Trump no longer needs access to such information as an ex-president, albeit one with barely veiled intentions to see the presidency again in 2024. The maximum penalty for gathering, transmitting or losing defence documents — covered under the federal Espionage Act — is 10 years in prison. But past instances of officials caught playing fast and loose with sensitive documents have more often tended toward leniency. “Just to be clear,” wrote Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman-turned-Trump critic, “we’re here once again because Donald Trump broke the law. “They never ever seem to find the crime in the case of Donald Trump because one doesn’t exist.”Therein lies the modern American political dilemma.

Source: thestar August 13, 2022 03:01 UTC