Social media users discovered a rather big mistake in former President Donald Trump’s arrest document after it was posted online earlier this week.
On Tuesday, the 45th president pleaded “not guilty” through his attorneys in federal court.
Trump was granted pretrial release without special conditions, apart from no contact with witnesses.
Special Counsel Jack Smith charged Trump with 37 counts related to his supposed handling of classified documents, which he kept at his Mar-a-Lago residence.
If Trump is found guilty on all counts, he could die in jail.
However, Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman, who oversaw Trump’s arraignment, appeared to have made a pretty big mistake on Trump’s arrest document.
Several Twitter users found the signature date appears to say July 13, 2023, and not June 13, which was Donald Trump’s actual court date.
Despite the mistake in the document, Newsweek jumped to defend the error, saying it could easily be amended.
“Mistakes such as the incorrect signing of a date in a document are known as a clerical error and normally easily amended,” the outlet wrote.
“Under Florida state law, the court can correct such clerical errors at any time on its own initiative or on the motion of any party,” the outlet added.
The indictment alleges that Trump showed classified documents to a number of people who didn’t-didn’t possess proper security clearances on two separate occasions.
The alleged incident was leaked to CNN.
The network reported that federal prosecutors had “obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, multiple sources told CNN, undercutting his argument that he declassified everything.”
The charges against Trump include “willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in a federal investigation, a scheme to conceal, and false statements and representations.”
“Maximum sentences for the respective charges, per their statutes, range from five up to 20 years, although any eventual sentence should Trump be convicted would likely be much lower,” ABC News reported.
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Everyone knows this indictment is BS – take down of a political opponent ! This “get Trump” c**p is out of control. When are WE THE PEOPLE going to do something about it?