The US Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to charge former President Donald Trump with contempt of court in a case over his retention of classified documents, according to CNN.

The network quoted two informed sources that the Ministry of Justice's request to the federal judge came against the backdrop of Trump's failure to comply with a subpoena issued this summer ordering the former president to hand over records classified as confidential.

On the second of this month;

A US appeals court overturned a previous judicial decision stipulating the appointment of an independent expert to review documents seized by federal police at Donald Trump's home in Florida, which constituted another setback for the former president.

Federal appeals court judges in Atlanta unanimously overturned a Florida judge's appointment of the expert, which had temporarily prevented federal investigators from using the documents in their criminal investigation.

The appeals court held that the August 8 search and seizure of documents was not illegal, and that the judge in the Florida court did not have the power to limit access to the documents by the Department of Justice, which is leading the investigation.

On August 8, the FBI raided the Mar-a-Lago residence of Donald Trump in Florida, and confiscated boxes containing thousands of confidential documents that the former Republican president did not return when he left the White House despite requests. repeated, and some of these documents are classified under defense secrecy.

Federal investigators suspect that the former president violated the US espionage law that strictly regulates the possession of classified documents, but Trump confirmed that these documents were declassified.

The decision of the Court of Appeal gives Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November, the freedom to investigate Donald Trump in the case, as well as regarding his role in the events that preceded the storming of the Capitol by supporters of the former president on January 6. January 2021.

A few days ago, a US court convicted the real estate company of former President Donald Trump of a 15-year tax fraud scheme against the authorities, which added a new burden to the legal problems facing Trump at a time when he began his campaign to run again for the presidency in 2024.

The court found the Trump Organization, which operates hotels, golf courses and other real estate around the world, guilty of paying personal expenses to senior executives, including Chief Financial Officer Alan Wieselberg, and issuing bonus checks to them as independent contractors.

The company faces fines of up to $1.6 million after being found guilty of all charges in the case, including conspiracy to defraud tax authorities and falsifying company records.

The judge in the court in New York set January 13 as the date for announcing the sentence.