Donnie Dumptruck says Mar-A-Lago's been searched by the FBI

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Trump Kept Over 700 Pages of Classified Documents, Letter Says

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/us/politics/trump-classified-documents-fbi-letter.html

"Mr. Solomon’s decision to release the letter did more than confirm that Mr. Trump had kept some of the country’s most highly guarded secrets in his relatively unsecured beachfront club in Florida. It also revealed that well before Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued in their court filing on Monday that many of the records were protected by executive privilege, the same argument had been rejected by the White House and a top official at the Justice Department.

The court filing also appeared at times to make arguments that could ultimately harm Mr. Trump.

One long section of the motion, “President Donald J. Trump’s Voluntary Assistance,” was devoted to portraying him as having fully cooperated with the archives and the Justice Department from the outset. But read in a slightly different manner, the facts laid out in the section could be construed as evidence that Mr. Trump had instead obstructed the investigation into the documents."

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Anonymous wrote:This Trump judge is going to issue a broad PI that effectively stops the criminal investigation if FBI has not finished reviewing. She will then take lots of time to consider whether to appoint a special master and then will eventually appoint one. She’s setting that up here. Hope FBI is going overtime to get these docs reviewed.

The court would have to find jurisdiction, whether pursuant to the federal question statute or a discretionary anomalous jurisdiction wrt materials siezed pursuant to the warrant. The problem is that the documents do not belong to Trump, rather they are the property of the US Government acting through NARA by automatic operation of law in accordance with the Presidential Records Act. And any purported claim of “executive privilege” is a red herring insofar as it is the executive branch, specifically, DOJ acting on behalf of NARA, which has siezed the materials. It would be a different matter if it had been the J6C that had subpoenaed the materials. The issue of “declassification” is likewise a distraction to the extent that liability arising under the Espionage Act depends on whether the material relates to the defense of the US, not it’s classification status. Although it certainly raises other concerns among stakeholders such as CIA, DIA and NSA.

In short, it would be nearing the level of impeachable judicial bad faith were the court to find that Trump will suffer irreparable injury if NARA failed to return documents that should have no longer been in his possession post 1/20/2021, particularly when there will be substantial evidence of deception and obstruction mitigating against an award of any form of equitable relief. NARA as the lawful possessor of the siezed materials has release a compelling statement of its position in the form of the letter sent back in May and the suggestion apoears to be that boxes stored in a basement (and hidden in the closet of Trump’s office) were being removed and replaced by unidentified people with some frequency. There’s not much for a Special Master to do at this juncture. No doubt the taint team has completed its review

Have you seen the crazy stuff coming out of the Fifth Circuit? Or the 11th circuit in the Lindsey Graham case? Trump judges do not care what the law is. And they certainly don’t fear impeachment. There is zero chance they get impeached and removed and they know it.

Is a district court judge willing to burn her career to the ground on this? Or does she want to serve on a higher court? Time will tell.

Wow. If this doesn’t speak of the current environment, I don’t know what does.

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The rest of that story is that Biden was in this from the beginning and didn’t hear about it ‘when we did, through the media’. His administration waived Trump’s executive privilege. That will probably go to the SC. Given the history of the FBI targeting, I know how that will probably go

Source for these claims?

Idiot PP took the bait. Trumpy “journalist” John Solomon was given the OK to release the letter to get his base all riled up about Biden. But what the letter actually does reveal is hideously bad for Trump.

There is no bait to take. What I said was true. Garland said it was all him and the Biden administration claimed they had nothing to do with it.

The raid, dummy. Biden said he had nothing to do with the raid. That is different than the substance of the underlying dispute. Really people stop creating false disputes.

Ah, so Biden found out about it when we did?

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The rest of that story is that Biden was in this from the beginning and didn’t hear about it ‘when we did, through the media’. His administration waived Trump’s executive privilege. That will probably go to the SC. Given the history of the FBI targeting, I know how that will probably go

Source for these claims?

Idiot PP took the bait. Trumpy “journalist” John Solomon was given the OK to release the letter to get his base all riled up about Biden. But what the letter actually does reveal is hideously bad for Trump.

There is no bait to take. What I said was true. Garland said it was all him and the Biden administration claimed they had nothing to do with it.

The raid, dummy. Biden said he had nothing to do with the raid. That is different than the substance of the underlying dispute. Really people stop creating false disputes.

Ah, so Biden found out about it when we did?

The raid? Yes. Unless you have some proof that Biden is lying.

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Anonymous wrote:Evan Corcoran is a partner in his firm (the Baltimore firm with the name Slutkin in it which is the only name I remember) and was an Assistant US State’s Attorney. Why he wants to besmirch his formerly good name is an interesting question to me.

Honestly, this question is one of the biggest mysteries of the entire Trump era.

This. The list of people who previously were reasonably well thought of who will now be remembered as disgraces is pretty astonishing. Lindsay Graham, Marco Rubio, William Barr, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Flynn, and on and on, including Trump himself.

Kompromat

For Lindsay Graham, sure. Maybe Marco, too. But the others? True believers in some sick, anti-American regime.

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The rest of that story is that Biden was in this from the beginning and didn’t hear about it ‘when we did, through the media’. His administration waived Trump’s executive privilege. That will probably go to the SC. Given the history of the FBI targeting, I know how that will probably go

Source for these claims?

Idiot PP took the bait. Trumpy “journalist” John Solomon was given the OK to release the letter to get his base all riled up about Biden. But what the letter actually does reveal is hideously bad for Trump.

There is no bait to take. What I said was true. Garland said it was all him and the Biden administration claimed they had nothing to do with it.

The raid, dummy. Biden said he had nothing to do with the raid. That is different than the substance of the underlying dispute. Really people stop creating false disputes.

Ah, so Biden found out about it when we did?

The raid? Yes. Unless you have some proof that Biden is lying.

MAGA don’t need no proof.

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The rest of that story is that Biden was in this from the beginning and didn’t hear about it ‘when we did, through the media’. His administration waived Trump’s executive privilege. That will probably go to the SC. Given the history of the FBI targeting, I know how that will probably go

Source for these claims?

Idiot PP took the bait. Trumpy “journalist” John Solomon was given the OK to release the letter to get his base all riled up about Biden. But what the letter actually does reveal is hideously bad for Trump.

There is no bait to take. What I said was true. Garland said it was all him and the Biden administration claimed they had nothing to do with it.

The raid, dummy. Biden said he had nothing to do with the raid. That is different than the substance of the underlying dispute. Really people stop creating false disputes.

Ah, so Biden found out about it when we did?

The raid? Yes. Unless you have some proof that Biden is lying.

DP. The PP wants to make this about Biden. It’s not. Though, I imagine he has almost certainly been briefed by intelligence agencies about whatever harm TFG might have caused by stealing highly classified intelligence. He has probably known about that for some time. That doesn’t mean he’s directing the DOJ to do anything—NARA forwarded DOJ information based on their own discovery. I’m sure other agencies have done the same. Biden can’t help that TFG committed crimes.

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It’s not looking good for Donald. When will the GOP finally cut bait? It’s not too late…for some.

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Anonymous wrote:Evan Corcoran is a partner in his firm (the Baltimore firm with the name Slutkin in it which is the only name I remember) and was an Assistant US State’s Attorney. Why he wants to besmirch his formerly good name is an interesting question to me.

Honestly, this question is one of the biggest mysteries of the entire Trump era.

This. The list of people who previously were reasonably well thought of who will now be remembered as disgraces is pretty astonishing. Lindsay Graham, Marco Rubio, William Barr, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Flynn, and on and on, including Trump himself.

None of them were reasonably well thought of by anyone who knew something about their personalities and ethics. Take Rudy. He married his cousin. He used his NYPD detail to enable his extramarital affairs. He allowed his mistress to move into Gracie Mansion. He announced the end of his marriage at a press conference. He was notoriously thin-skinned and abused his powers as mayor. He allowed the NY emergency command center to be built at what would become Ground Zero. That’s slot without delving into issues with alcohol. His ownership of a NYY Witld Series ring is also inexplicable.

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“The previously unreported email — sent about 100 days after the former president left office with the subject line “Need for Assistance re Presidential Records” — shows just how early Archives officials realized that many documents were missing from the Trump White House. It also illustrates the myriad efforts Archives officials made to have the documents returned over an 18-month period, culminating with an FBI raid earlier this month at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.”

New from the Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/24/trump-records-archives-2021/

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Anonymous wrote:“The previously unreported email — sent about 100 days after the former president left office with the subject line “Need for Assistance re Presidential Records” — shows just how early Archives officials realized that many documents were missing from the Trump White House. It also illustrates the myriad efforts Archives officials made to have the documents returned over an 18-month period, culminating with an FBI raid earlier this month at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.”

New from the Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/24/trump-records-archives-2021/

the last days of Trump's office was a cluster f*. People quitting left and right; the ones who stayed were too focused on #stopthesteal and finding proof that the election was stolen. Nobody cared about making sure our nation's classified information was protected.

Once again: Trump is UNFIT for office.

IF he wins 2024, this country is truly well and good FUBAR.

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what is TFG?

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Anonymous wrote:what is TFG?

The Former Guy

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The rest of that story is that Biden was in this from the beginning and didn’t hear about it ‘when we did, through the media’. His administration waived Trump’s executive privilege. That will probably go to the SC. Given the history of the FBI targeting, I know how that will probably go

Source for these claims?

Idiot PP took the bait. Trumpy “journalist” John Solomon was given the OK to release the letter to get his base all riled up about Biden. But what the letter actually does reveal is hideously bad for Trump.

There is no bait to take. What I said was true. Garland said it was all him and the Biden administration claimed they had nothing to do with it.

The raid, dummy. Biden said he had nothing to do with the raid. That is different than the substance of the underlying dispute. Really people stop creating false disputes.

Ah, so Biden found out about it when we did?

The raid? Yes. Unless you have some proof that Biden is lying.

“According to memos obtained by Just the News, the National ‘acting’ Archivist ran to Joe Biden’s White House, talked to the lawyer, and said Trump’s asserting executive privilege over some presidential papers at Mar-a-Lago. Can you waive your predecessor’s privilege?” Watters recapped.

“The Counsel to the President has informed me that, in light of the particular circumstances presented here,” Wall’s letter stated, “President Biden defers to my determination, in consultation with the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, regarding whether or not I should uphold the former President’s purported ‘protective assertion of executive privilege’…I have therefore decided not to honor the former President’s ‘protective’ claim of privilege.”

“This has never been done before and Joe Biden’s lawyer said yeah, waive the privilege. And that set the raid in motion,”

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Good.

Usually presidents and staff transfer the records to the NARA.

So trump said the FBI planted the records at first, then he said he could declassify the records and keep them at will, and now he says they are for an unplanned presidential library. Which is it? Or will it be something else tomorrow?