Speaker 1: Donald Trump faces 33 years in prison.
For just what the DOJ is investigating him for, as well as the loss of his ability to
hold public office.
That is the maximum possible penalty for Donald Trump based on what he is being investigated
for.
There are basically three elements to this, and we're going to look at each of them.
You've got the Espionage Act.
If Trump is found guilty of violating the Espionage Act, he would pay face fines and
up to ten years in prison.
Now, the search warrant from Friday cites 18 U.S. Code 793.
That's a part of the Espionage Act, which refers to the, quote, gathering, transmitting
or losing defense information.
Some of the stock.
The documents reportedly relate to nuclear weapons.
So if charged for that violation, Trump could be looking at fines and up to ten years in
prison.
Part two of this investigation in connection with the FBI's search warrant served at Mar
a Lago is concealment of documents there.
We are looking at possible fines and up to three years in prison.
The warrant points to 18 U.S. Code 2071.
That's on the, quote, concealment, removal or mutilation generally.
And based on that provision, it is illegal to take government documents.
It makes it a crime for anyone to have any federal record in their possession with the
intent to either conceal or destroy.
So if charged there, if convicted, trumps looking at a fine or three years in prison.
But very importantly and this is why 2071 has been a big deal over the last few days.
If Trump is found guilty there, he could be disqualified from holding any public office
in the future.
Could be very relevant in 2024.
And then the third element here is obstruction of justice, possible fines, and up to 20 years
in prison.
Admittedly, most people don't get 20 years for obstruction of justice, but that would
be 18 U.S. Code 1519 that deals with the, quote, destruction, alteration or falsification
of records in federal investigations and bankruptcy.
You are also forbidden from destroying federal records, and this is the highest potential
sentence, the 20 year sentence and fines are relatively modest.
Now, we are many, many steps from anybody talking about prison time, but this is if
we're if the question is being asked, what is the most that we could be looking at for
what the DOJ is investigating?
Remember, there's the Georgia investigation.
There's all these other things.
Forget about that.
Just for what DOJ is investigating.
If Trump was found guilty in all three of these areas, if he got the stiffest sentence,
and if the sentences ran consecutively rather than concurrently, you could be looking at
33 years fines and loss of ability disqualification from holding public office.
Is it likely that we would ever get to that?
The answer is no, but the next step would be indictment.
Then you would have a trial slash plea if you get guilty verdicts.
Then you have sentencing appeals.
So this is a very, very long road.
But at the end of this path, the absolute maximum would be that the 33 years fines can't
run for public office.
If you believe Trump will ever see anything like that or even a day behind prison bars,
let me know.
I still don't see it.
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