Former President Donald Trump could find himself in more legal trouble after a priceless gun was reportedly auctioned off from his Mar-a-Lago collection, possibly violating the conditions of his federal indictment.
During a charity event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home last weekend, a gun described as a “one of a kind Trump Glock from the 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump” was sold at the auction, according to pictures and videos obtained by Meidas Touch News. That could land Trump in further legal trouble as federal law prohibits individuals who are under federal indictment from buying or selling firearms.
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Videos obtained by the outlet show the bidding began at $10,000, although it’s not entirely clear how much the firearm was sold for. However, the individual who purchased the gun could also find themselves in trouble for purchasing the gun from Trump when his federal indictments are so publicly known.
Both Trump and the purchaser could face prison time for the auctioning, according to federal gun prohibitions laid out in the Gun Control Act enforced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Trump recently landed himself in trouble with that law after his campaign posted a photo of the former president holding a gun at Palmetto State Armory in South Carolina earlier this year with the caption, “President Trump purchases a @GLOCKInc in South Carolina!” The campaign later deleted the post, clarifying that Trump did not purchase the firearm but merely “indicated that he wanted one.”
Some pictures obtained by Meidas Touch show Trump present at the auction, although those have not been independently verified by the Washington Examiner. A spokesperson for the former president has not yet responded to a request for comment.
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Trump faces a number of federal indictment charges over four separate cases dealing with his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot, efforts to overturn 2020 election results in Georgia, harboring classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home after leaving the White House, and falsifying business records in connection to paying off porn star Stormy Daniels for an alleged affair.
Trump has denied all wrongdoing across all four cases and has pleaded not guilty.
