Wed Jun 7, 2023, 09:02 PM

Prosecutors ready to ask for Trump indictment on obstruction and Espionage Act charges

Source: the independent

The Department of Justice is preparing to ask a Washington, DC grand jury to indict former president Donald Trump for violating the Espionage Act and for obstruction of justice as soon as Thursday, adding further weight to the legal baggage facing Mr Trump as he campaigns for his party’s nomination in next year’s presidential election.

The Independent has learned that prosecutors are ready to ask grand jurors to approve an indictment against Mr Trump for violating a portion of the US criminal code known as Section 793, which prohibits “gathering, transmitting or losing” any “information respecting the national defence”.

The use of Section 793, which does not make reference to classified information, is understood to be a strategic decision by prosecutors that has been made to short-circuit Mr Trump’s ability to claim that he used his authority as president to declassify documents he removed from the White House and kept at his Palm Beach, Florida property long after his term expired on 20 January 2021.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-indictment-espionage-prosecution-charges-b2353397.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1686166165

About damn time. indict convict and jail the MF

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Prosecutors ready to ask for Trump indictment on obstruction and Espionage Act charges (Original post)	moonshinegnomie	Jun 2023	OP
Those indictments will probably come from Florida.	gab13by13	Jun 2023	#1
I heard tRump thinks he's been THRONE UNDER THE BUS or something?	Blue Owl	Jun 2023	#2
Also thinks the whole indictment thing is a hoaks.	sprinkleeninow	Jun 2023	#5
Good one.	Duppers	Jun 2023	#10
I am kind of curious why this and the TFG's a target news are coming from UK news source	Claustrum	Jun 2023	#3
Maybe	Timewas	Jun 2023	#4
I agree...unless proven otherwise	agingdem	Jun 2023	#6
Locking.	GP6971	Jun 2023	#7
If this story is true, and he's going to be charged with espionage,...	LudwigPastorius	Jun 2023	#8
He should be held without bail as "IS" a high flight risk.	cstanleytech	Jun 2023	#9
Well get on with it!	Ray Bruns	Jun 2023	#11
"If", they are ready why hasn't it berm done ?	republianmushroom	Jun 2023	#12

Response to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 09:06 PM

gab13by13 (18,008 posts)

1. Those indictments will probably come from Florida.

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Response to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 09:07 PM

Blue Owl (47,401 posts)

2. I heard tRump thinks he's been THRONE UNDER THE BUS or something?

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Response to Blue Owl (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 09:43 PM

sprinkleeninow (19,549 posts)

5. Also thinks the whole indictment thing is a hoaks.

Holee smocks!!

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Response to Blue Owl (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 8, 2023, 03:11 AM

Duppers (27,625 posts)

10. Good one.

"Thrown."

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Response to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 09:07 PM

Claustrum (4,781 posts)

3. I am kind of curious why this and the TFG's a target news are coming from UK news source

instead of US ones.

Is there a gag order on US news sources (I know US media are still running these news but it's not confirmed or originate from them)? Why are these reporting originating from UK sources?

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Response to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 09:08 PM

Timewas (2,051 posts)

4. Maybe

I'll believe when it actually happens.

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Response to Timewas (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 10:00 PM

agingdem (7,088 posts)

6. I agree...unless proven otherwise

this "prosecutors ready to ask..." frenzy is Trump manipulating the media..

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Response to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Wed Jun 7, 2023, 10:13 PM

GP6971 (27,932 posts)

7. Locking.

Hosts Consensus is this anticipatory. Better suited for GD until the announcement is made.

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Wed Jun 7, 2023, 11:29 PM

LudwigPastorius (7,500 posts)

8. If this story is true, and he's going to be charged with espionage,...

do you think this indicates that there is evidence that he sold some intelligence?

I know showing someone a classified document and selling it to someone is essentially the same under the law, but would a charge of espionage be filed if Trump did NOT sell information?

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Response to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2023, 02:32 AM

cstanleytech (25,395 posts)