‘No one is above the law’ Barr’s not alone.
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‘No one is above the law’
Barr’s not alone. Trump’s former secretary of defense, Mark Esper, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the revelations in the indictment jeopardize national security, although he was careful to add the “if the allegations are true” caveat to his answer.
“If the allegations are true that it contained information about our nation’s security, about our vulnerabilities, about other items, it could be quite harmful to the nation,” he told Jake Tapper, going on to call out “irresponsible action.”
“No one is above the law,” Esper added. “And so I think this process needs to play out and people held to account, the president held to account.”
Asked if Trump could be trusted with the nation’s secrets ever again, Esper said, “Based on his actions – again if proven true under the indictment by the special counsel – no.”
On Monday, the magistrate judge in the classified documents case agreed to prosecutors’ request that neither Trump nor his co-defendant, Walt Nauta, should be allowed to talk about information handed over to their lawyers as part of the discovery process – an expected ruling but nonetheless significant given Trump’s penchant for sharing things on social media.
Barr’s not alone. Trump’s former secretary of defense, Mark Esper, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the revelations in the indictment jeopardize national security, although he was careful to add the “if the allegations are true” caveat to his answer.
“If the allegations are true that it contained information about our nation’s security, about our vulnerabilities, about other items, it could be quite harmful to the nation,” he told Jake Tapper, going on to call out “irresponsible action.”
“No one is above the law,” Esper added. “And so I think this process needs to play out and people held to account, the president held to account.”
Asked if Trump could be trusted with the nation’s secrets ever again, Esper said, “Based on his actions – again if proven true under the indictment by the special counsel – no.”
On Monday, the magistrate judge in the classified documents case agreed to prosecutors’ request that neither Trump nor his co-defendant, Walt Nauta, should be allowed to talk about information handed over to their lawyers as part of the discovery process – an expected ruling but nonetheless significant given Trump’s penchant for sharing things on social media.
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