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As president, Trump approved a law increasing penalties for mishandling classified info. It could come back to bite him.
Business insider ^ | 8/22/2022 | Tom Porter

Posted on 06/08/2023 5:23:51 PM PDT by tarpit

Donald Trump in 2018 signed a sweeping national security bill into law. The bill increased punishments for those who mishandle classified information. The measure is of note after the Mar-a-Lago raid, thought to be connected to government documents.

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KEYWORDS: classified; globalistpropaganda; indictment; law; tomporter; trump
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To: unclebankster
Biden’s poll numbers must be really bad for this lunacy to be continuing.

It's not polling. It's the incontrovertible evidence that Obama and Biden accepted a five million dollar bribe in return for policy influence. It happened when FJB was VP and Obama was President. The only way influence could be peddled is with Obama's participation.

Biggest scandal in the history of the USA.

21 posted on 06/08/2023 5:50:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: BerryDingle

Not sure it matters as charges are in FL where the alleged crime occurred *after* he was no longer president but will be interesting to see.


22 posted on 06/08/2023 5:52:48 PM PDT by tarpit
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To: struggle

Really? I’m still waiting for the dog to bite Hillary in the ass!!!! No, this nation is controlled by them. We relinquished our rights when we did not even take a stand to stand with Trump or defend our borders. He is a representation of us is ..he is representing us and this is what the swamp has done to Americans. Folks remember the rally cry give me liberty or give me death … too bad our children will never know a free America. We have turned into a Third World country like Brazil, Venezuela, and all the nations that were once prosperous and have fallen because of corrupt socialist, communist POS demon governments! Don’t be fooled we are rapidly descending into a Third World hell hole. The evil globalist communist took over without firing a single shot!


23 posted on 06/08/2023 5:52:58 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: tarpit

If there is one person who can declassify, it is him.


24 posted on 06/08/2023 5:54:00 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: unclebankster

- Hunter Biden laptop
- J6 tape and FBI document release


25 posted on 06/08/2023 5:57:23 PM PDT by silverleaf (It’s not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
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To: silverleaf

- Hunter Biden laptop
- J6 tape and FBI document release

*************

My hatred for our political enemies is growing hourly.

Now I’m going to drink a beer & settle down.


26 posted on 06/08/2023 6:02:32 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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28 posted on 06/08/2023 6:30:18 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: McGavin999

It should, as he wasn’t even president when he took classified documents, but it probably won’t, because FBI & DoJ won’t charge him.


29 posted on 06/08/2023 6:31:46 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: tarpit

It is impossible for a current President to mishandle classified information. He classifies and declassifies it.


30 posted on 06/08/2023 6:32:56 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: tarpit; All

Who writes this crap? Since Trump declassified the documents, he was not handling classified documents.


31 posted on 06/08/2023 6:34:44 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: tarpit

whatever.


32 posted on 06/08/2023 6:45:23 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: tarpit

Trump also released to the public the order that declassified the materials which is dated BEFORE he left office.


33 posted on 06/08/2023 6:49:58 PM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: tarpit

Hey Morons, the purpose of increasing penalties was to protect American lives. Who has Trump endangered? Absolutely no one.
Those targeting Trump should be marched before a firing squad, but they will never be. They are destroying our republic, ensuring that elections henseforth are meaningless. It may already be too late to save America.


34 posted on 06/08/2023 6:53:17 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her lbegs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: taxcontrol

The perception of intent is really going to be interesting. I remember seeing a stump speech we Trump said he was going to declassify everything yet if he took documents ‘classified” documents that were clearly marked as “classified” and acknowledge they were classified, after he was no longer president then that is an interesting moment to present to the jury. Again, this is all conjecture and really irrelevant until the charges ad prelim evidence is disclosed on Tuesday so we wait.


35 posted on 06/08/2023 6:55:42 PM PDT by tarpit
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To: alstewartfan

BTW, those prosecutorial fiends should get a fair trial first. But frankly, they are doing more damage to us than the Rosenbergs.


36 posted on 06/08/2023 6:56:06 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her lbegs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: tarpit

What about all the others who took classified docs? And what damage did Trump do, or could he do, with those particular docs? This is targeting, and anyone who fails to see it is not intelligent enough to use this site.


37 posted on 06/08/2023 7:00:00 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her lbegs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: alstewartfan

The instant case will focus on intent and the fact it was filed in Miami mean the alleged crime, whatever it may be, occurred there. The presumption is it occurred *after* he was president, not while he was president. This will focus on intent. For example, where the documents still in “classified” folders, did he acknowledge they were classified and so on. This is of course conjecture because until Tuesday’s hearing nobody knows the details. Nothing has been made available on pacer last I looked.


38 posted on 06/08/2023 7:07:20 PM PDT by tarpit
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To: tarpit

Its really weird how they don’t know a president can declassify anything


39 posted on 06/08/2023 7:21:19 PM PDT by roving (👌⚓)
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To: tarpit

Hillary was never President.


40 posted on 06/08/2023 7:26:55 PM PDT by Parley Baer (WI)
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