It appears the article may already be outdated thanks to Trump's court.
The 37-count indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal charges of willfully retaining documents containing national defense information, refusing to return them, and obstructing related investigations, is a watershed moment. The implications are grave not just for the former president – they also serve as a litmus test for the rule of law and the democratic institutions charged with upholding it. The fact of this indictment is an important testament to the principle that no person, not even a former president, is above the law in a democracy; likewise, the process that follows will be a test of the constitutional requirement that all defendants, including Trump, are entitled to the law’s evenhanded application.
Nowadays Trump could sell national security secrets instead of fleecing the rubes for money and prosecutors would not be able to introduce evidence of motive or any communications he had with staff.