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In the four days since a federal grand jury in Florida indicted former President Donald Trump on 37 counts, I’ve been assembling a list of questions that the resulting flood of news stories had yet to answer. Two national security law experts were ready to field my questions on Sunday afternoon. Thomas A. Durkin joined my Zoom channel from his back porch, and Joseph Ferguson joined from the passenger seat of his moving car.
Today, we give you their answers to my questions, including “Do you see the Trump prosecution as different in any notable way from other Espionage Act prosecutions that you’ve worked on or observed?” Durkin’s answer: “If Trump were anyone other than a former president, he would not have been given the luxury of a summons to appear in court. There would be a team of armed FBI agents outside his door at 6:30 in the morning, he would have been arrested, and the government would be immediately moving to detain.”
My colleagues at The Conversation were similarly curious about a range of questions concerning the indictment that we expect you’ve had, too. With two criminal indictments and more potentially coming, which trial goes first? What’s the Espionage Act? And can Trump run for, and serve as, president if indicted or even convicted?
Trump’s arraignment is tomorrow in Florida. We’re on that story, too, as we will be for all the important developments during this unprecedented moment in U.S. history.
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Naomi Shalit
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Former President Donald Trump on his airplane on June 10, 2023, two days after his federal indictment.
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Thomas A. Durkin, Loyola University Chicago; Joseph Ferguson, Loyola University Chicago
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