Donald Trump Criticizes Espionage Act Indictment and Cites Clinton Socks Case
Donald Trump addresses supporters following his indictment, labeling the legal action as evil election interference by the Joe Biden administration. Trump argues that the Espionage Act of 1917 is being misapplied to his possession of presidential papers, asserting that the Presidential Records Act is the proper legal framework. He cites the "Clinton Socks Case" involving 79 audio tapes kept by Bill Clinton as a crucial legal precedent for a president's sole discretion in segregating personal materials.
donald trump· espionage act· presidential records act· bill clinton· amy berman jackson· jack smith· joe biden
00:00 You're a citizen when you're in the intelligence agencies and the corporations have more power than the quote intelligence agencies. It's been transferred to the corporations. So when you're in the corporations, you're at the top. You're in the government, you're under them. And if you're just a general public, well, you get a social credit score to decide where you start at zero and then you just go down how negatively you're worth. So that's why Chuckie Schumer says the intelligence agencies are going to get Trump. That's why Jack Smith says that, because they're part of that and they work for that. And they are the true enemies of this country and know it and love it and are working against you and your family. Thank you. Thank you.
01:09 The President Well, thank you very much. Thank you. It's a great honor to have you here. And today we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country. Very sad thing to watch. A corrupt sitting president had his top political opponent arrested on fake and fabricated charges, of which he and numerous other presidents would be guilty, right in the middle of a presidential election.
01:47 in which he is losing very badly. This is called election interference in yet another attempt to rig and steal a presidential election. More importantly, it's a political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. This day will go down in infamy, and Joe Biden will forever be remembered as not only the most corrupt president in the history of our country, but perhaps even more importantly, The president who, together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and Marxists, tried to destroy American democracy. But they will fail and we will win bigger and better than ever before. Charging a former president of the United States under the Espionage Act of 1917 wasn't meant for this.
02:49 An act for a crime so heinous that only the death penalty would do and threatening me with 400 years in prison for possessing my own presidential papers, which just about every other president has done, is one of the most outrageous and vicious legal theories ever put forward in an American court of law. The Espionage Act has been used to go after traitors and spies. It has nothing to do with a former president legally keeping his own documents. As president, the law that applies to this case is not the Espionage Act, but very simply the Presidential Records Act, which is not even mentioned in this ridiculous 44-page indictment. Under the Presidential Records Act, which is civil, not criminal,
03:43 I had every right to have these documents. The crucial legal precedent is laid out in the most important case ever on this subject, known as the Clinton Socks Case. You know what that means? After leaving the White House, Bill Clinton kept 79 audio tapes in his sock drawer. They included discussions of U.S. military involvement in Haiti, Discussions of U.S. foreign policy, both defense and offense, against Cuba. Recordings of President Clinton's conversations with all of the many foreign leaders at the time. Think of that. Sensitive facts about trade negotiations taken from presidential briefings. Discussions with the Secretary of State about conflict in Bosnia and much, much more. Very big stuff.
04:39 Not only was Bill Clinton never even considered for criminal prosecution based on the tapes he took, but when he was sued for them, he won the case. Judge Amy Berman Jackson's decision states, under the statutory scheme established by the Presidential Records Act, the decision to segregate personal materials from presidential records is made by the president during the president's term and in the president's sole discretion. You're surprised to hear that, aren't you? Any normal administration, even an opposing one, would consider that to be the end, but not the corrupt Biden administration. The Sox decision, as it's known, also states, quote, the National Archive. All right, here's what's going on on this live.
