Documents Case Against President Trump Swerves Toward National Defense, but Can Jack Smith Prove Intent?

Alan Dershowitz tells the Sun that the Mar-a-Lago documents case is ‘too close a case to merit prosecution.’

AP/Andrew Harnik, file
President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2019. AP/Andrew Harnik, file

President Trump’s defense of his handling of classified records, to television host Sean Hannity during a televised town hall on Thursday, telegraphs a posture of defiance even as signs point to an indictment barreling around the bend. That tone also brings into focus Mr. Trump’s reality as both a candidate and a criminal suspect.

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