What the Charges In the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Actually Mean

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The offenses at issue are no small matter. They include the federal Espionage Act, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years per document.

gained entry to the premises and, according to Politico, was caught “carrying four cellphones, a laptop, an external hard drive and a thumb drive later found to carry malware.”

As for Trump failing to return to the government documents held in an unsafe environment, it appears that in January, he gave back some but not all of the official government records that the National Archives sought after he had taken them upon leaving the White House. Then, in May or June, a federal grand jury issued a subpoena compelling Trump to produce whatever documents the subpoena specified.

What could possibly justify Trump thinking that he could get away with failing to have such searches performed, if that is what happened? Perhaps previous episodes of not being held accountable while president—including the Mueller probe and two impeachments—led him to believe he was untouchable and could recklessly fail to search for and return any documents on his premises.Espionage was not the only violation that the FBI alleged in connection with the current search warrant. It also charged potential impeding orby concealing documents relating to that investigation.

 

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Per document.

An indictment for Trump using the Espionage Act would be a BFD… especially since, he has never faced a real consequence for anything his whole life.

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