“What else can the judge due on this? Seriously, if these are or were classified government documents, as opposed to personal documents, seems like they should be kept underwraps.”
No document there is classified and the government does not claim it was. The indictment said “stamped classified”, not “classified”.
Devon Nunez, former Chair of the Intelligence committee said this is deliberate obfuscation. They do NOT have a document regarding an invasion of Iran. They wiretapped him, and hear his discussing the concept, but do not have this alleged document.
Nunez said they did not charge him under the law regarding handling of classified documents, because that has already been to the Supreme Court and it would conflict with the superior Presidential Records act. So they charged him under the WWI Espionage Act which criminalizes discussions of “national defense information”, vs “classified information”.
This criminal farce of a prosecution is going down hard soon. Jack Smith who lives in Holland will yet again suffer a reverse of the full Supreme Court.
Diehard Trump supporters won't care but this will poison his chances in 2024.