I don't see how the Trump theft of defense secrets is anything short of treason. Here is info from the indictment - from historian Heather Cox Richardson:
"The indictment is, indeed, jaw dropping.
It alleges that during his time in the White House, Trump stored in cardboard boxes “information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.” The indictment notes that “[t]he unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the United States, foreign relations, the safety of the United States military, and human sources and the continued viability of sensitive intelligence collection methods.”
"These documents are not all those recovered—some likely are too sensitive to risk making public—but they nonetheless hold some of the nation’s deepest secrets: “military capabilities of a foreign country and the United States,” “military activities and planning of foreign countries,” “nuclear capabilities of a foreign country,” “military attacks by a foreign country,” “military contingency planning of the United States,” “military options of a foreign country and potential effects on United States interest,” “foreign country support of terrorist acts against United States interests,” “nuclear weaponry of the United States,” “military activity in a foreign country.”
So it looks like he was collecting them during his presidency with the plan to take them with him if he needed them later. For what? Money? Hundreds of millions of dollars? To blackmail the U.S. to stay out of prison? To give them to his master, Putin?
Also, these documents are secret in order to protect people, the men and women who gather this vital information, the men and women in the military who have volunteered to put themselves into harms way. All of these people are now at risk. Maybe some are already captured or killed?
Also, why would any of our key and necessary allies share any sensitive intelligence with the United States going forward if nearly half of the American voters voted for him - twice - and may vote for him a third time. If their secrets are not safe don't they have to keep them from America?
Putin has done a remarkably effective job of destroying American leadership in the world by doing all he could to get deeply corrupt nitwit elected in 2016. The Former Guy has done enormous damage to American leadership in the world, and is doing his best to do more.
He took them from the White House, and he hid them, and he refused to return them. Who else has them?
And his terrified MAGA Cult politicians, along with his Kool-Aid drinking MAGA Cult voters, come to his defense. Depressing to me.
I have friends who voted for this deeply corrupt, actually mentally ill, fascist wannabe person. I hope their fantasy views of him are finally exploding. I hope they can finally see him as the greatest danger to America and U.S. democracy is since Jefferson Davis.
