Security News > 2023 > June > Florida man insists he didn't violate the law by keeping Top Secret docs

A Florida man and his valet appeared in a Miami federal courtroom on Tuesday to respond to criminal charges of document hoarding and related claims.

Thus the US Justice Department is challenging the former game show host's allegedly wilful retention of government secrets.

The arraignment was overseen by US Magistrate Judge John Goodman, but the case will be handled by US District Judge Aileen Cannon - who happens to have been appointed by the former Twitter celebrity during his brief stint as president.

In a civil case earlier this year, the one-time owner of several beauty pageants was found liable for battery and defamation of writer E. Jean Carrol earlier this year when a jury concluded he sexually abused Carrol.

He also faces 34 felony counts in New York for alleged falsification of business records related to hush-money payments intended to conceal an alleged affair that everyone knows about with adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

The six-time bankrupt executive, who several years ago spent $25 million to settle claims against a university that bore his name, is seeking another term as president in 2024.

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