Reality Winner was charged with retaining one document and sharing that document under the espionage act. She got 63 months in jail. Who it was shared with doesn't matter. Did Trump share the documents with anyone unauthorized to see them? Did he keep them in the locked and guarded storage that the law requires?
But then there are at least 3 cases where the person was charged, convicted and spent time in jail just for bringing documents home.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/08/1...-donald-trump/
The 3 statutes used to justify the search warrant do not require that documents be classified.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793
The only requirement is that the information could be used to harm the US.
By not returning it when asked to the law is violated.
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