Updated — end of day Friday: Once again, we see from Hinderaker’s fecklessly unstudied writings… that he’s never read a single Espionage Act case. The gravamen of Tangerine’s offense under 18 USC § 793(e), in no manner requires that the documents be classified.
In fact, the affidavit alleges (and the search results likely proved) that he had national defense information without authority. 18 USC § 793(e) doesn’t grant any relief even if we were to assume he could declassify on the fly (he cannot). No, in 18 USC § 793(e) Congress makes it a 20 year felony to be “in possession” of these defense documents outside a secure location. In sum, Hinderaker’s specious claims of pixie dust declassification are irrelevant, in a 793 prosecution context. Mar-A-Lago was not secure. Game over. Oh — and Tangerine obstructed by tampering with these documents. So, John failed Crim. Law 101; yawn. No surprise there. End update.
Look — the 18 USC § 793(e) indictment is coming.
And that is the headline, to be certain. Here is the heavily redacted 38 page affidavit.
But this guy… this… idiot… was at Mar-a-Lago, long after January 2021, in the basement, in a non-secured room — writing notes, with his Sharpies, on TOP SECRET documents. Let that sink in. See Paragraph 47, at page 17.
Defacing… top secrets.
Altering original records (likely of his malfeasance, at least).
Effectively destroying what he knew was original… evidence, on a host of fronts.
He was just a jumoke, at this point. No right to even be around those top secret documents, let alone destroy them.
Obstructing at least the 01.06.2021 investigations (if nothing else).
He was effectively destroying and/or “altering” original top secret US defense information. As a private citizen, without any authorization. And all the evidence of this is in his very own… highly distinctive… crayon-level scribbles.
The man is as malevolent as he is… idiotic. A truly lethal combination. Out.
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