It’s a ridiculous law, originally used as a cudgel against anti WW1 protesters and socialists. A real horseshoe that it’s looped around to Trump, but let’s look

It’s a ridiculous law, originally used as a cudgel against anti WW1 protesters and socialists. A real horseshoe that it’s looped around to Trump, but let’s look at this critically. Was Trump exposing the classified information he took to the broader populace? No. Was there a public good to be had if he did? Probably not. Taking the nuclear secrets and making those public? Not good. There is no intent in the espionage law, so from a legal standpoint that doesn’t matter, but I don’t think Trump belongs with the whistleblowers. Sounds like he wanted to keep this information secret, for himself. He’s on tape, saying as much.