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Trump Facing 'Five-Year Felony' Over Classified-Docs Scandal: Kirschner
Newsweek ^ | February 19, 2022 | JASON LEMON 

Posted on 02/20/2022 3:56:34 PM PST by lowbridge

Attorney and former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said that former President Donald Trump is potentially facing a "five-year felony" over allegations that he took classified national security documents from the White House when he left office last year.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) confirmed in a Friday letter to the House Oversight Committee that some 15 boxes Trump returned last month after being requested to do so, contained classified national security documents. "NARA has identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes," archivist David Ferriero wrote.

Previously, The New York Times reported that classified documents were included with the records Trump was required to return. The Washington Post further reported that some of the documents were classified as "top secret."

Kirschner commented on the scandal during an MSNBC segment on Friday evening, predicting that Trump could face multiple indictments in the near future. Specifically when it comes to the documents issue, the legal expert contended that anyone else would already be indicted given the information currently available.

"That is a five-year felony. The National Archives has reported and referred to the Department of Justice for investigation the fact that Donald Trump removed classified national security information from the White House and he whisked it away to Mar-a-Lago," he said.

The legal expert appeared to be referring to 18 U.S. Code § 1924, which addresses "unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material." The law penalizes the crime with a fine or imprisonment "for not more than five years, or both."

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To: LukeL

This is only the beginning. The closer we get to the midterms and then 2024 the more BS charges the Marxist domestic enemies will come up with and as of now we are pretty much helpless to do anything about it. It’s pretty much checkmate all around. They own the media, the justice system, the FBI, CIA. I fully expect them to win the midterms and 2024 solely because nothing is being done about election integrity and eventually we as a people are going to have to decide whether we rebel or choose to live under tyranny for the rest of our lives.


41 posted on 02/20/2022 4:29:31 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: AnthonySoprano
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42 posted on 02/20/2022 4:31:18 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: Blue Highway

And Now we see it clearly.


43 posted on 02/20/2022 4:31:37 PM PST by TianaHighrider (God moved David to STAND UP to Goliath ❣)
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To: lowbridge

This is another ejaculatory fantasy for these pathetic Democrats. They are disgusting pigs.


44 posted on 02/20/2022 4:32:09 PM PST by lodi90
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To: lowbridge

Someone probably slipped whatever it was in there.

Probably this is all fabricated... but commies gonna commie.


45 posted on 02/20/2022 4:32:34 PM PST by Sarcazmo
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To: lowbridge

Does anyone really believe that President Trump packed 15 boxes himself? Or even directed someone to pack these specific boxes with documents he personally reviewed? He has people to do that that should have been working in conjunction with Documents people.


46 posted on 02/20/2022 4:32:56 PM PST by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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To: AnthonySoprano
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47 posted on 02/20/2022 4:33:30 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: AnthonySoprano
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48 posted on 02/20/2022 4:34:42 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: lowbridge

What Difference, At This Point, Does It Make?


49 posted on 02/20/2022 4:35:02 PM PST by roving (Vaxxers Suddenly Eager To Be Pro-Choice)
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To: AnthonySoprano
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50 posted on 02/20/2022 4:37:29 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: TianaHighrider

That is the problem. People are just starting to notice. This has been going on since the 50’s and 60’s and everyone just ignored it let it slowly happen. And now here we are!


51 posted on 02/20/2022 4:37:45 PM PST by carikadon (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: lowbridge; All
The majority ruling in the 1988 Supreme Court case Department of Navy vs. Egan -- which addressed the legal recourse of a Navy employee who had been denied a security clearance -- addresses this line of authority.

"The President, after all, is the ‘Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States’" according to Article II of the Constitution, the court’s majority wrote. "His authority to classify and control access to information bearing on national security ... flows primarily from this constitutional investment of power in the President, and exists quite apart from any explicit congressional grant."

Steven Aftergood, director of the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy, said that such authority gives the president the authority to "classify and declassify at will."

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/16/james-risch/does-president-have-ability-declassify-anything-an/

52 posted on 02/20/2022 4:38:28 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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53 posted on 02/20/2022 4:38:51 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: lowbridge

To the Marxist operatives doing this:

Thou shalt not speak ill of Donald Trump.

Or you might end up like the Perizzites, Amalekites, Canaanites, Jebusites, Hivites and others in
Exod. 23:20-33; 34:11-16; Num. 33:50-56; Deut. 7:1-5, 16-26; 20:1-20). Especially Deut. 20:16-18.

But apply to our opponents today. “as the LORD your God has commanded you,
in order that they may not teach you to do according to all their detestable things which they have done for their gods, so that you would sin against the LORD your God.”

Might just mean “expulsion” under the sweet style of translation. Dennis Prager and several Christian spokespeople believe it’s just explusion.


54 posted on 02/20/2022 4:39:33 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: lowbridge

A setup - total B$


55 posted on 02/20/2022 4:40:39 PM PST by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: jimfree

Yes. Dems trying to make up rules.


56 posted on 02/20/2022 4:40:58 PM PST by madison10
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To: lowbridge

He was president at the time, he can do whatever he wants with classified documents.


57 posted on 02/20/2022 4:43:03 PM PST by GaryCrow
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To: lowbridge

I’m more resolved than ever to vote for President Trump.


58 posted on 02/20/2022 4:50:23 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: lowbridge

Wag the dog. Durham info came out and now this.


59 posted on 02/20/2022 4:51:26 PM PST by LoveMyFreedom
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To: lowbridge

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/missile/keystories.htm

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/news/ny-times-hillary-clinton-approved-russian-uranium-deal-133318767.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2018/12/13/russian-uranium-one-deal-and-hillary-clinton-in-the-news-again/?sh=7941911b526d

https://www.dailywire.com/news/obamas-final-gift-uranium-headed-iran-hank-berrien


60 posted on 02/20/2022 4:52:32 PM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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