“Donald Trump "joins a select list of Americans also indicted ... for violating the Espionage Act with the prison terms that traitors and spies against America deserve.”
The Lincoln Project
Super PAC. Washington D.C.. Claim dated 15 Jun 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
Trump was charged under a part of the Espionage Act concerning the willful retention of national defense information. That’s different from spying.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
The Lincoln Project (Super PAC) made this claim around 15 June 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 June 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieXVSlLK5rA
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