar-A-Lago boxes. (Source: cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/… ) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
May 10, 2022

In a letter responding to a Trump lawyer, @USNatArchives says that access to presidential records is generally restricted “for several years after the conclusion of a President’s tenure in office.” cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/…

But federal law says that an incumbent… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
May 16-18, 2022

In all but one of the 15 boxes, #FBI agents find documents with classification markings. Among the records, 67 documents were marked “confidential;” 92 records “secret;” and 25 records, “top secret,” the FBI  affidavit said. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2226… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 3, 2022 apnews.com/article/biden-…

In response to a May 11 subpoena, a Trump attorney hands over an envelope to @USNatArchives, containing 38 documents with classification markings, including 5 documents marked “confidential,” 16 marked “secret,” and 17 marked “top secret,”… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 4, 2022

Former Trump lawyer Timothy Parlatore appears on NBC’s “Meet The Press” and described the process that ordinarily happens with presidential records. nbcnews.com/meet-the-press…

Usually, the @USGSA transfers the records to a facility near the former president’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 8, 2022

The #DOJ sends a letter to Trump’s attorneys, stating that “Mar-A-Lago does not include a secure location authorized for the storage of classified information.” apnews.com/article/biden-…

The letter also requested that the room that housed the documents should be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 19, 2022

Trump sends a letter to @USNatArchives, granting access to his presidential records to 2 people: former administration member Kash Patel, who is also a lawyer, and news reporter @jsolomonReports. archives.gov/files/foia/tru… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Aug. 5, 2022

An #FBI special agent signs an affidavit, under seal, and a Florida federal judge agrees to issue a warrant allowing the search of Mar-A-Lago. (That record was released 21 days later. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2226… ) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Aug. 8, 2022

In an unprecedented move, #FBI agents raid Mar-A-Lago. theepochtimes.com/trump-fbi-has-…

The agents are divided into 2 teams: investigators and a team tasked with reviewing materials that might contain privileged attorney-client information.

Agents seize 36 items containing… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Aug. 9, 2022

Republicans react with shock and concern over the raid; @RepMikeTurner sends a letter to @USNatArchives, seeking information on the “escalation” of this investigation leading to “unprecedented” action against a former president. archives.gov/files/foia/202… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Aug. 12, 2022

A federal judge unseals the warrant that allowed the #FBI to search Mar-a-Lago; the document shows agents are investigating possible violations of federal laws, including the Espionage Act. apnews.com/article/florid…

Also, @USNatArchives disputes news reports… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Aug. 16, 2022

@USNatArchives responds to @RepMikeTurner, stating that the agency was not involved in searches for Trump documents and that the #DOJ “has been exclusively responsible for all aspects of this investigation” after its referral to the DOJ. archives.gov/files/foia/act… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Aug. 23, 2022

@USNatArchives releases a letter revealing that the Biden administration asked NARA to allow the #FBI to review the Mar-A-Lago records months prior to the raid.

The letter, dated May 10, was sent from NARA to a Trump attorney. theepochtimes.com/biden-administ… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Aug. 30, 2022 apnews.com/article/florid…

The #DOJ reveals new details about the investigation, asserting that classified materials were “likely concealed and removed” from a Mar-a-Lago storage room to obstruct the investigation.

@realDonaldTrump responds by stating: “Terrible the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Sept. 12, 2022

Trump’s lawyers state that there’s no evidence that Trump had disclosed the Mar-A-Lago records to anyone. theepochtimes.com/no-indication-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Sept. 15, 2022

At the request of Trump’s lawyers, a federal judge appoints US District Judge Raymond Dearie as special master to review the Mar-A-Lago documents. theepochtimes.com/here-is-what-w…

Dearie was tasked with weeding out records covered by executive privilege, attorney-client… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Sept. 15, 2022

That same day, Conservative radio host @hughhewitt posts on Twitter that Trump told him everything he took to Mar-A-Lago was declassified, and that he had done nothing wrong in connection with alternative slates of electors.

Trump predicts… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Oct. 3, 2022 archives.gov/press/press-re…

@USNatArchives releases 11 pages of communication with Trump representatives and 54 pages documenting its contact with other agencies about the Trump records; about 1,500 pages are withheld, citing privileged communications with federal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Oct. 11, 2022 archives.gov/press/press-re…

@USNatArchives denounces “false and misleading” reports implying that records of several former presidents took records with them or that the records were housed in “substandard conditions.” twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Nov.  2, 2022

President Biden’s lawyers find about 10 #ClassifiedDocuments at the @PennBiden Center. Biden’s attorneys report the discovery to @USNatArchives. theepochtimes.com/timeline-of-bi…

No information about the Biden documents is revealed publicly until 2 months later, well after… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Nov. 3, 2022

@USNatArchives contacts Biden’s lawyers to arrange to pick up boxes of Biden records from the @PennBiden Center, they learned that other records had been moved to the Boston law office of Pat Moore, another Biden lawyer, according to a letter NARA later sent in a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Nov. 15, 2022

@realDonaldTrump announces his candidacy for president in the 2024 election. theepochtimes.com/donald-trump-l… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Nov. 18, 2022 justice.gov/opa/pr/appoint…

The #DOJ appoints #JackSmith as special counsel to oversee 2 probes of Trump: the documents case and “whether any person or entity unlawfully interfered with the transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election or the certification… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Nov. 27, 2022

@realDonaldTrump punches back on Truth Social, calling Smith “totally compromised” and a “political hit man.” truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Dec. 1, 2022 theepochtimes.com/appeals-court-…

An appeals court rules that the special master’s review of documents must stop. The appellate judges say they cannot “write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jan. 9, 2023

The @WhiteHouse publicly discloses the Biden document concerns for the first time. In response, Trump points out the disparate treatment between him and Biden on his Truth Social platform. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru…

“When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jan. 10, 2023

Rep. @JamesComer, chair of the House @GOPoversight Committee, writes to @USNatArchives, raising concerns about “political bias” at the agency over “inconsistent treatment of recovering classified records” kept by Biden and Trump. oversight.house.gov/wp-content/upl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jan. 12, 2023

The #DOJ appoints a special prosecutor, Robert Hur, look into Biden’s #ClassifiedDocuments. theepochtimes.com/what-we-know-a…

Biden’s lawyers acknowledge that more classified documents were found at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, than had been previously reported. House… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Feb. 10, 2023

@USNatArchives releases records related to the transfer of documents from Biden’s time as vice president under Obama. archives.gov/foia/biden-vp-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Feb. 24, 2023 grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

Republicans Sen. @ChuckGrassley and @SenRonJohnson, leaders of congressional oversight committees, seek answers from @USNatArchives about the Biden records. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
March 1, 2023

During a closed hearing, a @USNatArchives representative tells a House committee that many recent presidents have mishandled classified information, according to testimony that was declassified weeks later. theepochtimes.com/national-archi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
March 7, 2023

In a letter to Sen. @ChuckGrassley and @SenRonJohnson, the @USNatArchives says it has not delved into the Biden records, and that they were transported to NARA’s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston.

NARA also reveals that Biden’s lawyers had begun… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
March 27, 2023

Sen. @chucKGRassle and @SenRonJohnson write another letter, revealing that they had learned the #FBI reviewed the Biden files. archives.gov/files/foia/202… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
April 12, 2023

After a series of shorter statements and records releases, @USNatArchives issues a lengthy statement disputing reports that NARA has been “untruthful” about its activities. archives.gov/press/press-re…

NARA’s primary mission is to make records available for access,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
April 13, 2023

In a response to Sen. @ChuckGrassley and @SenRonJohnson, the @USNatArchives says its ability to discuss the matter is limited because of Hur’s investigation. archives.gov/files/foia/04.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
April 27, 2023

@USNatArchives denies that it “declined to provide archival assistance to President Trump’s transition team.” archives.gov/press/press-re…

The agency says it provided similar help to “the three previous Presidential transitions,” adding: “The packing of boxes and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
May 23, 2023 theepochtimes.com/trump-lawyers-…

Trump’s attorneys ask for a meeting with top #DOJ officials to discuss “the ongoing injustice” that Trump is facing under Smith’s investigations of the documents matter and Trump’s alleged interference with transferring power to the Biden… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
May 31, 2023 cnn.com/2023/05/31/pol…

Citing “multiple sources,” @CNN releases an exclusive report alleging that federal prosecutors had obtained an audio recording of a 2021 meeting in which Trump reportedly acknowledged that he “held onto a classified Pentagon document about a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 1, 2023 theepochtimes.com/durham-report-…

The House @JudiciaryGOP Committee begins investigating whether bias in the #FBI, revealed in the #DurhamReport on May 15, has tainted Smith’s investigations of Trump.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland was given until June 15 to respond to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 2, 2023 theepochtimes.com/ntd-evening-ne…

The #DOJ announces that its investigation into possible mishandling of documents found at the home of Trump’s former vice president, @Mike_Pence, without filing charges against Pence. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 4, 2023

Countering other reports predicting Trump’s imminent indictment in the documents probe, a former Trump lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, tells @NBCNews’ “Meet The Press” questions whether such a prosecution would make sense. theepochtimes.com/ex-trump-lawye… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 5, 2023 theepochtimes.com/trump-decries-…

Speculation about the documents investigation nearing a conclusion goes into overdrive after 2 events.

3 Trump attorneys—Lindsey Halligan, John Rowley, and James Trusty—are seen leaving #DOJ headquarters in Washington. They had been inside… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 6, 2023

Rep. @Jim_Jordan demands the #DOJ produce “unredacted” records about Smith’s probe into the Trump documents case. theepochtimes.com/rep-jordan-mak…

In a series of Truth Social posts, couched as “tirades” by some media, Trump accuses the #FBI and #DOJ of being “Marxists and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 7, 2023

Taylor Budowich, a former Trump aide who continues supporting the former president via a political action committee, confirms via Twitter that he testified to a grand jury to meet his legal obligation.

Budowich said he remains determined to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 8, 2023 theepochtimes.com/trump-seeks-pr…

Trump calls for the #DOJ to shut down the case against him and for the @JusticeOIG to investigate the DOJ for prosecutorial misconduct. He alleges that top prosecutors tried to bribe and intimidate an attorney into getting a witness to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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