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WASHINGTON, DC DECEMBER 19: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House as he meets with U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, who has announced he is switching from the Democratic to Republican Party, on December 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. Van Drew voted against the two articles of impeachment yesterday in the House of Representatives. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump is now facing Life in Prison

former President Donald Trump is now likely to face Life in Prison after he refused to return classified documents to the federal government.

Former Attorney General Bill Barr said that former President Donald Trump would likely be prosecuted after he refused to return classified documents to the federal government.

On Sunday, Barr told ABC News that Trump should be “most concerned about the documents case” despite the former president’s recent arrest in New York.

“I’d be most concerned about the document case in Mar-a-Lago because from what I can see, you know, when it first came out, a lot of Republicans manned the ramparts and were dumping all over the FBI and the government,” Barr said. “He had no claim to those documents, especially the classified documents. They belonged to the government.”

A Trump conviction for violating any of the laws would be severe: the Espionage Act has a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and the statute for obstruction has a maximum penalty of 20 years.the statute for obstruction has a maximum penalty of 20 years. Trump is 76 years old.

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