This is a public post, so feel free to share it. To support my work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Responding to an order from the special master, Judge Raymond Dearie, the Department of Justice last night filed a revised list of the items taken from Mar a Lago during a search of the premises on August 8 of this year. Judge Dearie ordered the filing in response to implications made by lawyers for Donald Trump in court and in previous court filings that the FBI had planted evidence among the documents and items taken from Mar a Lago. While Trump’s lawyers couched their allegations in legalese, Trump himself has come right out and stated that the FBI planted evidence when they searched Mar a Lago, most recently when he described to an interviewer on Newsmax the “ransacked” appearance of Mar a Lago when he visited the place recently.
Ah, the trap's been baited magnificently, because when Trump does reply (as he's required to do-truthfully-under the penalty of law,)
1. He'll be confirming that the FBI did not plant the evidence-and he lied about it publicly;
2. That he wasn't supposed to have this stuff in the first place-he should just have returned it all when asked to.
3. Whoever helped him move that stuff is also in big shit. The materials, after all, did not fly themselves down.
4. Anyone who touched, moved or even looked at the classified documents is in big shit, too. They're classified documents for a reason. Not everyone is supposed to see them.
But what I'd really like to know (along with everyone else who's ever heard of the case) is where the materials in those 'classified' folders went, or if the FBI found them in the other assorted mishmash of rat trap clutter, because if they're missing from that mess, that's a big, big problem that Donald Trump will have to deal with in the future because that's a national security problem, and he has to answer for it.
I don't need to know what they were-nobody does. But we do need to know where they went.
He'd better pray the feds find them in that mess-because stealing government secrets is punishable by life in prison and that's why Edward Snowden has refused to return to the United States-he recently even was granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin.
I guess Snowden would rather live in our biggest opponent's land than in a federal prison. Trump doesn't want to do that, either-but I don't think Putin likes him that much and Trump knows it.
I've baited and caught numerous mice in my house-they all make the same stupid mistake, too-they trust the smell of peanut butter emanating from that really strange looking contraption. They figure it won't hurt to check it out.
It costs them their lives to do that. Trump's gonna go in like one of those damn mice, nose first.
I'm wondering if or when the FBI will search Trump's other properties for stolen documents or other items that don't belong to him. Presidents are not supposed to keep gifts they receive from leaders of foreign governments, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if the narcissist orange baby did exactly that.
This is an interesting comment: "Trump himself had access to his Mar a Lago office, along with a very short list of close aides,...." Rhetorical questions since I don't know that you have answers: Is there, in fact, a list? And was access restricted to just a limited number of specific individuals?
Certainly, Trump himself could have escorted in any guests he wanted to impress; who knows which of them he may have shown off to with those empty classified folders or maybe even documents themselves. Or gave some away as souvenirs.....
Can we assume chain of custody records for specific docs that went to Trump and were not returned? Is there a number on the empty folders that relates to contents? If so, much more to learn. If not, where am I, 1950? We have computers for this shit now
Ah, the old familiar pattern again and again...deny anything was taken, then admit but it was sent back, but okay, not all of it, but in the raid the FBI planted those files, and oh please get me a Special Master, but damn did it have to be a man who actually knew something of the law, and let's makes this about classification which I can do from my brain alone, but, oh wait, the original warrant did not have anything to do with classification so....!!!! IF ANY OF OUR CHILDREN ACTED THIS WAY WHEN CAUGHT AS A MEANS TO AVOID RESPONSIBILITY, WE WOULD EXCORIATE THEM!
Ah, the trap's been baited magnificently, because when Trump does reply (as he's required to do-truthfully-under the penalty of law,)
1. He'll be confirming that the FBI did not plant the evidence-and he lied about it publicly;
2. That he wasn't supposed to have this stuff in the first place-he should just have returned it all when asked to.
3. Whoever helped him move that stuff is also in big shit. The materials, after all, did not fly themselves down.
4. Anyone who touched, moved or even looked at the classified documents is in big shit, too. They're classified documents for a reason. Not everyone is supposed to see them.
But what I'd really like to know (along with everyone else who's ever heard of the case) is where the materials in those 'classified' folders went, or if the FBI found them in the other assorted mishmash of rat trap clutter, because if they're missing from that mess, that's a big, big problem that Donald Trump will have to deal with in the future because that's a national security problem, and he has to answer for it.
I don't need to know what they were-nobody does. But we do need to know where they went.
He'd better pray the feds find them in that mess-because stealing government secrets is punishable by life in prison and that's why Edward Snowden has refused to return to the United States-he recently even was granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin.
I guess Snowden would rather live in our biggest opponent's land than in a federal prison. Trump doesn't want to do that, either-but I don't think Putin likes him that much and Trump knows it.
I've baited and caught numerous mice in my house-they all make the same stupid mistake, too-they trust the smell of peanut butter emanating from that really strange looking contraption. They figure it won't hurt to check it out.
It costs them their lives to do that. Trump's gonna go in like one of those damn mice, nose first.
Clank!
One more mouse gone-the biggest rat of all!
Lucian: Allow me pne small suggested change on another superb report from a fellow scribe and working Ed. Not a mousetrap but a RATTRAP!
I'm wondering if or when the FBI will search Trump's other properties for stolen documents or other items that don't belong to him. Presidents are not supposed to keep gifts they receive from leaders of foreign governments, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if the narcissist orange baby did exactly that.
Mr. Trump refuses to believe that he is the architect of his destruction.
"North Korean dictator mash notes" 😂😂😂
This is an interesting comment: "Trump himself had access to his Mar a Lago office, along with a very short list of close aides,...." Rhetorical questions since I don't know that you have answers: Is there, in fact, a list? And was access restricted to just a limited number of specific individuals?
Certainly, Trump himself could have escorted in any guests he wanted to impress; who knows which of them he may have shown off to with those empty classified folders or maybe even documents themselves. Or gave some away as souvenirs.....
This Forbes article enumerates some of them. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/09/02/trump-hosted-all-these-people-in-his-mar-a-lago-office-where-hed-stashed-government-secrets/?sh=67bd176427d6
Can we assume chain of custody records for specific docs that went to Trump and were not returned? Is there a number on the empty folders that relates to contents? If so, much more to learn. If not, where am I, 1950? We have computers for this shit now
Thank you for keeping us updated on this... Looking forward to some indictments!!!
The bum has avoided justice his whole life, Karma will solve this dilemma.
Michael Cohen thought Trump could use them as barter: “Promise not to prosecute me and I’ll turn over the documents.”
All appropriate digits twisted.
"Snap"
We’ll see. So far it appears orangehead will get away with it.
Thanks IV, on the spot.
Thank you thank you thank you!! These summaries are so helpful to follow the " proceedings".
Hoisted on his own petard ( the Grand Master heh heh)...what could be more fitting?
Ah, the old familiar pattern again and again...deny anything was taken, then admit but it was sent back, but okay, not all of it, but in the raid the FBI planted those files, and oh please get me a Special Master, but damn did it have to be a man who actually knew something of the law, and let's makes this about classification which I can do from my brain alone, but, oh wait, the original warrant did not have anything to do with classification so....!!!! IF ANY OF OUR CHILDREN ACTED THIS WAY WHEN CAUGHT AS A MEANS TO AVOID RESPONSIBILITY, WE WOULD EXCORIATE THEM!