“Don’t give them a noble reason to indict you, because they will,” an unnamed associate told Donald J. Trump, according to an interview the person gave the F.B.I. in the classified documents case.
The argument isn’t that he was unaware of the law but that he was unaware he was violating it. In order to be convicted of mishandling the classified documents it has to be proven that he did it intentionally. The law is forgiving for accidental mishandling.
Regular people don’t get to use being unaware of laws as a defense so it shouldn’t even matter.
But it does apparently because he is a rich narcissist.
On advice of council is a defense. And this shows he did the opposite.
It was already ruled that Jr was too dumb to have colluded with Russia despite their best efforts to work with him during his dad’s campaign.
The argument isn’t that he was unaware of the law but that he was unaware he was violating it. In order to be convicted of mishandling the classified documents it has to be proven that he did it intentionally. The law is forgiving for accidental mishandling.