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Feb 11 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Trump’s political future – and even his freedom – may be threatened by documents found at Mar-a-Lago, experts say ift.tt/mGDEYpv
Former president Donald Trump would have known a letter from Kim Jong Un that he kept after leaving the White House was classified because he once threatened a @Time photographer with jail for trying to take a photo of it during an Oval Office interview. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Even if Trump declassified the Kim Jong Un letter, he could still face charges under the Espionage Act because the government could claim it as "National Defence Information". independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
“National Defence Information is helpfully defined as ‘information relating to the national defence,’ which can be expanded to be pretty much anything the government wants it to be," @NatlSecCnslrs said. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Ex-Watergate prosecutor @nickakerman said it would be far easier for prosecutors to convict Trump for theft or destruction of government property than any classified information charge. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
“To show that he intentionally destroyed property that he knew belonged to the government, that he took property that he knew belong to the government, that is probably the better way to go," @nickakerman said. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

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Am I? No.

But I'm old enough to remember when presidents regularly took questions from the entire press corps in a setting that allowed for follow-ups & in-depth answers, without screeching staffers cutting off the Q&A.

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NOW: Travis McMichael gets life without parole.
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NEW: Former vice president @mike_pence hasn't yet talked to the @January6thCmte, but sources familiar with his inner circle say the ex-Veep may as well be on board with the investigation into what brought rioters calling for his death to the Capitol. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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NOW: AG Garland says @TheJusticeDept "remains committed to holding all 1/6 perpetrators at any level, accountable under law, whether they were present that day, or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault. on our democracy".
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Dec 13, 2021
NEW: The 2020 election was not the first one @MarkMeadows tried to overturn.

After Trump beat @tedcruz in the 2016 North Carolina primary, sources say Meadows tried to force the state party to send all Cruz delegates to the RNC against voters' wishes.

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