Why The Trump Indictment Is "Outrageous and Shocking"
Former federal prosecutor and current candidate for Missouri attorney general Will Scharf. ( Candidate for Missouri Attorney General. Worked on two SCOTUS confirmations. Fmr federal prosecutor. Fmr MOGOV Policy Director.) Authored by Will Scharf via Twitter . I am a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, worked on two Supreme Court confirmations, and clerked for two federal appellate judges. The indictment and case against President Trump is outrageous and shocking. But let’s get into the details. Here are my 6 key points on the case: (1) Interplay between the Espionage Act and the Presidential Records Act A lot of my friends have spoken insightfully about the scope of the Presidential Records Act. I’d direct you to Mike Davis’s ( @mrddmia ) commentary on the subject, and also Michael Bekesha of @JudicialWatch ’s piece yesterday in the @WSJ about the Clinton Sock Drawer Case. Basically, their argument distills down to the idea that the President’s authority to retain P...