Tag: Classified Docs

Donald Trump may have confessed to a crime on Truth Social. Legal experts are discussing the ramifications of his self-incriminating post. | Media Matters for America

Trump insists he did not keep stolen classified documents “on the floor” at Mar-a-Lago — admits they were stored in “cartons”

Donald Trump may have confessed to a crime on Truth Social. Legal experts are discussing the ramifications of his self-incriminating post. | Media Matters for America

Donald Trump’s Own History With the Espionage Act

Trump’s Administration wasn’t shy using the Espionage Act against others particularly journalists like Julian Assange who was never even in America.

This isn’t Trump’s first brush with the Espionage Act, though it is the first time he’s the one being accused. According to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, Trump’s Department of Justice charged five journalist sources — none of them spies — under the Espionage Act. (Several more journalistic sources were prosecuted under lesser statutes.) Here’s how the Espionage Act charges went for the people Trump used it against.

Donald Trump’s Own History With the Espionage Act

Trump’s Excuses for Hoarding Classified Documents Are Getting More Absurd – Mother Jones

But the most absurd feature of Trump’s excuse could be its ham-fisted attempt to relate to the everyday person working from home. “Everyone ends up having to bring home their work from time to time,” the statement via Solomon read. “American presidents are no different.” Add that to the even more unbelievable assertion that Donald Trump works at all—and you’ll be left wondering, once again, how did things get this stupid.

Trump’s Excuses for Hoarding Classified Documents Are Getting More Absurd – Mother Jones