Donald Trump calls prosecutor a 'deranged psycho'

Under the headline "The Stupidest Crimes Imaginable," one commentator said "we knew it would be bad," but no one imagined it would be so self-incriminating.AP..

In one instance cited in the indictment, Trump undermines his own claim that he had declassified the secret documents he had taken from the White House that he says is a plan from General Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to attack Iran..

In a short and clinical briefing, prosecutor John Smith, while maintaining Trump is innocent till proven guilty beyond doubt, laid out a strong case against the former President, saying the mishandling of classified information had endangered US security and the lives of service members and intelligence officers...

Members of the military and the intelligence community "dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people," he said, calling defense information laws "critical to the safety and the security of the United States," and adding "Violations of those laws put our country at risk.'..

Pushing back against Trump's frequent argument that a President, current or former, is inviolable and should not be subject to criminal charges, Smith maintained, Adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the Department of Justice..

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