The Associated Press (AP) published an article today asking answering this question, “How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment for document hoarders.”
Donald Trump should be very afraid if he is found guilty of the crimes he has been charged with doing.
The AP full response should have Trump shaking in his boots. However since Trump really believes he has done nothing he most likely believes he will be found not guilty or there will be a hung jury.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI investigators who searched Harold Martin’s Maryland property in the fall of 2016 found classified documents — including material at the top secret level — strewn about his home, car and storage shed.
Unlike former President Donald Trump, the former National Security Agency contractor didn’t contest the allegations, ultimately pleading guilty in 2019 and admitting his actions were “wrong, illegal and highly questionable.” But his expressions of contrition and guilty plea to a single count of willful retention of national defense information didn’t spare him the harsh punishment of nine years in prison.
The resolution of that case looms as an ominous guidepost for the legal jeopardy Trump could face as he confronts 37 felony counts — 31 under the same century-old Espionage Act statute used to prosecute Martin and other defendants alleged to have illegally retained classified documents. Even many like Martin who have pleaded guilty and accepted responsibility have nonetheless been socked with yearslong prison sentences.
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