president pleaded not guilty to all 37 federal charges after turning himself in to the miamd. federal courthouse. now, hundreds of his supporters took to the streets outsidhundre the courthouse. some even prayed for trump at se tha arbitrarily stopped at. as he left the courthouse seemed kind of relaxedind of.. now, the justice department is alleging, in case you ve been in a cave the, that the for president mishandled classified documents that includedocumentdo us defense of weapons, secrets and even an attack plan on an unnamed foreign powen r filling. iran. w1 of the charges violate a la called the espionage act. now, whatever you think of donald trump st.donald actions,o put this all into context. the espionage ac c t is over 100 years old. president woodrow wilson signed pres into law to protect the nation from foreign spies duringring world war one. now, most prosecutions involving the espionage act have been reserved for actual spies like julius and ethel rosenberr g
A scheme to solicit loans and gifts from a virginia and corporation. ultimately, the supreme court ruled, well, that was ridiculous. they overruled and overturned that conviction unanimousl overt y in als 2016. smith, by the way, alsopr prosecuted formeosecr north carolina democratic senator and former vp candidate john edwardsr 2011 on federale campaign finance laws. bulaws, but in 2012, a jury foum not guilty on one countg in and they deadlocked on the other five, resulting in a mistrial. oh, yeah, he a mistri also prosecuted former new jersey democratic senator bob menendez in 2015 and a pay for play scheme involving his office. but an 11 week trial in 2017g ju ended in a hung jury. and the doj agai.n declined to retry that case. u.s. attorney generattornel merm garland, as you know, appointed smith to lead a pair of investigatioitd n surroundingits the former president of the united states. tae, hisone, his handling of clv documents found in mar-a-lago. we ve beene t talking about