DOJ just told the 11th Circuit it is ready to indict Trump

I read the new DOJ motion so you don't have to

On Friday, the Department of Justice filed what can only be described as a blockbuster motion with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.  It’s got a rather innocuous title, “Motion to Expedite Appeal,” but it’s filled with legal artillery aimed at one man, Donald Trump, and one woman, Judge Aileen Cannon.

In the first paragraph in its support of the motion, the DOJ comes right out and states an obvious point I don’t think they’ve put this bluntly before:  “On August 8, 2022, the government executed a lawfully issued search warrant seeking records that may have been unlawfully retained at a residence belonging to the plaintiff – the former President of the United States – after his tenure in office, including government records bearing classification markings.” 

The only punch they pulled in that sentence was the word “may” in modifying the word “unlawfully,” which they felt necessary given the fact that determining whether someone has acted unlawfully must be determined by trial. 

The DOJ then strongly implies that when the matters before the 11th Circuit are complete, they plan to charge the former president with unlawfully retaining government records that do not belong to him and very possibly making them easily available to persons without authorization by the current administration to see or handle them.