Dangerous Injustice

From a veteran CIA lawyer, a provocative analysis of the cases against two presidents for mishandling classified documents and a call to action against an American justice system that is spinning out of control.

The politicization of the Justice Department is not new. But on August 8, 2022, when armed FBI agents raided the home of former President Donald Trump—alleging violations of the Presidential Records Act and the Espionage Act—the nation’s top law enforcement organization’s weaponization reached new heights.

The FBI seized approximately 130,000 documents, about 100 of which bore classification markings. President Biden publicly criticized Trump for being reckless, but soon thereafter, over 100 classified documents, with dates spanning five decades, were discovered in Biden’s possession. Trump was indicted for forty felonies. Biden was not charged.

Drawing on twenty-five years of experience, including working on high-level espionage investigations and prosecutions, veteran CIA lawyer Joseph B. Sweeney provides unprecedented insights and answers the big questions about the classified information cases against both presidents:

• In what ways were the cases different and handled differently?
• How did they compare to historical precedents?
• Was the handling of the cases politically biased?
• Can today’s judicial system fairly and impartially adjudicate cases involving high-profile political figures?

Dangerous Injustice is a rigorously argued, eye-opening insider’s view of how the modern American justice system really works (and doesn’t work) at the highest levels—and what we can do to save it.