Trump prosecutor signals appeal in classified documents case, rebukes judge - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "You heard evidence during the trial that President Trump exercised that authority, at times verbally and at times without using formal procedures, while he was President," Trump's legal team wrote in its proposed jury instructions.
45% : The first scenario asked them to consider "whether the government has proven beyond a reasonable doubt" that any records Trump was found to have kept at home were "personal or presidential."
45% : ""Both scenarios rest on an unstated and fundamentally flawed legal premise -- namely, that the Presidential Records Act and in particular its distinction between 'personal' and 'Presidential' records, determines whether a former President is 'authorized,' under the Espionage Act, to possess highly classified documents and store them in an unsecure facility," the special counsel's team wrote, arguing a jury that is presented with such instructions "would distort the trial.
45% : The special counsel's office furthered its point by citing interviews with "numerous high-ranking officials from the White House," adding that "not a single one had heard Trump say he was designating records as personal or that, at the time he caused the transfer of boxes to Mar-a-Lago, he believed that his removal of records amounted to designating them as personal under the PRA.
42% : "CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINERCannon's request followed a hearing she held over whether the PRA granted Trump broad authority to characterize documents as personal and over Trump's argument about the "constitutional vagueness" of Smith's use of the Espionage Act.
40% : U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ordered defense lawyers for Trump and prosecutors to file submissions outlining hypothetical jury instructions based on competing interpretations of two laws relevant to the case.
27% : Her March 18 order suggested Trump may have had a legal right under the Presidential Records Act to declare records as personal after leaving office, a premise Smith said was wrong.
22% : "Smith has repeatedly emphasized his belief that the PRA is not relevant to the charges against Trump, labeling as "pure fiction" Trump's claims to have deemed the records seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate personal documents.
20% : "Trump is charged with 32 counts of violating the Espionage Act, with each count corresponding to a classified document he is alleged to have retained illegally after leaving the Oval Office.

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