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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsModel Prosecution Memo for Trump Classified Documents (Just Security)
https://www.justsecurity.org/86771/model-prosecution-memo-for-trump-classified-documents/This model prosecution memorandum assesses potential charges federal prosecutors may bring against former President Donald Trump. It focuses on those emanating from his handling of classified documents and other government records since leaving office on January 20, 2021. It includes crimes related to the removal and retention of national security information and obstruction of the investigation into his handling of these documents. The authors have decades of experience as federal prosecutors and defense lawyers, as well as other legal expertise. Based upon this experience and the analysis that follows, we conclude that Trump shouldand likely willbe charged.
Before indicting a case, prosecutors prepare a prosecution memo (or pros memo) that lays out admissible evidence, possible charges, and legal issues. This document provides a basis for prosecutors and their supervisors to assess whether the case meets the standard set forth in the Federal Principles of Prosecution, which permit prosecution only when there is sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction. Before a decision is made about bringing charges against Trump (and co-conspirators, if any), prosecutors will prepare such a memo.
There is sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction here, if the information gleaned from government filings and statements and voluminous public reporting is accurate. Indeed, the DOJ is likely now, or shortly will be, internally circulating a pros memo of its own saying so. That DOJ memo will, however, be highly confidential, in part because it will contain information derived through the grand jury and attorney work product. Since it will not be publicly available, we offer this analysis. Ours is likely more detailed than what DOJ will prepare internally for explanatory purposes. But, given the gravity of the issues here, our memo provides a sense of how prosecutors will assemble and evaluate the considerations that they must assess before making a prosecution decision.
Our memo analyzes six federal crimes in depth:
Mishandling of Government Documents
1. Retention of National Defense Information (18 U.S.C. § 793(e))
2. Concealing Government Records (18 U.S.C. § 2071)
3. Conversion of Government Property (18 U.S.C. § 641)
Obstruction, Contempt, False Information
1. Obstruction of Justice (18 U.S.C. § 1519)
2. Criminal Contempt (18 U.S.C. § 402)
3. False Statements to Federal Investigators (18 U.S.C. § 1001)
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Model Prosecution Memo for Trump Classified Documents (Just Security) (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jun 2023
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LetMyPeopleVote
(145,288 posts)1. I started reading this document
This document is very well done
Nevilledog
(51,109 posts)2. Agreed
tinrobot
(10,903 posts)3. Andrew Weissman one of the authors
Very well done.
Nevilledog
(51,109 posts)4. Kick
MayReasonRule
(1,461 posts)5. The Document - Version 2