The warrant authorizing the search of former president Donald Trump’s home said agents were seeking documents illegally possessed in violation of law, including a part of the Espionage Act. Signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917, the WWI-era law’s anti-spying scope is typically applied against leakers of sensitive information to the press. Read more: https://wapo.st/3CzHNmR. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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