The Unprecedented Abnormality of Trump's Charges and the Question of Presidential Eligibility.

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss discusses the historic abnormality of former President Donald Trump's indictment and the possibility of running for president from jail. The unsealed indictment reveals a "deep and problematic" pattern, according to legal analyst Charles Coleman. Rep. Abigail Spanberger warns that documents found "strewn" at Mar-a-Lago posed an "extraordinary" risk to national security. There are "serious questions" over the Trump-appointed judge overseeing the case, says former prosecutor Joyce Vance. The case poses a "real issue" for conveying the gravity of the charges to jurors given the classified status of the documents, says former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
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