Former first lady Melania Trump will speak at an immigrant naturalization event hosted by the National Archives next week, 22 months after the agency asked the Justice Department to investigate her husband.
Trump, 53, is a naturalized citizen himself, and he will deliver a speech along with United States Archivist Colleen Shogan at the Dec. 15 ceremony, where 25 people from 25 countries will be sworn in as new US citizens, the National Archives announced Monday.
Beginning in May 2021, the agency repeatedly asked the former first lady’s husband, former President Donald Trump, to hand over documents he may have kept after leaving office, threatening to refer the matter to the Justice Department if he did not comply.
Melania Trump will give a speech along with the Archivist at the immigrant naturalization ceremony. WireImage
The following year, in January, Trump, 77, turned over 15 boxes of presidential records to the National Archives containing 197 classified documents, including 69 classified classified, 98 classified and 30 secret.
The agency notified the DOJ of its findings in February 2022, and the following month the FBI opened its investigation into Trump’s handling of classified material.
As part of the FBI’s investigation, agents raided the Trumps’ Mar-a-Lago estate in August 2022, sifting through Melania’s closet and other parts of the Palm Beach, Fla., property in search of White House documents.
Former Republican President Donald Trump gestures to his wife Melania after he delivered a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. Getty Images A ceremony on Dec. 15 will have 25 people from 25 countries take the oath of office as new US citizens, the National Archives announced Monday. Getty Images
The investigation culminated in Trump’s indictment by a federal grand jury on 40 criminal charges, including conspiracy to obstruct justice, corruptly concealing documents or records and knowingly withholding national defense information.
His trial in the case is scheduled to begin on May 20, 2024.
Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential front-runner, has denied any wrongdoing.
In 2022, Trump handed over 15 boxes of presidential records to the National Archives containing 197 documents with classified information. AFP via Getty Images
Melania’s expected appearance at the National Archives event in Washington, DC, comes weeks after she made a rare public appearance at a memorial service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter in Georgia.
Melania was joined by first lady Jill Biden and former first lady Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton at the somber ceremony honoring the wife of former President Jimmy Carter.
The oath of citizenship ceremony will be held in the historic National Archives Rotunda, where several of the nation’s founding documents, including the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights, are kept.
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