Mar-a-Largo raided by FBI?

[Artemus]

Sounds like they were setting her up to be the fall guy.

Everyone working for Trump is being set up to be the fall guy at some point. I truly don't understand how is able to hire anyone at this point.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

Sounds like they were setting her up to be the fall guy.

Everyone working for Trump is being set up to be the fall guy at some point. I truly don't understand how is able to hire anyone at this point.

Money talks, if you get paid I guess. There's always a book deal. And there's the stupid.

 

[ZiprHead]

Read the thread. It might be the probable cause needed to search Trump Tower.

 

[crazyfingers]

Supreme Court declines to take Trump's appeal to intervene on documents.

Supreme Court rejects former President Donald Trump's request to intervene in Mar-a-Lago documents fight | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an emergency request from former President Donald Trump to intervene in the dispute over classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate in August.

www.cnn.com

And J6 Committee also subpoenas Trump.

The shit fucker's having a good day today!

 

[ZiprHead]

"I bought you!! You're supposed to stay bought!!"

 

[ZiprHead]

 

[Worldtraveller]

TFG basically admitted it at a rally over the weekend.

 

[Jarhyn]

So... They admit he stole the documents, accuse national records of "losing" documents that "must have" existed which "prove" Obama did... Something, lie about how and where the illegally stolen documents were stored, and then stumps for unilateral process-free declassification.

I'm just looking forward to the upcoming visit to Trump Tower NY

 

[ZiprHead]

So... They admit he stole the documents, accuse national records of "losing" documents that "must have" existed which "prove" Obama did... Something, lie about how and where the illegally stolen documents were stored, and then stumps for unilateral process-free declassification.

I'm just looking forward to the upcoming visit to Trump Tower NY

And Bedminster.

 

[ZiprHead]

 

[Shadowy Man]

Yawn. Wake me up when something actually happens. Been burned before when people got excited about experts coming in. I recall the excitement about Mueller for all the good that did.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I have an idea for some sarcastic replies but fear the sarcasm deficient will take it seriously.

 

[ZiprHead]

Not good for Trump. Boo hoo...

Top Trump adviser granted immunity for testifying in Mar-a-Lago papers case

Kash Patel will receive limited protection from prosecution for his testimony on how and if the documents were ‘declassified’

www.theguardian.com

Federal prosecutors examining Donald Trump’s unauthorized retention of highly sensitive government documents at his Mar-a-Lago property will obtain testimony from top adviser Kash Patel after granting him limited immunity from prosecution, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The immunity – a powerful tool that forces witnesses to testify on the promise that they will not be prosecuted for their statements or information derived from their statements – takes effect on 2 November and signals the importance of his testimony to the criminal investigation.

The justice department’s interest with Patel centers on his claims that the documents found at Mar-a-Lago were declassified, how the documents came to end up at the property, and how Trump’s aides and lawyers responded to requests for their return, the sources said.

The status of the documents is important because if prosecutors can prove that those seized by the FBI in August were not declassified, it could strengthen a potential obstruction case contending that Trump used the claims as an excuse for why he did not return records that had been subpoenaed.

 

[ZiprHead]

Court files show evidence Trump handled records marked classified after presidency

Justice department filing claims former US president kept secret documents in drawer at Mar-a-Lago with other files from after his time in office

www.theguardian.com

The former US president kept in the desk drawer of his office at the Mar-a-Lago property one document marked “secret” and one marked “confidential” alongside three communications from a book author, a religious leader and a pollster, dated after he departed the White House.

The mixed records could amount to evidence that Trump wilfully retained documents marked classified when he was no longer president as the justice department investigates unauthorised possession of national security materials, concealment of government records, and obstruction.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Court files show evidence Trump handled records marked classified after presidency

Justice department filing claims former US president kept secret documents in drawer at Mar-a-Lago with other files from after his time in office

www.theguardian.com

The former US president kept in the desk drawer of his office at the Mar-a-Lago property one document marked “secret” and one marked “confidential” alongside three communications from a book author, a religious leader and a pollster, dated after he departed the White House.

The mixed records could amount to evidence that Trump wilfully retained documents marked classified when he was no longer president as the justice department investigates unauthorised possession of national security materials, concealment of government records, and obstruction.

Why isn't this guy in Leavenworth?

 

[blastula]

Judge Cannon has been thrown the hell out of court.



The order is brutal.

In considering these arguments, we are faced with a choice: apply our usual test; drastically expand the availability of equitable jurisdiction for every subject of a search warrant; or carve out an unprecedented exception in our law for former presidents. We choose the first option. So the case must be dismissed.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Writing was on the wall for that. She should be removed from the court. Her ruling was just that bad.

 

[laughing dog]

Judge Cannon’s ruling was to buy Trump time to delay the DOJ investigation. It worked.

 

[Gun Nut]

Judge Cannon’s ruling was to buy Trump time to delay the DOJ investigation. It worked.

not really... not much, at least... it blocked the examination of like 200 out of 10,000 pages (or documents)... they were trucking on with 99% of the case this whole time, as I understand it. Yes, it did cause some degree of delay, but not what he wanted (which was for it to last beyond 2024 campaign timeframe)

 

[Copernicus]

Judge Cannon’s ruling was to buy Trump time to delay the DOJ investigation. It worked.

not really... not much, at least... it blocked the examination of like 200 out of 10,000 pages (or documents)... they were trucking on with 99% of the case this whole time, as I understand it. Yes, it did cause some degree of delay, but not what he wanted (which was for it to last beyond 2024 campaign timeframe)

What all of these Republican-controlled courts did was to delay the matter beyond the November election. That aided the party in the short term, and Trump got a little more breathing space to muddy the waters and get the story out of the news cycle. The collapse of Cannon's obstructionism was a big deal to Democrats, but not so much to the rest of the public, which has a notoriously short attention span. Trump himself should be brought up on sedition charges, but that's never going to happen. Maybe obstruction of justice and mishandling of classified information. The election has been over for a while, and I don't see Garland rushing to indict him on the obvious charges of mishandling classified information and obstruction of justice. Maybe he's still hoping that the Trump era will just fade into a bad memory. We'll see if Garland's special prosecutor really has the stomach for it.