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

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August 26, 2022

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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 WWIera law’s antispying scope is typically applied against leakers of sensitive information to the press. Read moreSubscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube

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