As MAGA and Trump world completely flips out, and riles up their base without regard for the danger that poses, it is crucial that the rest of us maintain calm and composure. This will now take some time. Trump will be entitled to the same due process rights as the rest of us.
Let the criminal justice process continue. There will be deranged political attacks from Trump’s cronies. Let them lose their minds.
Law enforcement and prosecutors will need to be wary of increased threats. We saw that with the threats against the IC WBer team.
We saw that with the attempted attack on an FBI field office after the MAL search.
Trump will stir up the crazies. Diligence preparation will be needed to counter that.
In the end, the law will prevail either for or against Trump. This is our system of governance.
OK, I can’t let this go unanswered. Glenn has too big of an audience to allow him to mislead his followers with this garbage, so let me walk you all through this.
Fact: most of the relevant statutes do not clearly contemplate prosecution for inadvertent or accidental
mishandling of classified information. Even the statutes that do arguably do not apply to constitutional officers, which is what Trump was as POTUS and Biden was as VPOTUS and a Senator.
Fact: there has never been, to my knowledge, a prosecution for accidental mishandling.
It’s not because it couldn’t be done. DOJ declines to do it. Why? Because for most instances it involves a non-constitutional officer who has a security clearance that can be revoked, so DOJ is happy to just let the relevant agency move to administratively revoke. Why?