Removing and concealing government records (18 U.S.C. Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material (18 U.S.C. § 1001)Ĭonversion of government property (18 U.S.C. § 1519)įalse statements to federal authorities (18 U.S.C. Here is a list of "possible crimes" Trump might be charged with, according to CREW: "Trump may face charges ranging from obstruction of justice and criminal contempt to conversion of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material." "While Fani Willis’ Fulton County, Georgia investigation into election interference continues, as does a federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and Alvin Bragg has already indicted Trump in New York for his role in false statements connected to hush money payments to Karen McDougal and Stephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels) during the 2016 presidential campaign, an indictment by Smith in the Mar-a-Lago investigation would yield the first federal charges against the former president," CREW notes. "The next criminal charges former President Donald Trump may face could well come from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s possession of nearly 300 classified documents - including some marked as top secret - at his Mar-a-Lago residence and business in the year and a half after he left office," Betsy Schick and Debra Perlin of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) state in a lengthy report published Friday. Trump’s 2020 conspiracy theories, looking to the future, and finding an abortion compromise that Republicans can sell to the voters they used to take for granted."Īnd while it's unknown if or when Trump will be indicted, a government watchdog says the ex-president who is once again staging a White House run is " likely to be indicted soon." The organization is offering details on what it claims could be seven felony charges he might face. They also noted the continued failure of pro-Trump election-denying candidates, such as Judge Patricia McCullough, who this week lost the GOP primary for a state Supreme Court seat in a campaign where she ran on her efforts to derail certification of the 2020 election in the state. ![]() READ MORE: Trump 'very unlikely to prevail' blocking Jack Smith's latest maneuver: CNN legal analyst On the abortion front, they note that Pennsylvania Democrat Heather Boyd used the issue to win her swing district with 60 percent of the vote, a margin that they said would make it impossible for Republicans to win Pennsylvania if it holds up in 2024. The editors place the blame for the party's losses primarily on two factors: Its hardline stance on abortion rights and its continued embrace of former President Donald Trump. "More defeats Tuesday for the GOP in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Florida suggest the erosion is continuing." "Three times in a row, since 2018, Republicans have been disappointed on election night in November, in large part because they lost the suburbs," the editorial begins. The right-wing Wall Street Journal editorial page is warning Republicans against dismissing more troubling election results that resulted in the party losing mayor's offices in GOP strongholds including Jacksonville, Florida and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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