The DOJ And Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Sordid History Of Weaponizing The Espionage Act | The Federalist

By Great Bloggers | July 25, 2023 | Comments Off on The DOJ And Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Sordid History Of Weaponizing The Espionage Act | The Federalist

The record shows that the DOJ is adept at using the Espionage Act as a cudgel to punish its political enemies. Barely two weeks ago, the lawfare cabal at Just Security, led by Andrew Weissmann, the former senior prosecutor for the Robert Mueller special counsel investigation, released the second edition of their “model prosecution memorandum” to (presumably) help out his former colleagues at the Department of Justice (DOJ). The document seeks to offer up nearly any theory of law to “get Trump.” Just Security bills itself as “an online forum for the rigorous analysis of security, democracy, foreign policy, and rights,” but in practice, the organization, funded in part by George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, is the legal beachhead of the Trump resistance. Their model document provides 186 pages of “throw the book at him” musings along with 222 separate footnotes and has largely telegraphed the DOJ’s legal strategy. The document is supported by a variety of public and nonpublic allegations (surely a mixture of leaked information and fabricated information if history is any guide). The fact that their roadmap nearly parallels the now-public indictment of former President…