Trump may have violated various laws – here's how

+ the trauma of India's Partition lives on US Edition - Today's top story: Unsealed court documents show the FBI was looking for evidence Trump violated the Espionage Act and other laws – here’s how the documents seized show possible wrongdoing [View in browser]( US Edition | 13 August 2022 [The Conversation]( It’s no secret that former President Donald Trump has a way of grabbing headlines and driving news. For us at The Conversation, that means we have to be ready for whatever may come, always. So yesterday morning we had Clark Cunningham, a Georgia State University legal scholar and expert on search warrants, ready to go with the bare bones of a story that examined the possible ways Trump violated the law by holding on to government documents. Cunningham breaks down the complicated case and the significance of a Florida judge’s releasing the FBI’s search warrant and a detailed list of items it took from Mar-a-Lago. “The unsealed documents seem to indicate that the U.S. Department of Justice believes Trump may have violated the Espionage Act, as well as other criminal laws relating to the handling of public records,” [Cunningham writes](. And with 75th anniversary of India’s Partition, we reached out to several scholars to revisit this history and to explain its profound impact globally. You can read [all of the articles in a special e-book]([.]( This week we also liked articles that explained why [Russia’s move to ban the Jewish Agency]( is unlikely to end Jewish emigration from that country, how long the [oldest people lived in Neolithic China and Medieval England]( and what primary care providers can do in terms of [access to contraception and abortion](. Amy Lieberman Politics + Society Editor A police officer drives by Mar-a-Lago on August 9, 2022. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images [Unsealed court documents show the FBI was looking for evidence Trump violated the Espionage Act and other laws – here’s how the documents seized show possible wrongdoing]( Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University A legal scholar analyzes the unsealed warrant for the FBI’s recent search of Donald Trump’s home and the list of materials seized there. The implications for Trump are potentially grave. Leaders in New Delhi agree on the plan to partition India: From left, Jawaharlal Nehru, Hastings Ismay, Louis Mountbatten and Ali Jinnah. Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images [75 years ago, Britain’s plan for Pakistani and Indian independence left unresolved conflicts on both sides – especially when it comes to Kashmir]( Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University The fate of the so-called princely states was a particularly contentious issue during India’s Partition, which killed about 1 million people and left millions more displaced. During the Cold War, Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union was tightly restricted. Dzurag/iStock via Getty Images Plus [Russia’s threats to shut down Jewish Agency raise alarm bells for those who remember the past]( Shaul Kelner, Vanderbilt University During the Cold War, Russia’s refusal to allow Jews to leave the country reflected its political aims. 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