Article 62F6C Nuclear or not, classified or not, Mar-a-Lago files spell out jeopardy for Trump

Nuclear or not, classified or not, Mar-a-Lago files spell out jeopardy for Trump

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Julian Borger in Washington
from US news | The Guardian on (#62F6C)

President says he declassified secret and sensitive documents - but that may not matter for him to be prosecuted.

Over the course of Friday, the circumstances of Monday's FBI search of Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago have come into much sharper focus, which makes them look much worse for the former president.

The unsealed search and seizure warrant shows that it was carried out, in part, under the Espionage Act, a set of statutes dating to 1917 that have been used aggressively to go after leakers, whistleblowers and the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. The code quoted in the warrant carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment.

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