Fact Check Donald Trump May Face Same Charges As Assange And Snowden
While the former president has demanded an audit of materials seized from his home, disclosures by the DOJ appear to show the president was in possession of highly classified national security documents. The potential mishandling of such sensitive government material has sparked a comparison between Trump and two other prominent controversial figures of U.S. security history. The Claim In a tweet published on September 1, 2022, former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor pointed out the “irony” that Trump may face the same criminal charges brought against Julian Assange and Edward Snowden—charges that the former president called for their executed upon....