Trump Heads to Court to Start Fighting Espionage Act Charges (1)

Donald Trump is due in a Miami federal court Tuesday afternoon to face charges alleging he jeopardized national security by violating the Espionage Act, even as he leads the Republican field for next year’s presidential race.

Trump is accused of willfully retaining and mishandling classified documents, including top-secret nuclear information and war plans, after he left office. No other former president has ever been indicted federally, let alone faced national security claims.

Legal experts say that the US Justice Department has historically treated such cases as among the most serious.

“When you look at the information in the indictment, it’s ...