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☆ In Earlier Espionage Act Cases, Warning Signs for Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Michael D. Shear | Adam Goldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Like former President Donald J. Trump, Lt. Col. Robert Birchum was accused in Florida of mishandling classified documents. Like the former president, he was charged with violating the Espionage Act. But unlike Mr. Trump, Mr. Birchum, 55, a highly decorated Air Force intelligence officer, took full responsibility. Despite all that, Mr. Birchum still got three years in prison when he was sentenced this month. The case and others like it are warning signs for Mr. Trump, who faces 31 counts of willfully retaining national defense secrets, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Robert Birchum, Birchum Organizations: Air Force Locations: Florida

☆ Analysis: Trump documents case is a test for the justice system he wants to dismantle
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

At the North Carolina State GOP Convention on Saturday, on his first campaign swing since news of the federal indictment, Trump escalated his assault on America’s system of justice. They’re trying to win the classified documents case in a court of public opinion – in a way that may influence a future jury – long before the ex-president faces a trial. Not to mention, the law does not require documents to be classified for a crime to have been committed. And many Democrats blamed ex-FBI Chief James Comey’s public statements in the case days before the 2016 election for helping to elect Trump. “(What) the Democrats are doing to Trump, it’s just too – it has nothing to do with running the country,” she said.

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☆ Factbox: Top US-China exchanges since Biden took office
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Below is a list of some of the other high level U.S.-China exchanges since then. FIRST TRADE TALKS - May 26, 2021U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and China's then Vice Premier Liu He held talks virtually, the first such high level trade talks between the world's two biggest economies since Biden took office. DIPLOMAT VISITS CHINA - July 26, 2021Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman held talks with State Councillor Wang Yi, in Tianjin, China. DEFENCE CHIEFS HOLD FIRST TALKS - April 20, 2022U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held a call with China's then defence minister Wei Fenghe, the first talks between the two officials since Biden took office. BIDEN AND XI MEET IN BALI - November 14, 2022Biden and Xi held their long-awaited first face-to-face leadership talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.

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☆ Trump is 'toast' if classified records case is proven, ex-attorney general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Trump told Politico on Saturday that he would continue his presidential campaign, even if he were convicted in the case, saying "I'll never leave." Of the 37 counts against Trump, 31 of them relate to secret and top secret classified documents that he kept after leaving the White House in early 2021. NOT 'PERSONAL DOCUMENTS'Trump has previously defended his retention of classified records, claiming without evidence he declassified them while in office - a defense that his allies have also repeated. Trump and his allies have also separately tried to argue that the records at the heart of the case are personal in nature and covered by the Presidential Records Act. "He has every right to have classified documents that he declassifies under the Presidential Records Act," Habba told Fox News Sunday.

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CNNHouse Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan on Sunday fiercely defended Donald Trump against his federal indictment, repeatedly claiming that the former president had the ability to declassify documents at any time. But Jordan repeatedly countered that saying he “could have” declassified material as president was not the same as saying he “didn’t” already declassify the material. “He has said time and time again, he's declassified all this material,” Jordan said. Trump is facing his first federal indictment for retention of classified documents and conspiracy with a top aide to hide them from the government and his own attorneys — a total of 37 counts. According to the indictment, classified documents were allegedly kept at various places in Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, including a public ballroom, bathroom and bedroom.

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☆ What is the Espionage Act and what might it mean for Donald Trump?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump has become the most high-profile person to ever face criminal charges under the Espionage Act for the unlawful retention of sensitive national defense records. WHAT IS THE ESPIONAGE ACT? The Espionage Act is an anti-spy law enacted by Congress shortly after the start of World War One. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has also been charged under the Espionage Act, and is fighting extradition to the United States. HOW DOES THE ESPIONAGE ACT APPLY TO TRUMP?

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☆ Here are the differences between the Trump and Clinton classified records cases
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump will appear in court Tuesday on charges related to hoarding top-secret documents. A look at the Clinton and Trump investigations and what separates them:'But her emails!' That decision returned to haunt her when, in 2015, intelligence agencies' internal watchdog alerted the FBI to potentially hundreds of emails containing classified information. FBI investigators ultimately concluded Clinton sent and received emails containing classified information on that non-classified system, including information classified at the top-secret level. So what's the difference between the Clinton and Trump cases?

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☆ Opinion: This Trump indictment will change history. The question is how
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion Jane Greenway Carr | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. “Big Brother” is a fierce indictment of a power structure that surveils and oppresses while poverty and suffering proliferate. Clay Jones“Next year will mark 50 years since President Richard Nixon resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal. And yet, “Trump denies any and all wrongdoing and continues to remain the leader of the pack. “When former President Donald Trump took office in 2017, he left the rules in place.

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National security law experts were struck by the breadth of evidence in the indictment which includes documents, photos, text messages, audio and witness statements. They said this made a strong case for prosecutors’ allegation that Trump illegally took the documents and then tried to cover it up. Trump has proclaimed his innocence and called the case a “witch hunt” orchestrated by political enemies. Cato's Neily said that based on his reading of the indictment, prosecutors likely have many witnesses who have given them similar accounts of Trump's efforts. Legal experts disagree over whether Trump could pardon himself if he wins.

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☆ After LIV Golf, What Will Be the Next Saudi Sports Bet?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Lauren Hirsch | Michael J. De La Merced | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tennis is probably the best candidate for a rival tour. And while there’s a smaller cohort of stars to recruit than in golf, a rival league would need only about a dozen players for an elite tour. Some tennis stars, including fifth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas, have already played in Saudi Arabia at the Diriyah tennis exhibition. The threat of Saudi competition is likely one reason the WTA raised money from the private equity firm CVC Capital this year. to own a major sports series like the PGA Tour may now be to just acquire one.

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☆ Aileen Cannon: Trump-appointed judge returns to spotlight in his federal criminal case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Federal judge Aileen Cannon entered the public spotlight last summer when she oversaw court proceedings related to the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Now, the Trump-appointed federal judge has been initially assigned to oversee the former president’s new federal criminal case in Miami, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. If she remains on the case, Cannon would have wide latitude to control timing and evidence in the case and be able to vet the Justice Department’s legal theory. Trump is expected to appear in Miami federal court Tuesday to be read the charges against him. “We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant.

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☆ Reactions to charges against Donald Trump in classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brian SnyderJune 9 (Reuters) - Court documents made public on Friday detailed 37 criminal counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump, including charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice after he left the White House in 2021. *Senator John Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference“This indictment certainly looks like an unequal application of justice. Hillary Clinton had a computer server in her house with classified documents. It feels political, and it’s rotten.”*Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow"He stored highly classified documents in his bathroom!?

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“Nothing more and nothing less.”The 49-page indictment included new details about how Trump allegedly took classified documents to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office in 2021 and resisted the government’s attempts to retrieve the classified materials. The indictment includes that photo – illustrating how the classified documents Trump kept were interspersed with newspapers and photographs. Trump wasn’t charged over classified documents he turned over voluntarilyWith the 31 documents the indictment describes as underlying the 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, the indictment also lists when those documents were recovered by the government. A separate special counsel investigation into Biden’s handling of documents remains ongoing, while the Justice Department told Pence’s attorney no charges would be brought over the discovery of classified documents in his Indiana home. What’s next in classified documents caseTrump has been summoned to appear in court in southern Florida at 3 p.m.

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Trump mishandled classified documents that included information about the secretive U.S. nuclear program and potential domestic vulnerabilities in the event of an attack, the federal indictment said. Unauthorized disclosure of classified documents posed a risk to U.S. national security, foreign relations, and intelligence gathering, prosecutors said. Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2023. The indictment also alleges Trump conspired with Nauta to keep classified documents Trump had taken from the White House and hide them from a federal grand jury. The case does not prevent Trump from campaigning or taking office if he were to win the November 2024 presidential election.

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☆ Actually Trump was indicted on 37 counts, not 7
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Taylor Berman | John Cook | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Initial reports from most major publications — including Insider — said Trump faced 7 counts from the Department of Justice. But the actual indictment, unsealed Friday afternoon, reveals he's actually facing 37 counts. Maybe Trusty's fax machine was running out of ink, and the "3" in the 37 counts was obscured. According to the unsealed indictment, Trump privately praised the lawyer who deleted Hillary Clinton's emails and stored classified documents in one of Mar-a-Lago's shower. Read the full unsealed indictment against Trump here.

Persons: Trump, —, Donald Trump, he's, Waltine Nauta, Trump's, Jim, Hillary, John Rowley Organizations: Justice Department, Service, Department of Justice, Prosecutors, CNN, DOJ Locations: Miami

June 9 (Reuters) - Here is a look at the charges former President Donald Trump faces and his possible defenses over what prosecutors say was his illegal retention of classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House in 2021. In January 2022, Trump agreed to return 15 boxes of records to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, and officials discovered in them more than 700 pages of records marked as classified. The Justice Department issued a grand jury subpoena in May 2022 asking Trump to return any other classified records. WHAT CHARGES DOES TRUMP FACE? Unlike Trump, Biden and Pence immediately returned the records and cooperated with efforts to search for additional documents.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Biden, Pence, Jack Queen, Noeleen Walder, Howard Goller, Alistair Bell Organizations: White House, TRUMP, U.S . National Archives, Records Administration, The Justice Department, FBI, Biden, Trump, The Justice, Thomson Locations: Florida, New York

The Justice Department on Thursday took the legally and politically momentous step of lodging federal criminal charges against former President Donald J. Trump, accusing him of mishandling classified documents he kept upon leaving office and then obstructing the government’s efforts to reclaim them. Mr. Trump confirmed on his social media platform that he had been indicted. The charges against him include willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the Espionage Act, making false statements and a conspiracy to obstruct justice, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department made no comment on the indictment Thursday and did not immediately make the document public. The indictment, handed up by a grand jury in Federal District Court in Miami, is the first time a former president has faced federal charges.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden Organizations: Department, Justice, Court Locations: Miami

☆ Not even Trump's lawyer is sure about what he's being charged with: Here's what we know
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump was indicted for a second time, but it appears that even his lawyer is unsure what they are. Speaking to CNN's Kaitlin Collins on Thursday evening, Trump's lawyer Jim Trusty said his legal team had not been provided with an indictment charge sheet. When asked by Collins whether there was a conspiracy charge in the summons, Trusty said: "I believe so." Reporters from ABC News tweeted the rumored charges against Trump, which carry sentences of five to 20 years if convicted. Trump's legal team did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, CNN's Kaitlin Collins, Trump's, Jim Trusty, Trump, Collins Organizations: CNN, Service, Department of Justice, Trump, ABC News

☆ The Trump Classified Documents Indictment, Annotated
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Justice Department on Friday unveiled an indictment charging former President Donald J. Trump with seven crimes. 31 counts Related to withholding national defense information One count against Mr. Trump for each document he was alleged to have kept in his possession. 5 counts Related to concealing possession of classified documents Among them are counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice and withholding documents and records, levied against both Mr. Trump and an aide, Walt Nauta. 2 counts False statements Related to statements to the F.B.I. The Donald Trump Classified Documents Indictment, Annotated › 49 pages A list of charges against Donald Trump.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Walt Nauta, Donald Trump Organizations: Department, Trump, The New York Times

☆ Special counsel Jack Smith urged Americans to read Trump's indictment to understand 'the gravity of the crimes charged'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Sarah Gray | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Special counsel Jack Smith briefly addressed the stunning 37-count indictment against Donald Trump. Smith urged Americans to read the indictment "to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged." He said that the DOJ will pursue a speedy trial. Smith urged Americans to read the more than 40-page indictment — which included counts related to the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice — "to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged." Trump has been attacking Smith on his social media platform Truth Social and has denied any wrongdoing.

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☆ Donald Trump’s criminal cases, explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Trump was indicted back in March by the Manhattan district attorney on state charges related to hush-money payments to a former adult-film star in 2016. Smith is also overseeing other investigations related to Trump, including those regarding the January 6, 2021, insurrection and the 2020 election. That federal law deals with the illegal retention of “national defense information,” a broad term that encompasses classified documents and other sensitive government materials. Federal charges related to classified documents likely do not either. But people do routinely serve prison time for retention of classified documents, conspiracy and obstruction.

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☆ US laws 'apply to everyone' -Trump prosecutor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsUS laws 'apply to everyone' -Trump prosecutorPostedU.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the prosecution against former President Donald Trump over the retention of classified documents, said in a brief statement: "Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the United States, and they must be enforced."

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It describes how Mr. Trump moved dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents out of the White House and into Mar-a-Lago, his home and private club in Palm Beach, Fla. A three-dimensional illustration shows the location of the Lake Room within Mar-a-Lago. Lake Room Lake Room Lake Room Boxes of documents were stored in a bathroom in the so-called Lake Room at Mar-a-Lago. Storage area Storage area Storage area Storage area Photographs show documents kept in a storage room at Mar-a-Lago. officials searched Mar-a-Lago in August 2022, they found 27 classified documents in Mr. Trump’s office, including six with the highest level of classification.

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☆ Special counsel probe continues into Biden's mishandling of government secrets
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Sam Fellman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

President Biden faces his own special counsel investigation over mishandled secret documents. Like Trump, Biden has faced his own drip, drip, drip of revelations in the case, and questions about his role. Like Trump, Biden has faced his own drip, drip, drip of revelations in the case, and questions about his role. It's unusual for the Justice Department to prosecute someone for mishandling classified records without evidence of so-called aggravating factors, such as obstruction of justice or willful violation, Insider's Sonam Sheth has reported. And in the unlikely event the special counsel does seek charges, Biden as the current president would be shielded from a criminal prosecution until when he's left office.

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☆ Donald Trump, the Presidential Records Act and ‘Clinton's sock drawer’ defense
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Alison Frankel | Thomson Reuters | Alison Frankel Has Covered High-Stakes Commercial Litigation As A Columnist For Reuters Since A Dartmouth College Graduate | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

“The [Presidential Records Act] does not confer any mandatory or even discretional authority on the archivist,” wrote U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in that 2012 ruling. “These are not presidential records,” he added. The Presidential Records Act, Trump’s brief said, gave Trump the sole authority to decide how to categorize his records. Fitton told me he explained his Presidential Records Act theory to the Washington, D.C., grand jury in the Trump document case last winter. Fitton, for instance, accused the Justice Department of flipping its position on presidential discretion under the Presidential Record Act to go after Trump.

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