Rand Paul Calls To Repeal Espionage Act Following Mar-a-Lago Raid

August 14, 2022

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Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul called for the Espionage Act to be repealed as the Department of Justice is investigating whether former President Donald Trump mishandled classified materials under the 1917 law.

"The espionage act was abused from the beginning to jail dissenters of WWI. It is long past time to repeal this egregious affront to the 1st Amendment," Paul tweeted on Saturday, including a link to a 2019 article titled, "Repeal the Espionage Act" by Jacob G. Hornberger at the Future of Freedom Foundation.

The article described the Espionage Act as a "tyrannical law" that was enacted during World War I "not to punish people for spying but rather for criticizing the draft and the war..."

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