Trump Corruption

DOJ Inventory Shows 43 Empty “Classified” Folders

The Guardian reports: The FBI’s detailed inventory list of materials seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort was made public on Friday morning, providing a closer look at the highly-sensitive government documents that were retrieved from the former president’s office and a storage area at the property. The inventory was unsealed after the federal judge overseeing Trump’s request for a special …

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Trump: Biden Is “Insane Or Has Late Stage Dementia”

Posted last night to Truth Social: If you look at the words and meaning of the awkward and angry Biden speech tonight, he threatened America, including with the possible use of military force. He must be insane, or suffering from late stage dementia! Someone should explain to Joe Biden, slowly but passionately, that MAGA means, as powerfully as mere words …

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Judge Delays Ruling On Special Master For Docs

The New York Times reports: A federal judge signaled on Thursday that she remained open to granting former President Donald J. Trump’s request to appoint an independent arbiter to go through documents the F.B.I. seized from him last month, but stopped short of making a final decision. After a nearly two-hour hearing, the judge, Aileen M. Cannon of the Federal …

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Trump Lawyers To Testify Before Grand Jury Tomorrow

CNN reports: Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and his former deputy Patrick Philbin are expected to appear Friday before a grand jury in Washington, DC, that’s investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and the events leading up to it, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN. CNN previously reported that Cipollone and Philbin had …

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House Committee To Get Trump’s Financial Records

Fox News reports: Nearly two months after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in a case about a House Oversight Committee subpoena on an accounting firm for former President Trump’s financial records, Trump’s lawyers revealed that all parties involved have reached a settlement agreement. Attorneys from the law firm Consovoy McCarthy notified the federal appellate court of …

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Andrew Napolitano: “Trump Will Soon Be Indicted”

Former Fox News host Andrew Napolitano writes: It gives me no joy to write this piece. Even a cursory review of the redacted version of the affidavit submitted in support of the government’s application for a search warrant at the home of former President Trump reveals that he will soon be indicted by a federal grand jury for three crimes: …

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Cohen: Trump Also Has Docs Stashed At Other Homes

The Insider reports: Michael Cohen, who was once former President Donald Trump’s lawyer, believes Trump likely has copies of the classified documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago stashed in other locations. Cohen was reacting on Twitter to an article on the DOJ’s recent court filing, which  suggested that Trump’s team may have concealed or moved top-secret files. Cohen has also …

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DOJ: Trump’s Passports Were “Commingled” With Docs

NBC News reports: Consistent with the terms of the search warrant, the Justice Department said in the filing that “the government seized the contents of a desk drawer that contained classified documents and governmental records commingled with other documents.” “The other documents included two official passports, one of which was expired, and one personal passport, which was expired,” it said. …

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Trump Filing: Secret Docs Were “No Cause For Alarm”

The Hill reports: Former President Trump’s legal team is arguing that the sensitive information contained in classified documents recovered from his Florida home “should have never been cause for alarm” in its latest filing arguing for a special master to review the documents. The claim came in a Wednesday night filing as Trump asks the court to appoint a third …

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Trump Accidentally Admits Docs Weren’t “Planted”

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump posted a statement on Truth Social Wednesday that appeared to acknowledge the documents recovered by the FBI at his Florida estate were in fact in his possession and not “planted” as he had previously declared. “Trump has moved off suggesting things were planted and now says documents were “in cartons” at his house/club…which he …

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Trump Lawyer Calls Espionage Act “Mundane Statute”

The Daily Beast reports: Appearing on pro-Trump pundit Charlie Kirk’s talk show on Wednesday, Trump attorney Alina Habba brushed off the seriousness of the situation, insisting that the Justice Department is fishing and is trying to pin whatever they can on Trump. And things like violating the Espionage Act and obstructing justice are so ho-hum. “They say themselves in these …

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NYT: Trump’s Lawyers Likely To Become DOJ Targets

The New York Times reports: Two lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump are likely to become witnesses or targets in the investigation into how he hoarded documents marked as classified at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate — and secretly held onto some even after the lawyers claimed all sensitive materials had been returned, legal specialists said. The lawyers, M. Evan …

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Charlie Kirk: The FBI Sent A Deep State Message By Purposely Placing “Time” Cover In Their Evidence Photo

“What is it in this picture, exactly? Well, the administrative state posts this picture of documents all across the floor. Nothing necessarily telling there, but there’s two big things, and you have to look a level deeper for there. “The first of which is an intentional placement of a Time Magazine cover. Now, look, they knew that this was going …

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Trump Lawyer Pleads The Fifth Before GA Grand Jury

CNBC reports: A lawyer who had pushed to overturn the 2020 election loss of then-President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions during an appearance Wednesday before a grand jury in Georgia, his attorneys said. John Eastman also invoked protections under attorney-client privilege in refusing to answer at least some questions he was …

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Murdoch’s NY Post Calls On GOP To Dump Trump

From the editorial board of the New York Post: Attorney General Merrick Garland’s raid on Mar-a-Lago has ex-President Donald Trump back in the news. That’s a problem for Republicans, who need to move beyond him. Yes, Trump did much good in his four years: Notice how Democrats have opted not to repeal his tax cuts. But he lost in 2020 …

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Lara Trump Melts Down Over New Secret Docs Photos

“This is such a bad look, I think, for the Department of Justice now, because it goes to further the notion that they are targeting Donald Trump, that there is something to hide. Just from the beginning of all of this, this raid at Mar-a-Lago, his lawyers were not allowed to be on property while the FBI was conducting this …

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Fox Host Shocked By New Photos Of Top Secret Docs

Mediaite reports: “Keep in mind, according to the filing, the agents found three classified documents in Donald Trump’s desks,” Steve Doocy noted with a level of shock. “What were they doing in the desk?!” “And when you look at these particular things right here, at least five yellow folders marked top secret and another secret SCI —that stands for sensitive …

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DOJ: Mar-A-Lago Docs Were “Concealed And Removed”

CNN reports: US government documents were “likely concealed and removed” from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago as part of an effort to “obstruct” the FBI’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s potential mishandling of classified materials, the Justice Department said in a blockbuster court filing Tuesday night. More than 320 classified documents have now been recovered from Mar-a-Lago, the Justice …

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Former FL Solicitor General Joins Trump’s Legal Team

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump has hired Chris Kise, Florida’s former solicitor general, to represent him in the criminal investigation related to the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in early August. Kise’s hiring comes at a critical juncture for the former president, whose legal team has faced criticism for its handling of the case in the Southern District …

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Trump Shares Dozens Of Extremist And QAnon Memes

The Insider reports: On Tuesday morning alone, Trump has taken to his Truth Social platform over four dozen times to share memes and posts attacking his political enemies. Some posts are memes attacking President Joe Biden or other Democrats, while others are baseless election fraud claims or attempts to delegitimize the FBI. Another post included a photo with a caption …

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