Donald Trump and his allies have responded with a variety of objections to his federal indictment, brought in June 2023 by special counsel Jack Smith. The federal charges – the first against a former president – listed 37 counts of obstruction of justice and wrongful retention of classified documents after Trump left office in January 2021.
Showing posts with label classified documents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classified documents. Show all posts
Monday, July 24, 2023
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Trump indictment unsealed – a criminal law scholar explains what the charges mean, and what prosecutors will now need to prove
Federal prosecutors on June 9, 2023, unsealed the indictment that spells out the government’s case against former President Donald J. Trump, who is accused of violating national security laws and obstructing justice.
The 49-page document details how Trump kept classified government documents – including papers concerning U.S. nuclear capabilities – scattered in boxes across his home at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, long after his presidency ended in 2021 and the government tried to reclaim them.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Overclassification overkill: The US government is drowning in a sea of secrets
The U.S. faces far more threats to its national security than from spy balloons or classified documents discovered in former and current presidents’ homes.
About 50 million more threats every year. That’s the estimated number of records annually classified as confidential, secret, or top secret by the U.S. government.
The U.S. has an overclassification problem, which, experts say, ironically threatens the nation’s security.
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