Mar-A-Lago nuclear revelations make it 'almost impossible' for Trump to escape charges: legal expert

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The revelation that Donald Trump kept materials related to a foreign nation's nuclear capabilities puts intense pressure on the Department of Justice to bring charges against the former president.

FBI agents found those highly classified documents -- which many high-ranking national security officials aren't even aware of -- at Mar-A-Lago during a search last month, and MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade told "Morning Joe" that prosecutors had to indict Trump for holding onto those top-secret government records.

"I think there are two things about this that are very significant," McQuade said. "One is, regardless of classification level, it is clear now that this relates to national defense information, and that's the language of the Espionage Act. So Donald Trump can claim to have declassified documents all day. He might even have been successful, and that would be no defense to the claim. The other thing that I think is significant about this is it makes it almost impossible for the Justice Department to decline to bring criminal charges."

McQuade said this situation called for strong action, compared with similar violations by other former government officials after they had left office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mar-a-lago-nuclear-revelations-make-it-almost-impossible-for-trump-to-escape-charges-legal-expert/ar-AA11yBLs

I hope so.

[Joinfortmill]

1. I think we're a long way from the bottom of what Treason Trump has done.

[Irish_Dem]

2. We may never know, we are being kept in the dark to a large extent.

Which I think is wrong.

The American people are scared, worried and need some answers.

[blue-wave]

11. 100% agree

Let us know the treachery which was committed against us and our nation.

[Irish_Dem]

13. The American public has a right to some answers.

How bad is the damage, how did it happen, what corrections are taking place.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. Trumpy-Boy needs to be indicted on over 20 counts. That's easily reached.

Let's not have any of this "1-count" BS that can be easily appealed, with a possibility of acquittal. Throw the book at the traitor. Make it so overwhelming, his dipshit lawyers head for the tavern and don't come back.

[LaMouffette]

4. Traitor Trump MUST be indicted to make Republican voters understand how serious this is.

When Trump was impeached the first time and still remained president, the message to Republican voters was that what he had done must not have been that bad since he was still president. When he was impeached the second time, the message to Republicans was go ahead and reject the results of a free and fair election, go ahead and attack the Capitol, go ahead and bludgeon police officers, go ahead and string up a vice president for carrying out his duty, go ahead and defile the Capitol building. No ramifications (so far) for Trump whatsoever. Consequences for some of the people who attacked the Capitol, but many of the penalties have been just a slap on the wrist.

The situation of an American president stealing and doing God knows what with the nation's top-secret documents DEMANDS accountability and swift action.

[Emile]

5. The traitor declared war against the United States

on Jan 6th. Then when he lost the war he steals top secret documents on the way out. He should have been locked up a year ago.

[Novara]

6. He needs to be indicted to show the world that we give a damn that he's got their secrets

This has major international relations implications.

[lindysalsagal]

20. Exactly. We absolutely must prove to the world that our

Open, free society doesn't risk their security.

[Delmette2.0]

7. Lock him up pending trial.

1 this will keep him off the internet.

2 it may keep him from all the pretrial delays.

[justhanginon]

8. Judge Cannon says, "here, hold my beer"!

[YoshidaYui]

9. HEY JUSTICE DEPARTMENT!!!

Link to tweet

[IcyPeas]

10. what are the talking points on fox today.... that's it's no big deal?

how are they spinning this? they saying he didn't know they were there? just a paperwork error? he didn't pack the boxes? they were planted?

this must be his 5,000th crime. can we arrest him yet? I mean..... nuclear secrets for chrissake. what next?

[Cha]

12. It's the

Fucking “almost “ that pisses me off as I’m sure it does many others

[Bristlecone]

16. I'm in that camp

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. That pile of orange cat shit should be in a dungeon by now.

He was given a pass for multiple crimes before he was installed by Putin. He was given a pass for multiple crimes during his term in office. If he'd been treated as 'not above the law' then, we would not be in this situation today.

A big table of crimes:

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/president-trump-staggering-record-of-uncharged-criminal-misconduct/

[LudwigPastorius]

14. You'd think that planning and instructing a mob to storm the Capitol in a coup attempt would...

make it 'almost impossible' for Trump to escape charges.

Yet, here we are.

[gab13by13]

15. The FBI can't investigate the nuclear documents

the judge issued a stay. They could be dusting for fingerprints, doing forensics on the documents.

[sakabatou]

17. How many Repukes will look the other way?

[maxsolomon]

18. Barbara McQuade can say whatever she wants.

Like Neil Kaytal, most of what she predicts is just more hot air.

With the Special Master decision, Trump probably pushed any theoretical indictment out past his declaration for 24. The DOJ won't touch him once he's declared.

That would violate a norm.

[BlueWavePsych]

19. Flight risk. Lock him up now!

[allegorical oracle]

21. What bugs me is when Barr, on Faux, questions whether Fathead ought to be indicted and then adds,

"I don't want to see him indicted." Barr questions whether MAGAts will understand the WHY of an indictment. (Like us, he must recognize what blockheads they are.)

However, if there isn't an indictment and Trump struts off the stage free and clear, he will run for president again and possibly be elected. Then he will resume the chaos and the dirty tricks and potentially do even more damage with his cavalier attitude toward national security. He lost two popular votes and was impeached twice. So how does he deserve another shot at the target?

If a deal is made not to indict him, some agreement must be reached that he will not run for any public office again.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

22. And yet, "norms" would be violated if he gets indicted.

Can't allow that, now can we?

[jalan48]

23. What's the DOJ waiting for?

[newdayneeded]

25. But, here we are!