'Somebody else knew this was a crime': CNN legal analyst says Trump should fear conspiracy charge
June 09, 2023
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said that former President Donald Trump should be particularly worried about being charged with conspiracy in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into his handling of top-secret government documents.
Although all of the seven felony counts leveled against the former president are serious, Honig said that the conspiracy charge could be the linchpin to prove the other charges because it shows that there are other witnesses who can corroborate prosecutors' case.
"This is not Donald Trump acting alone," he said. "We have heard about Walt Nauta, the former president's valet, this unidentified maintenance worker who helped move boxes around. Some of them may have not known this is illegal. If someone is told, 'Hey, I need you to move from room a to b,' he's not liable. The fact that there's a conspiracy charge tells me for sure somebody else knew this was a crime and there was coordination, and by the way, a conspiracy can have two people, it can have 11 people, any number of people."
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Trump currently faces a slew of legal problems, including a civil lawsuit over allegedly fraudulent business practices from New York Attorney General Letitia James; criminal charges related to his hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels; criminal charges related to his decision to stash top-secret government documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort; and two different investigations into his efforts to illegally remain in power after losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
Trump was also recently found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist E. Jean Carroll.
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