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Trump Conviction in Documents Probe Will Take Only 1 Hour: Glenn Kirschner


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Author: bladeslap   Date: 12/17/2022 5:39:35 AM  +4/-0  

Trump Conviction in Documents Probe Will Take Only 1 Hour: Glenn Kirschner

The case against Donald Trump in the investigation into his handling of sensitive documents is so strong that it can be tried and produce a conviction in an hour, a former federal prosecutor said Friday.

The FBI searched Trump's Florida home in August as part of a Department of Justiceinvestigation and seized thousands of files, including some marked as classified, that he allegedly took from the White House at the end of his presidency. The former president has not been charged with any crimes and has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing in regard to the documents.

However, the warrant for the Mar-a-Lago search listed three potential violations of federal law, including part of the 1917 Espionage Act. At least two additional items with classified markings were found in a Florida storage unit used by Trump, according to reports earlier this month.

 

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.


 
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