Judge Orders Sealed Hearing for Protective Order in Trump Classified Documents Case
anyone have a copy of Biden’s indictment for having classified docs at home and other locations as senator and VP?
Bottom line……since 1917, the Espionage Act has never been applied to Presidents or ex Presidents. Even when ex Presidents retained their Presidential records (including National Defense Information) they were not prosecuted under the Espionage Act. There is zero historical precedent for using the EA to go after Trump. The Presidential Records Act does not change anything about the provisions of the Espionage Act. The sooner Trump’s attorneys hammer that home, the better. President’s even after leaving office retain “authorized” status to view and discuss relevant National Defense Information, the classification and the toothless PRA are irrelevant.
With no violation of the Espionage Act, there can be no obstruction or conspiracy since there is no underlying felony.
“special treatment that no other criminal defendant would receive and that is unsupported by law or precedent.”
Jack Smith is mistaken.
“Wen Ho Lee...is a Taiwanese-American scientist who worked for the University of California at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He created simulations of nuclear explosions for the purposes of scientific inquiry, as well as for improving the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.”
“Janet Reno confirmed with CIA Director George Tenet and FBI Director Louis Freeh that if the presiding judge rules that the government must reveal in open court what specifically was on the tapes, the prosecution would have to plea out the case or risk jeopardizing state secrets.”
“In September 2000, Judge Parker ruled that the government was required to disclose the information on the tapes.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Ho_Lee
What the government can do is to request the judge suspend the trial until the information on one of the many documents involved no longer is no longer ‘sensitive’ [and was still ‘sensitive’ at the time the government asked that it be turned over].
Another strategy the government might use is to redact the ‘sensitive’information on each document.
Trump might then have enough information for defense purposes (and the government for trial purposes). If not, the government can proceed from there, such as not relying on documents Trump can’t recall.
I would hope each document has been agency reviewed with the intent of allowable declassification.
Isn’t this the clever broad that wanted all the hearings
televised?
Sealed hearing? What’s up with that?