Former President Donald Trump insists he has turned away the “biggest law firms” as he is facing federal criminal charges.
During an event at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, Trump said, “You know, I tell these people, they all come in. They all want to help. Some of the biggest people, the biggest law firms, the biggest lawyers, I say, listen, ‘I don’t want any help.'”
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At Bedminster last night, Trump says some of the best lawyers and law firms in the country contacted him offering their help but he told them he didn’t need it. pic.twitter.com/63UkRZVqog
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 23, 2023
His comments come as he is facing federal criminal charges for allegedly mishandling classified documents.
Trump is facing 37 charges, including 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, one count of corruptly concealing a document or record, one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation, and one count related to making false statements.
The indictment also claims Trump kept documents “in a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, and office space, his bedroom, and a storage room” at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The former president has insisted he is an “innocent man.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed the investigation was “INITIATED BY THE MISFITS, MUTANTS, MARXISTS, [and] COMMUNISTS.”
Trump has reportedly had difficulty finding lawyers to represent him in the classified documents case.
The Washington Post reported he was presented with a plan by one of his attorneys, Christopher Kise, in 2022 to try to avoid charges in the case.
However, it added, “Trump was not interested after listening to other lawyers who urged a more pugilistic approach, so Kise never approached prosecutors, three people briefed on the matter said. A special counsel was appointed months later.”
In a statement, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said, “President Trump has consistently been in full compliance with the Presidential Records Act, which is the only law that applies to Presidents and their records.”
“In the course of negotiations over the return of the documents, President Trump told the lead DOJ official, ‘anything you need from us, just let us know.’ Sadly, the weaponized DOJ rejected this offer of cooperation and conducted an unnecessary and unconstitutional raid on the President’s home in order to inflict maximum political damage on the leading presidential candidate,” he continued.