The indictment of former President Trump continues to dominate the news. Since Shea’s roundup last week noting the federal charges, the indictment was unsealed. It reveals that Trump faces 37 felonies. Most of the charges (31 counts) relate to Trump’s alleged improper storage and retention of national defense information. The indictment also charges conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding and concealing documents from the grand jury and from investigators, and making false statements to investigators. The charging document is a so-called “speaking” indictment, laying out much more specific detail about the circumstances surrounding the charges than the more common bare-bones indictments describing only the commission of the elements of the offense. You can read the indictment here or here. Judge Aileen Cannon, who presided over earlier litigation regarding the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, has been assigned to the case. The former President has pled not guilty. Read on for more criminal law news. 3rd Circuit Holds Felon in Possession Ban Unconstitutional . . . At least as applied to the plaintiff in the case. Mr. Range was convicted in 1995 of making false statements to obtain food stamps in Pennsylvania state court. The offense is actually a misdemeanor under state law, but federal law treats any offense punishable by more than a year in prison as a felony for purposes of the federal firearm disqualification. See 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Mr. Range’s conviction was punishable by up to five years imprisonment, triggering the federal disqualification. He sued, seeking declaratory judgment that application of [...]
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