It that is the case, I am curious as to the justification of taking everything they did (rather than the 15 boxes that were clearly identified). There is a reference to having "reason to believe" that there might be evidence of other crimes, but those crimes are not named nor does there appear to be an explanation. Perhaps that explanation is somewhere in later parts of the document or redacted? But I cannot find it. Just someone (redacted) claiming that they "believe" that there might be other materials.
Will have to wait to see how the buzz plays out.
For god's sake... please... no cut and pastes comments explaining what we already know.
Turley: Suggests that the judge should have pushed back on this. Nothing in here that we didn't really know. States Government leaks information, and then produces a document that gives us nothing else. Still believes that they needed to be more transparent and there really isn't an actual reason shown as to the "why" the raid had to happen.
Mike David (former Gorsuch Clerk) - Nothing in the affidavit that undermines the 1988 USSC Navy v Egan (which gives President plenary power to declassify anything for any reason) or the 2012 DC Court decision that gives the President sole power to determine what is personal and what is presidential.
McCarthy: After reviewing document and following the manner in which this is being handled, he is even "more" convinced that Garland has no plans to charge Trump with any crimes.
Brett Tolman (former US Prosecutor): Affidavit does not present a reason for the urgency or any intent that would suggest what makes the actions criminal. Believes this is a legal dispute where neither party has really been able to prevail. Sees it as more civil than criminal based on the affidavit. Like McCarthy does not see this is a document you would release like this if you planned to make a criminal case.
Another point brought up: The manner in which the FBI is using a taint team and agents to comb through everything rather than a special master, not only suggests they do not want anyone standing in their way of total access, but also strongly suggests that the classified documents they are looking for are not so classified that an FBI agent would be allowed to view them.
Personally... the idea that Mar-a-Lago was not a secure location as a justification for a raid? Can someone please explain to me why the FBI took a year and a half to come to that conclusion? If it was not secure and needed to be raided. Well why did they wait till 91 days before the next mid-terms to make a move?
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It looks like he was very irresponsible with highly classified secrets and objection of Justice.
He put the country at risk.
Eventually he will face criminal charges.
I'm warming to the opinion that the boxes contain Crossfire Hurricane/Clinton Campaign/FBI collusion evidence. Trump declassified ALL of that in his pursuit of his lawsuit against Hillary, and if that evidence is seized, Trump has no ability to present it at trial.
Unless he made and kept a copy of course.
Hopefully every scrap of paper in every one of those boxes has been digitized and a copy remains in Trump's possession.
The unsealed warrant revealed that the Justice Department is investigating if Trump violated three federal laws, including the Espionage Act, when he refused to return government documents that were moved to his Florida residence after he left office.
KD.
It was overly broad in scope.
And without proper merit.
This is the Russian Hoax 2.0.
Facebook admitted to working as agents of the US Government , FBI to suppress the Hunter Laptop.
The bottom line is that he is facing.
The affidavit stated, in part, “there is probable cause to believe that the locations to be searched at the PREMISES contain evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 793(e), 1519,or2071.”
From thee to ten years in prison.
Roger - why did you make this comment. You have made this same sort of comment 100 times and it provides absolutely ZERO value to the discussion. None of what you wrote is new or something everyone already didn't know.
Thanks to Mark Zuckerberg and his appearance on Rogan yesterday we now know for certain that the FBI rigged the 2020 election.
Wsj
“Of most significant concern was that highly classified records were unfoldered, intermixed with other records,” NARA told the Justice Department in a February referral, according to the affidavit.
“There is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified NDI or that are Presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the PREMISES,” the agent wrote, referring to national defense information. “There is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the PREMISES.”
That's the bottom line.
Will Garland pursue criminal charges?
Espionage Act and obstruction of justice charges are possible.
What a day..
He is in serious trouble 🤣
KD.
RRB, exactly 💯 correct.
The FBI prostitute itself to protect Biden.
What a day indeed...
Good day for the former President. I think he wins this PR battle.
Btw Roger.
You have 10 days and 11 hours before your time runs out...
About 7 weeks ago... you stated that Trump would be in jail in two months. We've been keeping track. You said you would leave the blog if you were wrong!
Kerry in a landslide!
Good day for the former President. I think he wins this PR battle.
BWAAAAAAAA!!!!! Especially considering he wasn't put in hand cuffs and arrested!!!!! Only a trump slurping knuckle dragger would think the cache they found at mar a lardo was a positive for the lying sack of shit trump!!! When he demanded the lock her up......most of the classifications occurred after they were discovered while the trove of classified were clearly identified and posed a grave danger to US security!!!!! Sorry sport, it was an awful day for trump and a great day for the rule of law!!!
According to a previous report by Joe Hoft — Judge Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart – of Jeffrey Epstein’s defense – signed off on the Mar-a-Lago warrant for the U.S. District of Southern Florida 44 days after recusing himself from the RICO case against Hillary Clinton et al.
It’s now believed that the dirty cops were there at Mar-a-Lago to steal documents from the President that he declassified so they can then turn around and prevent the documents from seeing the light of day by claiming they’re part of an ongoing investigation
A potentially excellent point -
COLUMBIA LAWPROF PHIL HAMBURGER:
Can Magistrate Judges Constitutionally Issue Search Warrants Against Trump (Or Anyone Else)? “The problem is that Reinhart is a so-called magistrate judge. Many commentators have focused on his personal history and political leanings, but much more significant is that he is not really a judge. To be precise, he is not a judge of a court of the United States. The judicial power of the United States is vested in its courts. In the exercise of this power, judges of those courts can issue search warrants. But a magistrate judge is just an assistant to a court and its judges. Not being a judge of one of the courts of the United States, he cannot constitutionally exercise the judicial power of the United States. That means he cannot issue a search warrant.”
https://instapundit.com/539215/
Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) highly redacted affidavit released in response to Judicial Watch’s court request to unseal the warrant materials used in the unprecedented raid on the home of former President Trump:
In a remarkable and historic victory for transparency, Judicial Watch today forced the release of the infamous and heavily redacted Trump raid affidavit. Now we know why the Biden Justice Department did not want to release this material, as it exposes how there was significant evidence of President Trump’s cooperation, a major legal dispute about the legal status of the records believed to be in Trump’s possession, and that the FBI abusively raided his home anyway. The Biden Justice Department’s dishonest redactions of the reasons for its redactions makes a mockery of the American people’s right to know the entire story about this FBI raid, which was a wild abuse of power by the Biden administration.
This legal battle for accountability is just getting started.
Additional filings were also unsealed today.
Yesterday, in response to a Judicial Watch request, Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered the redacted version of the search warrant affidavit be unsealed by noon today.
Judicial Watch has been in the forefront in the court battle for transparency regarding the abusive FBI raid.
In a remarkable and historic victory for transparency, Judicial Watch today forced the release of the infamous and heavily redacted Trump raid affidavit
In a remarkable pile of bullshit, our Kansas loser omits that just about every major media source also petitioned for the release....to say Judicial watch was something special is typical of GOP hyperbole and fabrications!!!!
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