House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland today renewing his request for additional information on the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home last year.

Jordan, a staunch Trump ally, set a June 16 deadline for the information, including all “documents and communications referring or relating to meetings between FBI and Justice Department officials prior to the execution of the search warrant on President Trump’s private residence.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the two top Democrats in Congress, released a joint statement this evening.

“No one is above the law — including Donald Trump," they wrote. "This indictment must now play out through the legal process, without any outside political or ideological interference. We encourage Mr. Trump’s supporters and critics alike to let this case proceed peacefully in court.”

The indictment against Trump included multiple photos of places where boxes of documents were kept.

Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information “disqualifies her from the presidency” during their 2016 campaign, when his supporters would frequently chant “lock her up!” at his rallies. 

Trump has now been charged with mishandling classified information — and apparently for more serious alleged violations than Clinton ever faced, since federal investigators ultimately decided that while she had been “extremely careless” in her handling of classified information, it did not rise to the level of criminality or warrant charges.

The FBI investigated Clinton for months over her use of a private email account as secretary of state under President Barack Obama, with a focus on whether she mishandled classified information by sending it over an unsecured private server.

“Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case [against Clinton],” former FBI Director James Comey said in a press conference when he closed the Clinton probe in July, 2016.

“In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts,” Comey continued. “All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of: clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information; or vast quantities of materials exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct; or indications of disloyalty to the United States; or efforts to obstruct justice. We do not see those things here.”

Trump’s case differs from Clinton’s because it may involve several of the issues Comey mentioned, such as Trump’s intentions, the quantity of the information he allegedly took and his potential efforts to obstruct justice.

Ultimately, Trump now faces 37 federal counts while Clinton faced none — though it may have cost her the election against Trump. 

Speaker McCarthy reacted to the Trump indictment in a taped interview with Fox News. McCarthy continued to defend the former president, telling Fox: “You’ve got a sitting president right now in the exact same situation. You have a former first lady, senator, secretary of state that had the same situation, that nothing was done to her.”

“This is going to disrupt this nation because it goes to the core of equal justice for all, which is not being seen today. And we’re not going to stand for it.” McCarthy said.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., posted on Twitter that he played a round with the former president on Friday at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club following news of his indictment.

Gimenez had already endorsed Trump.

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche declined to comment now that the indictment has been unsealed.

The U.S. Secret Service, which is preparing for Trump's appearance in federal court on Tuesday, said in a statement today that it will not seek "any special accommodations" for the former president's security next week in Miami.

"As with any site visited by a protectee, the Secret Service is in constant coordination with the necessary entities to ensure protective requirements are met," said Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the Secret Service.

"We have the utmost confidence in the professionalism and commitment to security shared by our law enforcement partners in Florida."

Nauta faces a count of making false statements and representations, which stem from a voluntary interview he gave to the FBI on May 26, 2022.

During the interview, Nauta told the FBI he was not aware of any boxes being brought to Trump's home.

The FBI asked Nauta if he had any information about where and how the documents were kept, and if they were locked, according to the indictment. "Something that makes the intelligence community feel better about these things, you know," the FBI interviewer said to Nauta.

The indictment says Nauta responded: "I wish, I wish I could tell you. I don't know. I don't — I honestly just don't know."

The indictment alleges Nauta had moved the boxes to various locations at The Mar-a-Lago Club, including a specific time with an unnamed Trump employee (referred to as "Trump Employee 2").