Mediaite reports:
Trump addressed Georgia’s state Republican Convention on Saturday, just a day after special counsel Jack Smith’s 37-count criminal indictment against the ex-president was unsealed and revealed to include 31 counts of violations of the Espionage Act.
“In this whole fake indictment, they don’t even once mention the Presidential Records Act, he said. “Because they want to use something called the Espionage Act.”
“Doesn’t that sound terrible?” said Trump, adopting a mocking tone. “Ohhh, espionage! We got a box. I got a box. The espionage! The Espionage Act of 1917. I think it was put in there about World War One. Boxes.”
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Trump went on to wail that “they’re trying to frame me for treason.” As you can see below, Trump also lobbed a threat at Jack Smith’s wife.
Trump: They want to use something called The Espionage Act — doesn’t that sound terrible? Oh Espionage. We got a box, I got a box. The Espionage. The Espionage Act of 1917… They say Trump is obstructiioning pic.twitter.com/oh7bVDGznE
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2023
Trump is back on his “vaccines cause autism” bullshit pic.twitter.com/I6snOvW7xJ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Trump’s self-defense is that there were photos of his document boxes outside the White House when he left office, therefore … the contents of them and his refusal to turn over classified materials aren’t a big deal? pic.twitter.com/8xBLIq8IIQ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Trump brings up Jack Smith’s wife and says, “I wish her a lot of luck.” He then suggests Mike Pence should’ve been charged for mishandling classified materials. pic.twitter.com/PsOF6i8QJb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
Trump: “Right now, we don’t have any ammunition. Ukraine has our ammunition. All of it. Just about.” pic.twitter.com/IuGZMxwjpZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2023
This will be used to prosecute Trump” ‘Ohhh Espionage!’ Trump Mocks Espionage Act Charges in Speech to Georgia GOP: ‘Doesn’t That Sound Terrible?’ https://t.co/MQ1veKokPe via @mediaite
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) June 10, 2023