after turning himself in to the miami federal courthouse. hundreds supporters took to the streets outside the courthouse. some even prayed for trump at a cafe that he arbitrarily stopped at as he left the courthouse. seemed kind of relaxed. the justice department is alleging, in case you ve been in a cave, that the former president mishandled classified documents that included u.s. defensive weapons secrets, even an attack plan on an unnamed foreign power. fill in iran. 31 charges file the espionage act. whatever you think of donald trump s actions, let s put it into context. the espionage act is over hundred years old. president woodrow wilson signed it into law to protect the nation from foreign spies during world war i. most prosecutions involving the espionage act have been reserved for actual spies. even trump s worst critics are not alleging that he passed classified material to russia or china, or anybody else. the espionage act makes clear that espionage is defined as
he s a disgrace. he was deputy director of the fbi. he leaked information about the doj s active investigation into the clinton foundation to to a wall street street reporter. prosecutors declined to charge mccabe. he was awarded with a cnn contributorship. ly see him all the time on cnn talking about drum roll, please donald trump leaking. now what s the point? the point is you could acknowledge that mishandling and leaking classified material, like donald trump has been accused of doing is wrong. we think it s wrong, but the fact the practice seems to be routine. that s sad. just the last week, for example, remember the story, an anonymous government official leaked classified information about a chinese spy base operating in cuba. these leakers were never charged with crimes. in fact, no one is looking for them. the media and washington bureaucracy only care about