Former President Donald Trump was indicted on further charges over his hoarding of classified documents – and he has a new co-defendant in the case.
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A former national security staffer, now a scholar of secrecy law, says criticisms of Trump’s federal indictment for hoarding classified documents are unfounded.
The Constitution says that a trial must be held where an alleged crime happened – while Trump’s indictment mentions Washington, D.C. and Florida, there are a few reasons why Florida was the pick.
The indictment identifies categories of risk to the United States and its allies due to his alleged mishandling of classified documents. A scholar of intelligence studies examines four of them.
Like all criminal defendants, Trump will enjoy the protection that a jury will offer from abuse by government prosecutors.
If you were Trump’s lawyer, what would you advise him to do now? Two national security specialists have some words for and about the former president after his federal indictment.
There are 38 felony charges against former President Donald Trump, and while it’s unlikely, he could potentially be sentenced to serve 400 years if found guilty on all of them.
Spy cases are rare. More typically, as in the Trump indictment, the act applies to the unauthorized gathering, possessing or transmitting of certain sensitive government information.
The Vietnam War whistleblower, who died on June 16, 2023, wrestled with his decision to leak thousands of pages of government documents.
Can you run for president from a prison cell? One man did in the 1920 election and got almost a million votes.
The handling of US classified information received another stain as a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stands accused of mishandling secret documents on US allies and the war in Ukraine.
Trump’s indictment will force Americans to grapple with the exact role of presidents – and limits of their power.
Two national security law experts explain how the Espionage Act isn’t only about international intrigue, and share other important points about the law that was invoked in a search of Trump’s estate.
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Associate Professor of Law; Senior Faculty Fellow, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Criminal Law, Immigration, and Race and Law, University of California, Davis
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of History, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Intelligence Studies, Texas A&M University
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Professor of American Studies, Brandeis University
