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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gustaf Kilander

Rand Paul mocked for call to repeal Espionage Act cited in Trump FBI warrant

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Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul has called to repeal of the Espionage Act, the law cited in the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s southern Florida club Mar-a-Lago.

“The espionage act was abused from the beginning to jail dissenters of WWI. It is long past time to repeal this egregious affront to the 1st Amendment,” Mr Paul tweeted on Saturday night, including a link to the Future of Freedom Foundation.

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