FBI executed search warrant at Mar-a-Lago

[thekev]

Problem is, she is a federal judge. You can disbar her up one side and down the other, but the bar association has no hand on her gavel: she will still be a judge, unless somehow Congress sees fit to oust her.

I get that. I wrote it a bit quickly on my way out. The underlying sentiment is that federal judgeships are a terrible place for cronyism.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

I think one of the biggest absurdities in this situation is watching Trump and his lawyers for months inventing different excuses for how or why he had the documents. If you shot and killed somebody you wouldn’t be allowed to come up with different reasons that get rejected until you come up with one that works in your favor. Not to mention, Trump isn’t a deep thinker. Even if they find some obscure convoluted excuse there’s no way in Hell he was aware of it and that doesn’t take months to come up with.

More chapters from Trump’s upcoming book, Art of the Multilevel Catastrophic Failure.

Chapter 2: Efficiently keep your enemies close by being your own worst enemy.

Chapter 3: Stay on the radar by refusing to STFU.

 

[mac_in_tosh]

I think one of the biggest absurdities in this situation is watching Trump and his lawyers for months inventing different excuses for how or why he had the documents.

There's still one he hasn't used yet - he had written permission from the National Archives to keep the documents but the dog ate it.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

There's still one he hasn't used yet - he had written permission from the National Archives to keep the documents but the dog ate it.

Or maybe he could say the deep state and Soros are so powerful that they are having him commit crimes he has no control over.

 

[fooferdoggie]

There's still one he hasn't used yet - he had written permission from the National Archives to keep the documents but the dog ate it.

no Rudy ate it.

 

[lizkat]

no Rudy ate it.

One does have to wonder why Trump keeps letting Rudy back into his inner circle of stooges.

I mean Giuliani's behavior in Ukraine hadn't done The Don any favors when it came to the first impeachment, and his behavior w/ respect to the 2020 election results has only complemented Trump's own legal issues regarding the attempt to overturn a US Presidential election.​

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It's like he's a combination of court jester and fifth column, but for what or whom, who the heck knows. I'd say Russia, if it weren't for doubting that Putin's FSB would regard Rudy as a reliable asset. He's just.... off his rocker.​

Such insanity. So unseemly. I didn't care for how Giuliani tried to steer NYC policy when he was mayor, but it sure has been a long way down for him since then and especially compared to his days as a respected prosecutor. He's a walking example of how power can corrupt someone not paying enough attention to the character of the people around him.

 

[lizkat]

Or maybe he could say the deep state and Soros are so powerful that they are having him commit crimes he has no control over.

Would make a nice lead-in to Trump's next solicitation of funds from his hard core base.

Pitch in a hundred bucks now to help ensure that George Soros and the deep state get rooted out of US government when Trump returns to power! ​

Should net Trump enough to cover another couple weeks' worth of counsel for his legal woes.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

“They’re closing in”: Experts say DOJ may “force” Trump aide to testify after he pleads the Fifth | Salon.com

In yet another scenario the founders didn’t foresee coming it looks like the government might have to tighten up another loophole to include “Declassifying documents must have witnesses that aren’t just the guy who brings you diet Coke”.

 

[fooferdoggie]

“They’re closing in”: Experts say DOJ may “force” Trump aide to testify after he pleads the Fifth | Salon.com

In yet another scenario the founders didn’t foresee coming it looks like the government might have to tighten up another loophole to include “Declassifying documents must have witnesses that aren’t just the guy who brings you diet Coke”.

do what trump reccomends toss them in prision so they can be raped so they will talk.

 

[lizkat]

The beat goes on... Washington Post piece (paywall removed) reports on a new prosecutor added to the team looking into the case of the documents Trump took to Mar a Lago. He is a national security prosecutor who took on cases against 9/11 and 1998 terrorism perpetrators who wound up with life sentences.

Top national security prosecutor joins Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation

David Raskin, who served for many years as a senior federal prosecutor in New York City, and more recently has worked as a prosecutor in Kansas City, Mo., has been assisting in the investigation into Trump and his aides, according to the people familiar with the matter who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe an ongoing investigation.

Just two weeks ago, Raskin won a guilty plea in a case with parallels to the Trump case — a former FBI analyst in Kansas City who authorities say took more than 300 classified files or documents to her home, including highly sensitive material about al-Qaeda and an associate of Osama bin Laden.

In court papers, federal prosecutors say they have recovered a similar number of documents with a variety of classified markings from Mar-a-Lago, all apparently taken from the White House. The Post has previously reported that some of that classified material was highly sensitive and restricted intelligence that included at least one document about Iran’s missile program and others about intelligence-gathering work aimed at China, according to people familiar with the matter.

 

[rdrr]

If true, how will TFG explain this?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1592004218604355586/

 

[GermanSuplex]

If true, how will TFG explain this?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1592004218604355586/

Trump never sticks to a narrative, so he will just say he had absolute right to have the documents.

His arguments are never rooted in truth, and he’s avoided prosecution because everyone is trying to suss out how to deal with a sitting/former president who breaks so many laws, ethics and norms.

Hopefully Garland straightens some of that out.

 

[lizkat]

Here we go. More 11th circuit popcorn-a-rama later in the week... think TFG's lawyers have lawyers?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1592172467057225729/

 

[rdrr]

Here we go. More 11th circuit popcorn-a-rama later in the week... think TFG's lawyers have lawyers?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1592172467057225729/

With that claim that they were personal documents, why did he ever have to use his jedi tricks and declassify them. I am confused now...

 

[rdrr]

“The law is clear,” the appeals court wrote. “We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so.”

The 11th Circuit said that either approach would be a “radical reordering of our caselaw limiting the federal courts’ involvement in criminal investigations” and that “both would violate bedrock separation-of-powers limitations.”

Well that seems to be a clear admonishment to "Judge" Cannon.

 

[lizkat]

Well that seems to be a clear admonishment to "Judge" Cannon.

Meanwhile Trump had to pay for the special master and also the extra lawyer with a top security clearance to review the portion of the stolen documents that were marked classified (at $500 an hour) until the whole thing got hung up in court. And the whole process Cannon had approved was all supposed to have ended by yesterday, under the original order. What a mess. Trump will probably sue to recover (or else not pay) whatever the costs have been. More mess...

 

[fooferdoggie]

Meanwhile Trump had to pay for the special master and also the extra lawyer with a top security clearance to review the portion of the stolen documents that were marked classified (at $500 an hour) until the whole thing got hung up in court. And the whole process Cannon had approved was all supposed to have ended by yesterday, under the original order. What a mess. Trump will probably sue to recover (or else not pay) whatever the costs have been. More mess...

he wont pay he never does. who knows how many lawyers he as stiffed since president. we only know is a Guinness world record

 

[rdrr]

With all the reports of non-payment by Trump, they would have been smart to set up an escrow account with a good estimate of the budget needed. That way they could ensure that they get paid, with agreed upon payments for work performed.

 

[Eric]

Impeach Aileen Cannon calls grow as Trump judge "eviscerated" by court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed Cannon's decision to appoint a special master in the Mar-a-Lago documents case.

www.newsweek.com

Impeach Aileen Cannon Calls Grow as Trump Judge 'Eviscerated' by Court​

 

[rdrr]

Impeach Aileen Cannon calls grow as Trump judge "eviscerated" by court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed Cannon's decision to appoint a special master in the Mar-a-Lago documents case.

www.newsweek.com

Impeach Aileen Cannon Calls Grow as Trump Judge 'Eviscerated' by Court​

If anything that latest 11th Circuit ruling shows how unqualified she is. She tried to completely make up a new rule that wasn't based in any US law. She just pulled the ruling out of her ass head because she was corrupted by her bias, and showed favoritism over independent legal thought.