"DOJ has indicted Aurelio Perez-Lugones, the government contractor accused of leaking classified information to the WaPo journalist whose house it searched after arrested Perez-Lugones, Hannah Natanson. The indictment is written in a way that may harm the case, and that should make it easier for WaPo to demonstrate the overkill of the searches - which include 2 MacBook Pros, an iPhone, a portable hard drive, her Garmin running watch, and her voice recorder - targeting Natanson."
"Prosecutors won't have a hard time proving that Perez-Lugones accessed and shared classified information. They may well have a problem proving that it is defense information - something always left to the jury to decide. After all, none of this is about protecting the United States. Rather, it's about invading a foreign country, one whose riches Trump has already starting awarding to his closest buddies and campaign donors."
DOJ indicted Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a government contractor accused of leaking classified information to Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. The indictment's level of detail may weaken the government's case and could bolster challenges to a broad search of Natanson's property, which seized two MacBook Pros, an iPhone, a portable hard drive, a Garmin running watch, and a voice recorder. DOJ reportedly has screenshots of Perez-Lugones allegedly sending Natanson photographs of classified documents, reducing the need to seize reporter material. The indictment lists the stories containing the purportedly classified information, complicating secrecy claims. A magistrate temporarily halted searches pending review.
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