Thomas A. Durkin and Joseph Ferguson teach national security law at Loyola University Chicago. Democracy Editor Naomi Schalit of The Conversation U.S. spoke with them about the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump on Espionage Act and other charges related to his retention of national security-related classified documents.
The word “weaponized” has been used by Trump, his supporters and even his GOP rivals to describe the Department of Justice. Do you see the Trump prosecution as different in any notable way from other Espionage Act prosecutions that you’ve observed?
