Prosecutors ready to ask for Trump indictment on obstruction and Espionage Act charges

[moonshinegnomie]

Source: the independent

The Department of Justice is preparing to ask a Washington, DC grand jury to indict former president Donald Trump for violating the Espionage Act and for obstruction of justice as soon as Thursday, adding further weight to the legal baggage facing Mr Trump as he campaigns for his party’s nomination in next year’s presidential election.

The Independent has learned that prosecutors are ready to ask grand jurors to approve an indictment against Mr Trump for violating a portion of the US criminal code known as Section 793, which prohibits “gathering, transmitting or losing” any “information respecting the national defence”.

The use of Section 793, which does not make reference to classified information, is understood to be a strategic decision by prosecutors that has been made to short-circuit Mr Trump’s ability to claim that he used his authority as president to declassify documents he removed from the White House and kept at his Palm Beach, Florida property long after his term expired on 20 January 2021.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-indictment-espionage-prosecution-charges-b2353397.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1686166165

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About damn time. indict convict and jail the MF

[gab13by13]

1. Those indictments will probably come from Florida.

[Blue Owl]

2. I heard tRump thinks he's been THRONE UNDER THE BUS or something?

[sprinkleeninow]

5. Also *thinks* the whole indictment thing is a hoaks.

Holee smocks!!

[Duppers]

10. Good one.

"Thrown."

[Claustrum]

3. I am kind of curious why this and the TFG's a target news are coming from UK news source

instead of US ones.

Is there a gag order on US news sources (I know US media are still running these news but it's not confirmed or originate from them)? Why are these reporting originating from UK sources?

[Timewas]

4. Maybe

I'll believe when it actually happens.

[agingdem]

6. I agree...unless proven otherwise

this "prosecutors ready to ask..." frenzy is Trump manipulating the media..

[GP6971]

7. Locking.

Hosts Consensus is this anticipatory. Better suited for GD until the announcement is made.

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[LudwigPastorius]

8. If this story is true, and he's going to be charged with espionage,...

do you think this indicates that there is evidence that he sold some intelligence?

I know showing someone a classified document and selling it to someone is essentially the same under the law, but would a charge of espionage be filed if Trump did NOT sell information?

[cstanleytech]

9. He should be held without bail as "IS" a high flight risk.

[Ray Bruns]

11. Well get on with it!

https://m.

[republianmushroom]

12. "If", they are ready why hasn't it berm done ?

28 months and counting