The Espionage Act of 1917 was was intended to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of United States enemies during wartime It made it a crime:
- To convey information with the intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United States or to promote its enemies' success. This was punishable by death or imprisonment for not more than 30 years or both.
- To convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies when the United States is at war, to cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or to willfully obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States. This was punishable by a maximum fine of $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or both.
The Act also gave the Postmaster General authority to impound or refuse to mail publications the postmaster determined to violate its prohibitions.[13]
The Act also forbids the transfer of any naval vessel equipped for combat to any nation engaged in a conflict in which the United States is neutral. Seemingly uncontroversial when the Act was passed, this later became a legal stumbling block for the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, when he sought to provide military aid to Great Britain before the United States entered World War II.[14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917
Oh how things have changed. In 2016, I, a staunch Republican, and Trump supporter chanted, "lock her up"at the former president's rallies. At present, I yell, "lock him up" at my television screen. As a Trump supporter, I only watched the ever so extremely biased Fox News network. Therefore, I wasn't informed on the facts. The fact was when it came to Hillary's emails, there was no evidence beyond a reasonable doubt as to prosecute Hillary Clinton. There was no evidence of a crime. There is no comparison between Hillary Clinton's emails and Donald Trump's taking, mishandling, and refusing to handover classified, and special compartmentalized documents period. Hillary Clinton willfully handed over some 30 devices to the justice department, while Donald Trump can say he cooperated with the justice Department all he wants, but he did not. Hence, the search warrant on the former president's club, Mar-a-lago.
Donald Trump did not cooperate with the justice department. If the former president had cooperated, there would have been no need for the search warrant. The search warrant conducted on August 8th, enabled the FBI to retrieve more than 100 documents marked, "classified". Some of these documents were found in Trump's desk. This, after the Justice Department had knowledge of the former president having over 184 unique documents which they retrieved earlier this year, and let us not forget, another 38 documents in June. All that aside, why did the former president have over 322 individual classified, and top secret SCI documents in his possession? Trump, Fox News, and all those who support him keep saying that a search warrant on a former president is "unprecedented". Well, a former president taking documents, let alone classified, and top secret special compartmentalized documents, is "unprecedented"! Lock Trump up!
Millions of Americans are scratching their heads asking why has the former president not been indicted, or locked up for having government classified documents that don't belong to him in his possession? If anyone else had the same documents in their possession, they would have been indicted, convicted ,and imprisoned by now. In fact, others that have not had the number of classified documents nor as sensitive documents in their possession as Trump, had have done and are doing time in prison. These people were not given an opportunity to take months to hand over such documents, nor were they afforded the time to hand over documents in their possession that they had not handed over when initially asked. These people did not have the luxury of their attorney being present during a search warrant if one was needed, as it is deemed highly unusual and not the norm for an attorney to be present during their client's property being searched. Furthermore, these people did not have a judge whom they had hand picked to rule that there would be a special master to go through the evidence obtained by the Justice Department. These people were given zero special treatment, while the former president is given every opportunity to escape being indicted, and I want to know, why?
Why has Donald Trump not been indicted? Why has Trump not been locked up? Why was Trump not indicted and imprisoned back in 2017, when a Russian asset had to be extracted from the Kremlin after then President Trump had stupidly, or purposely leaked highly classified intelligence with the Russian Foreign Minister? I'm aware a president can't be prosecuted, but where do we draw the line? Our CIA puts years of work into soliciting assets in foreign countries. Once assets are compromised it's done. It's not an "oops, I'm so sorry, and I can fix this". You can't just fix leaking classified intel with a band aid. No, it takes years of hard work on the part of our secret intelligence. Donald Trump should have been locked up then, and again, I have to ask why?
Why? Why, is we have a big, fat, spoiled brat of a bully in former president, Donald Trump. He's a bully that uses mobster tactics as to get his way, and it has to stop. If our Justice Department allows Donald Trump to get away with having classified documents in his possession that may have compromised agents, and or assets, or worse gotten them killed, then we are a nation of lawlessness. The Justice Department must stand up to Donald Trump, regardless of his threats to those who oppose him, and his threats of his supporters rioting in the streets. Let them riot, and let them suffer the consequences. If it means America will be at the point of a civil war, so be it.
Millions of Americans watched their televisions in horror on January 6th. Billions of people from other nations also watched their televisions in horror. January 6th was the biggest embarrassment to our nation. At first glance ,one would have thought they were watching a third world country or a country run by a Dictator that was under a coup attempt, but they were not. They were watching the United States of America be anything, but united as Trump's supporters stormed the capitol. They stormed the capitol due to Trump inciting a coup attempt, after he had admitted to friends that he knew he had lost the election. Donald Trump should have been imprisoned on that very day, but he was not. Anyone else inciting a coup on our government would have been arrested and imprisoned, but not Donald Trump.
Lock him up! Indict him, and lock him up now! If not, then I suppose we are a nation of complete lawlessness. I guess everyone can get on social media and threaten whom ever they don't like as to not be held accountable for their wrong doings and or crimes. Because, you can't not indict, and convict the former president, for a crime, and convict others for the same crime, because they failed to threaten the authorities. If we do, then we have allowed Donald Trump the power of a Dictator, and the power to do as he pleases. Be it tamper with our elections, threaten those who oppose him, stage a coup, commit treason, cavort with our enemies, and so on. Where does it end? I hope it ends with Donald Trump in prison. Isn't it funny how I once chanted, "lock her up" and I now chant, "lock Trump up"?
-(c)Sean Bianca GOP GIRL TURNS BLUE #LOCKTRUMPUP #NOONEISABOVETHELAW
#LOCKHIMUP #ESPIONAGEACT #TREASONOUSTRUMP #DONALDTRUMP
Article on those sentenced for violation of the Espionage Act:
https://www.newsweek.com/espionage-act-violators-have-been-sentenced-decades-jail-execution-1733386
Article on differences between Hillary Clinton's emails and Donald Trump's classified info:
https://abc11.com/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-email-probe-classified-documents/12183466/
