Glen
n Kirschner, an ex-prosecutor who is now an
MSNBC legal analyst, weighed in on some of the various legal issues involving Trump during a Friday YouTube
appearance on
On the Move With Victor Shi. Asked about the pace of the federal documents probe and investigations into Trump's
business practices and
actions related to the 2020 presidential election, Kirschner said he hopes the first indictment Trump might face is for the "classified documents crimes which continue to pose a threat to our national security."
When will you invade Bill and Hillary's home in search of the 33,000 emails she deleted AFTER receiving a subpoena from the U.S. Congress?" Trump wrote in the post on his social media site. "When will you invade the other Presidents' homes in search of documents, which are voluminous, which they took with them, but not nearly so openly and transparently as I did?"
Kirschner has previously said that he believes this post directly incriminates Trump for the alleged theft of government records because he "admitted that he took the documents openly, transparently and therefore knowingly."
During his appearance on On the Move With Victor Shi, Kirschner asserted that the federal documents probe is "the case that can be tried to a conviction in an hour.
"That's a little bit of hyperbole, but it's a very strong case," Kirschner said. "And I think that case should be the first one to be brought."
Bill Dunlap, a law professor at Quinnipiac University, told Newsweek that he believes Kirschner is likely correct in regard to the strength of the documents case against Trump.
"Time after time, he has handed them evidence that he not only took the documents but did so 'willfully,' often the hardest element to prove," Dunlap said. "'Willfully' is generally satisfied by acting voluntarily and intentionally, which he confesses to when he accuses other presidents of doing the same thing, but 'not nearly so openly and transparently as I did.'"
Newsweek reached out to a Trump spokesperson for comment.