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Justice Department will likely try to have Trump incarcerated if he's convicted in Mar-a-Lago case, national security lawyer says
I would really like to see Trump incarcerated if he is convicted in this case or any other case too?!! I would pay $100 for a glossy 8x10 of Trump in an orange jumpsuit?!!
DOJ will seek incarceration for Trump, a national security attorney and former US prosecutor say.
This is given the scope of the crimes alleged in the 37-count indictment unsealed on Friday.
The big question will be: If he is convicted, how to incarcerate a former president?
The Department of Justice will likely "want to go for incarceration" in their prosecution of former President Donald Trump, Kel McClanahan, a national security attorney and law professor at George Washington University, said on Friday following the unsealing of special prosecutor Jack Smith's stunning 37-felony-count indictment of the former president.
McClanahan said evidence in the indictment was laid out to show "that this is a kingpin who knowingly broke the law, endangered national security, endangered nuclear weapon security, endangered other countries' national security."
The counts — including 31 of "willful retention" of documents under the Espionage Act — are serious, experts, including Fox News legal commentator Jonathan Turley and former US attorney and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, have said.
If Trump is convicted, some counts hold maximums of 10 years (willful retention) or 20 years (obstruction of justice) for each count, according to Politico.
Sarah Krissoff, a current defense attorney at Day Pitney LLP and former assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York, agreed the DOJ would want a serious sentence.
"To the extent that there's a conviction here, the Department of Justice is going to want to be seeking a real sentence," she told Insider, given the "nature of the conduct, how long it lasted, his involvement, the involvement of other people, working allegedly at Trump's direction."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-department-likely-try-trump-031558708.html
I would really like to see Trump incarcerated if he is convicted in this case or any other case too?!! I would pay $100 for a glossy 8x10 of Trump in an orange jumpsuit?!!
DOJ will seek incarceration for Trump, a national security attorney and former US prosecutor say.
This is given the scope of the crimes alleged in the 37-count indictment unsealed on Friday.
The big question will be: If he is convicted, how to incarcerate a former president?
The Department of Justice will likely "want to go for incarceration" in their prosecution of former President Donald Trump, Kel McClanahan, a national security attorney and law professor at George Washington University, said on Friday following the unsealing of special prosecutor Jack Smith's stunning 37-felony-count indictment of the former president.
McClanahan said evidence in the indictment was laid out to show "that this is a kingpin who knowingly broke the law, endangered national security, endangered nuclear weapon security, endangered other countries' national security."
The counts — including 31 of "willful retention" of documents under the Espionage Act — are serious, experts, including Fox News legal commentator Jonathan Turley and former US attorney and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, have said.
If Trump is convicted, some counts hold maximums of 10 years (willful retention) or 20 years (obstruction of justice) for each count, according to Politico.
Sarah Krissoff, a current defense attorney at Day Pitney LLP and former assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York, agreed the DOJ would want a serious sentence.
"To the extent that there's a conviction here, the Department of Justice is going to want to be seeking a real sentence," she told Insider, given the "nature of the conduct, how long it lasted, his involvement, the involvement of other people, working allegedly at Trump's direction."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-department-likely-try-trump-031558708.html
