Donald Trump has been indicted—the first time an ex-president has faced federal charges.
need to stop referring to the former president's theft of classified documents vital to our national security as merely 'the documents case.'"Based on evidence that has already been made public we know that Trump did not mistakenly shift a classified document or two from the White House to Mar-a-Lago. He was briefed repeatedly on the proper handling of classified materials.
But he ignored the law. He ignored the advice he was repeatedly given. And, based on reporting to date, he stole scores of items that were not his, to which he had no right, which could put the lives of Americans and our national interests and those of our allies at risk. Linking to the article, Noah Bookbinder, head of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington,
:"This is important. Donald Trump is likely to be charged soon not for mishandling documents, but for endangering America's national security. How we talk about this matters, and that is a more accurate and appropriate description."
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