Former President Donald Trump faces his first federal indictment for retention of classified documents and conspiracy with a top aide and an employee at Mar-a-Lago to hide them from the government and his own attorneys. Trump now faces a total of 40 counts and two employees face additional counts.
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The case pits the federal government against the man who could very well win the next election to become president once again.
The detailed indictment was filed in Florida in June and updated in July. It marks the beginning of a legal process that will coincide with the Republican primary and the presidential campaign.
An annotated version of what's known as a superseding indictment, along with shocking photos of boxes of classified material openly stored in a ballroom and in a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago, is below.
Presidents can and do have access to any information the government possesses, and the government has a legitimate need to keep some secrets about intelligence gathering and defense capabilities, including its nuclear arsenal.
The US Intelligence Community is comprised of 18 distinct agencies, including the CIA and the National Security Agency and elements of the Department of Defense.
This new, superseding indictment adds allegations of violating a section of US law with regard to tampering with evidence.