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kacekwl

(7,017 posts)
Fri Feb 18, 2022, 09:00 PM Feb 2022

So quick question, if the DOJ arrests Trump for stealing classified documents

and charges him for this will that in any way prevent him from being charged for the multiple other crimes he has committed ? And if somehow he is not convicted will that prevent him from being charged for the multiple other crimes he has committed ?

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So quick question, if the DOJ arrests Trump for stealing classified documents (Original Post) kacekwl Feb 2022 OP
No and no. Doodley Feb 2022 #1
Duplicate of your other post. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author PJMcK Feb 2022 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author kacekwl Feb 2022 #5
No, unless the major elements of the other crimes are the same, Ocelot II Feb 2022 #3
No, but.... TomSlick Feb 2022 #6
The issue will not come up. former9thward Feb 2022 #7

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Ocelot II

(115,706 posts)
3. No, unless the major elements of the other crimes are the same,
Fri Feb 18, 2022, 09:02 PM
Feb 2022

but he's likely guilty of so many different things that something is bound to stick.

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
6. No, but....
Fri Feb 18, 2022, 09:41 PM
Feb 2022

It is not clear Trump can be charged with any violations involving classified documents.

A President is the ultimate consumer of intelligence. Moreover, a President is the ultimate decision maker on what is and is not classified. A President can declassify any document or information on their own unbridled authority.

A good argument can be made that if a President decides to send classified documents to their private residence, they have thereby declassified the documents.

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