The main takeaway for me: prosecutors must determine if classified information meets a sort of Goldilocks test.
It is about criminalizing (the information) being kept outside of a protected area, even by somebody who is allowed to have classified information.
… All of the discussion has been about how Trump and others may have handled documents after knowing there’s a criminal investigation that exists.
We know there’s an obstruction of justice investigation around that.
A key thing in an obstruction of justice investigation is knowing that there’s a proceeding that you could potentially be obstructing, like a criminal investigation.
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