Few details have been made public as to why the FBI and Department of Justice felt the need to raid the Mar-a-Lago resort.
The materials were supposed to have been turned over to the National Archives. There are implications for U.S. national security, but officials haven't commented on that.
Speculation about what the Department of Justice is looking into is the only thing left.
One of the many laws covering the handling of government information was amended by Trump during his time in the Oval Office, as pointed out by Tennessee state Sen. Jeff Yarbro.
The law that Trump signed in January of last year increased the punishment for knowingly removing classified materials with the intent to retain them at an unauthorized location.
Someone could face up to a year in prison if they were found guilty. David Petraeus pleaded guilty to avoid a felony charge when he was charged with handling classified data. In 2005, Samuel Berger pleaded guilty to taking terrorism-related materials from the National Archives.
A person found guilty of violating this law will face up to five years in prison.
Is it possible that the year of Trump put the year of Trump in a difficult spot?
We don't have a clue.
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