OPINION: The problem for Trump is that, even if the Espionage Act attack works in a challenge, it would leave six counts.
In a forthcoming book, I explore the checkered history of this Act where thousands were arrested for political speech. In an age of rage, the Espionage Act is the government's favorite weapon to use against its critics.
In a curious way, the charges against Trump are welcomed as another opportunity for the courts to look at this insidious law. That need existed long before the raid on Mar-a-Lago....the Trump indictment is historic, but it is also history repeating itself with the government reaching for this dangerously all-purpose statute.by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The pictures in the indictment are clearly designed to drive home the gross mishandling of documents to the public. No one is seriously going to argue that storing documents in a ballroom or next to a commode are good retention practices.
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