by R. Cort Kirkwood, The New American:

The 44-page federal indictment of former President Donald Trump levels the most serious charges he has faced to date in the campaign to destroy him. They could send him to prison for 100 years.

Except for one, those allegations are weak, a truth that doesn’t help the 45th president. For Special Counsel Jack Smith has charged him not just with obstruction of justice, but with 31 violations of the Espionage Act. That statue — 18 U.S. Code § 793 (e) / “Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information” — doesn’t just forbid passing classified documents to a foreign government. It punishes willfully mishandling documents.