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Donald Trump charged with illegal retention of classified documents (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Sass@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Federal prosecutors have charged Donald Trump with violating the Espionage Act and conspiring to obstruct the criminal investigation among other counts, according to a person familiar with the matter, a historic development marking the most significant legal peril yet for the former president.

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[–] planet_barf@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

DJT is obviously guilty of a bunch of crimes.

Where in the US can you still find a jury without a single Trumpster on it though? It's sad that getting away with everything he has is possible, but I don't see him ever facing consequences.

[–] darkkite@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

[–] Sass@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Smith made the interesting choice to go through Miami rather than DC. One of the guesses is that filing in such a pro Trump jurisdiction will eliminate many of the stalling tactics and under cut claims of bias. So far Smith seems to be closing the loop holes.