You don’t need to be a spy to break the Espionage Act

Washington Post published this video item, entitled “You don’t need to be a spy to break the Espionage Act” – below is their description.

The warrant authorizing the search of former president Donald Trump’s home said agents were seeking documents illegally possessed in violation of law, including a part of the Espionage Act. Signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917, the WWI-era law’s anti-spying scope is typically applied against leakers of sensitive information to the press. Read more: https://wapo.st/3CzHNmR.

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