'Wrong': Prosecutors blast judge's proposed jury instructions in Donald Trump's classified documents trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Trump has argued he designated the records as personal under the PRA while still president, so he was allowed to take them to Mar-a-Lago.
47% : "That legal premise is wrong, and a jury instruction for (the Espionage Act) that reflects that premise would distort the trial," Smith wrote in his filing.
45% : What charges does Trump face?Trump is charged with retaining about 100 national defense documents dealing with secrets such as defense and weapons capabilities of U.S. and foreign countries, and U.S. nuclear programs, and then conspiring to hide them at his club Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
42% : He faces 40 charges in the case, including 32 counts of illegally retaining national defense documents under the Espionage Act, conspiracy to obstruct justice and concealing records.
34% : Trump contends he converted the classified records to personal records under the PRA as he carted them to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his administration.
29% : Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith urged Cannon to rule quickly on the jury instructions and on her view of whether Trump can be charged under the Espionage Act.
29% : But Smith argues Trump told no one of the decision and it wouldn't matter if he did because the PRA doesn't govern classified documents.
28% : Trump contends the law doesn't apply to him and Smith threatened to appeal if Cannon rules in the former president's favor interpreting the law.
27% : Trump's lawyers argued both of Cannon's proposed jury instructions "are consistent with President Trump's position that this prosecution is based on official acts that President Trump took during his first term in Office."
24% : They argued any jury instructions would require "judicial gloss" and therefore the law as applied to Trump would be "unconstitutionally vague and 'no law at all.'
19% : A federal judge appeared reluctant to dismiss the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump after his lawyers argued for hours that the case trampled on the former president's rights.
19% : ""Setting aside the vagueness problem, (the statute) remains on the books, but it does not prohibit the conduct alleged by the Office against President Trump," Blanche and Kise wrote.
10% : "Trump's lawyers argued the Espionage Act is too vague and he can't be charged under itTrump's lawyers, Todd Blanche and Christopher Kise, repeated their request to Cannon to throw out the charges under the Espionage Act as too vague.

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