Comprehensively compromised U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said Thursday he is leaning toward releasing some of the evidence presented by corrupt U.S. Justice Department officials to justify the general search warrant of President Donald Trump’s Florida home last week.
This is a case that pits We The People against the justice system, news organizations and corrupt federal prosecutors. Unfortunately, we have no representation in the matter.
The justice system, including the DOJ, FBI regime police and federal judiciary, needs to protect itself from public scrutiny lest the people discover the true motives of the star chamber narrative called ‘national security.’ As a consequence, we should expect no sunlight that is not heavily managed to protect all state stakeholders. In the background, China, Russia and Iran grin mightily as the illusion of democracy is exposed.
(Newsmax) – […] Judge Bruce Reinhart said he believes “there are portions of the affidavit that could be unsealed,” referring to the sworn statement laying out the evidence for why there was probable cause to search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
He ordered the Justice Department to file a redacted version of the affidavit under seal by noon next Thursday, but said the Justice Department will be given the opportunity to appeal if prosecutors don’t agree with his proposed version.
Reinhart’s order seemed to mark a victory for news outlets, who appeared in federal court in West Palm Beach on Thursday to persuade the judge that the public interest in the affidavit outweighs the benefits of keeping it sealed. The Justice Department opposes the release of the evidence.
Of course, the DOJ opposes the release of the affidavit. Without the secrecy the strategic value of their ongoing leaks to the media would diminish. Pretenses must be maintained; narratives must be sharpened; the illusion of a justice system is contingent upon strict rules against transparency.
Jay Bratt, the head of the department’s counterintelligence and export control section, told the judge on Thursday that releasing the affidavit is not in the public interest because it could harm the ongoing probe.
“There is another public interest at stake and that is the public interest that criminal investigations are able to go forward unimpeded,” he said.
The search was part of a federal investigation into whether Trump illegally removed documents when he left office in January 2021 after losing the presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden.
The Justice Department is investigating violations of three laws, including a provision in the Espionage Act that prohibits the possession of national defense information and another statute that makes it a crime to knowingly destroy, conceal or falsify records with the intent to obstruct an investigation.
Attorneys for several media outlets including The New York Times, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, ABC News and NBC News told Reinhart on Thursday that the public’s right to know and the historic significance of the search outweigh any arguments to keep the records sealed.
“The public could not have a more compelling interest in ensuring maximum transparency over this event,” said Charles Tobin, one of the attorneys arguing for the media companies.
Trump in statements on social media has called on the court to unseal the unredacted version of the affidavit “in the interest of transparency.” (read more)
In the bigger picture there is no ‘trust’ left for the DOJ or FBI to lose. Even the illusion of integrity from within the institutions of Main Justice has been destroyed over the past decade with epic mountains of evidence toward how the justice department and their state police, FBI, have weaponized their agencies for political motives.
Despite the pontifications of the great pretenders, the American people are under no illusion that a non-corrupt justice system actually exists. At this moment the discussion in every village, hamlet and gathering is about how to deconstruct these agencies without violence, nothing more.
The time where pretending held some value, toward retaining the illusion of our constitutional republic, is in the rear view. We are all dissidents now; members of a national insurgency relegated to codewords and careful scripts in order to avoid the watchers.
In a just world a lawyer would look Judge Reinhart in the eye and tell him directly that his court, and the entire federal system of courts of which he is a member, are now positioned as the enemy of the people they have targeted with this weaponized system. General search warrants are unconstitutional, yet that is exactly what Main Justice requested and what Judge Reinhart approved.
Unfortunately, amid the great pretending class, the great pretenses remain. However, for the victims of this bastardized and corrupt system, comfortable denial is no longer an option… Acceptance has settled in.
“I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
In the press briefing after the hearing today the spokeswoman said that no one from PDJT’s side spoke, weren’t even present in the courtroom.
Thinking that PDJT’s attorneys are waiting for this justice’s ruling and then will swiftly move to file an appeal.
“no one from PDJT’s side spoke, weren’t even present in the courtroom.”
🤔
Just like the FISC Court…
One sided..
And that side is GOVERNMENT
So typical of Soviets!
Viva Barnes was in the courtroom. See my above comment w/video link. 45’s attorney WAS THERE!!!
Trump’s lawyers decided not to be in court. They did not file any motion to get the affidavit unsealed. Don’t know what their strategy is but it seems like a losing one to me.
I’m pretty sure the reason no one from PDJT’s team spoke was due to the fact they were not a party to the FOIA request. It is Judicial Watch if I’m not mistaken. Tom Fitton’s Judicial Watch filed the FOIA request.
Exactly.
Love Fitton.
Thanks for explaining this; that makes sense.
You are correct. If judicial watch didn’t exist, we American conservative folks would be left in the dark. Everybody expects Pres. Trump to take care of injustice. I pretty much think he has his hands full. What about us conservative not liking this injustice, but, we need to put our money where our mouths are and help. Not just on social media. Not just talking. Get involved. We could do a lot of good things.
I not only donate to JW, but its also the charity recipient from my Amazon Smile donation.
Yes, and a JW attorney spoke and Viva Barnes said he made an interesting point – that thus far this has been extraordinary circumstances, and extraordinary release of certain docs have been made (warrant, etc) so the Affidavit should be released to the public also.
See my comment at top with Viva’s video.
MaineCoon, his Y Tube name is Viva Frei. Sometimes he does a show with a lawyer whose last name is Barnes.
Yes. I watch them constantly, even Barnes Hush Hush series, which is quite good. Barnes is a stellar legal mind. He has a newsletter, daily, with his top 5 articles. Thanks, Thrasher!
Judicial Watch and about 9 media companies including MSNBC and CNN. There is no reason why Team Trump could not have been in that court but they chose NOT to be part of the motion to unseal! Very strange IMO
I might not be correct on this, but it was my understanding that Judicial Watch’s attorney was present and argued for unsealing for the public.
Several media representatives were arguing for transparency.
I’ll keep looking, but I believe Viva Frei was present and that was partially his take. I’m sure there are others who were there that may give a better summary.
Thanks; looks like GumboPot had the explanation of what’s going on.
By the time PDJT’s next term is over think we’re all going to be self-learned law and medical experts.
Why wasn’t PDJT’s legal team on the FOIA request I wonder?
Our Trump has always outwitted the fake news that made up allegations. He’s always playing chess when the left is playing checkers. He’s always giving them just enough rope to hang themselves. Trust me….no Trust Trump, he will be playing the cards he has when it’s the right time. That’s the reason he didnt join the filing today. He’s got cards to play and it will be glorious just like the Russia Russia Russia hoax
Trump is playing by his own rules. He has copies of the docs and security tapes of the FBI raiding his home. He will make these public as he sees fit.
BS. Relying in the press?
Viva Barnes was in the courtroom. He referenced seeing Ms. Boggs (?) , 45’s attorney. Here’s the link to his entire summary of being in the courtroom. I entered his live stream late, so I have no idea what time marker would be.
He said the Judge asked DOJ to do a draft redaction version of the Affidavit he could release. He will review their version and make any edits he feels necessary.
It’s all a crock.
That still doesn’t answer why no argument for PDJT, the one accused, the one raided. His argument should hold the most weight. The media be damned.
Federal Court doesn’t allowing tape of the trial. State Court does. This is what makes it difficult to really know what the heck happened. We need to be able to watch the arguments. Robert Barnes gives a scathing opinion in this matter also. No transparency in federal court.
Laura Ingraham had one of Trump’s lawyers on (Bobb) and asked why Trump was not part of the motion and Bobb did not have a good reply other than to say “we think the motion is well prepared”. Laura noted that because Trump did not join the motion to unseal it will weaken his ability to appeal any decisions (makes sense. How can you appeal a court decision if you were not part of the original motion).
So we are in a weird situation where Trump’s enemy’s in the media – MSNBC, CNN and others are in court essentially acting on his behalf while his lawyers sit on the sidelines as passive observers. Anyone else agree with me that this seems strange to say the least? What kind of legal advice is Trump getting? His lawyers are easy on the eyes but do they know what they are doing?
Trump took to social media to demand the affidavit be unsealed. Why weren’t his lawyers in court fighting for that?
The DOJ says they don’t want to release the “witness” names and evidence because it is still “early” in the investigation. Why should they get a general warrant without a specific crime? How can this be seen as anything but an agency searching for a crime?
Plus, with the speed at which these things have been going, it will still be ‘early’ in the investigation in 2024.
Just too early in the 2024 Political Fishing Season.
You might be confusing two different legal standards – probable cause versus beyond reasonable doubt.
Search warrants are only required to meet the lower standard of “probable cause”. Another way to say that is, “We THINK a crime is more likely than not to have occurred, and we want to search at this location for evidence.” They don’t always have to be for specific crimes, though the supporting affidavit must specify what is being searched for and what the agency’s intent is in wanting to search. Search warrants can be for evidence gathering on a RANGE of PROBABLE crimes.
For example, you might be related to a criminal who the cops suspect (because an informant told them) MAY HAVE (probable cause) hidden a stolen item at your house, without your knowledge. You won’t be charged, but the cops still get to search your home to look for the stolen item. Even if they don’t find the stolen item, the search warrant is still legal and valid.
Search warrants can be used to gather evidence of a crime that may not have even happened where the search takes place. This is common in homicide investigations. They look for notes, phones, flash drives etc. And for those upset about looking through Mrs. Trump’s clothes and dresser drawers, cops ALWAYS look through closets, clothes and drawers, because that is very often exactly where people hide small things like flash drives and burner phones.
If nothing is turned up in a search, it actually helps the defendant in a criminal case. At trial the defense lawyers can say, “LE searched and found nothing connecting my client to any crime.”
It’s so rare to release an unredacted affidavit before any charges are made, I’m pretty sure that will not happen. Certainly nothing indicating who the inside source was will be released until or unless charges are filed. No info connected in any way to an active grand jury can be released prior to charges either.
Is it “common” for documents to be confiscated in a search and no receipt provided to indicate what documents were taken – or even how many?
The warrant was too general for the DOIJ to fall back on any normalities. This has not happened before, should not have happened now.
So the DOIJ need to justify their overreach to PDJT at least. They can’t and that’s why we’re having this discussion.
From President Putin’s mouth, read the rest at the below link.
These objective processes are being opposed by the Western globalist elites, who provoke chaos, fanning long-standing and new conflicts and pursuing the so-called containment policy, which in fact amounts to the subversion of any alternative, sovereign development options. Thus, they are doing all they can to keep hold onto the hegemony and power that are slipping from their hands; they are attempting to retain countries and peoples in the grip of what is essentially a neocolonial order. Their hegemony means stagnation for the rest of the world and for the entire civilisation; it means obscurantism, cancellation of culture, and neoliberal totalitarianism.
They are using all expedients. The United States and its vassals grossly interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states by staging provocations, organising coups, or inciting civil wars. By threats, blackmail, and pressure, they are trying to force independent states to submit to their will and follow rules that are alien to them. This is being done with just one aim in view, which is to preserve their domination, the centuries-old model that enables them to sponge on everything in the world. But a model of this sort can only be retained by force.
https://thesaker.is/putins-address-to-participants-and-guests-of-the-10th-moscow-conference-on-international-security/
Putin is of course right in this context, but he speaks these words not to protect freedom, but to protect his oligarchy.
Trump wants American Freedom and free people. Putin never ever would want free people and fair elections or no corruption in Russia.
We’re going to have to get a MAGA cap for President Putin!
Optics are not good, I know!
Yea, the DS would be all over that!
Thank you for posting his speech. I had heard part of it at The Duran, and am glad now to have a link to the entire spot-on speech.
People need to read this.
The US government have become what our history and civics classes warned us about. Perhaps we always have been. I personally don’t look at history the same way anymore.
Sunlight! At least Australia has a news station which calls out the corrupt Biden Administration… don’t know how they survive.
It’s the Biden administration, not an Australian administration.
They would be closed if they went after an Australian administration, just saying.
Is it Sky News out of Australia? They have been great at calling out the imbeciles in the USA and even mocking them.
Is there something in there about Jeffrey Epstein?
Other than Bruce Reinhart having left the prosecution of Epstein to go defend his people? Is history repeating, with Reinhart leaving a prosecution of Hillary to work in defense of her and her entire crew of FIB and DoI protectors?
Could be!
Must be close to election time.
HARRUMPH HARRUMPH HARRUMPH
I didn’t get a HARRUMPH from that guy .
We are truly lost.
Not me. I know where I’m going.
Me too!
The Left is truly unhinged. We The People understand the huge task ahead of us. “WE” are not lost. Only the ones who are ignorant and /or hostile to a Sovereign USA.
If there weren’t millions of people in a satanic cult none of this would be happening. The sooner that sane people accept that we are dealing with a cult, a full-blown mentally unhinged delusional evil cult, the sooner we can move to the part where we stop playing along.
We need to all say no, he!! no.
No more being forced away from events, from stores, from our own dock, from anything.
When the cult wants to butt in tell them to get the **** out of here.
When the drug-addicted bums on every corner demand money tell them to get a job you lazy piece of ****.
When cult morons are riding bikes and walking down paths or just parading in stores wearing their cult diapers we need to point at them, laugh out loud, talk about what utter morons they are — loudly to each other and scorn them as scathingly as possible.
They need to pay the very public personal price of being in their cult. We can’t reach the rulers directly, but we can sure take the fun out of being a member of that cult.
School boards first, and then the entertainment media.
Stranger Days IV is the biggest streaming show in the USA, a top video shooter game is “Diablo,” and nobody mentions that Lanza was a satanist in Sandy Hook? Buffalo kid shooter had what symbol on his shirt? Waukesha rapper with devil’s eyes in his videos? Parkland Cruz kid heard “demonic voices?” Anybody in the media connecting the “Hellfire Club” dots?
This is a battle between good and evil of the worst sort. It is a spiritual battle, which explains why the rosary is under attack today.
Interesting that the specific Wiki Bio page for Judge Reinhart is now buried and likely in edit. This comes from the Southern District FLA Website.
A sad sign of the times that it is necessary to look into the background of any Judge mentioned in a story to get a feel for what may coming next.
Judge Bruce Reinhart was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida on March 14, 2018 (a Trump/McConnell Appointee). Prior to taking the bench, he was in private practice for 10 years, both as a solo practitioner and as the co-chair of the white collar crime practice group of a national firm. His practice focused on white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. From 1996-2008, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in West Palm Beach. From 1988-1996, he was a Trial Attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice., having entered the Department as part of the Attorney General’s Honors Program. He began his legal career as the law clerk to the Honorable Norma L. Shapiro on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Judge Reinhart earned a degree in civil engineering cum laude from Princeton University in 1984 and a J.D. cum laude in 1987 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Note: Judge Norma L. Shapiro mentioned above … was a Jimmy Carter Judge.
His service dates in West Palm Beach, align with Clinton. (AG Janet Reno and DAG ERIC HOLDER)
His service at DoJ aligns with Bush II (AG Bondo Barr)
Note that Rick Scott was Governor of FLA at time of Judge Reinhart’s appointment. Did he and Bush II have a discussion with Shangahi Mitch McConnell to make a recommendation??
Perhaps the judge should be doxxed and protestors should gather and march on his street? That’s what they do to the Supreme Court when they disagree with their decisions. What do you think Judge?
Merrick? How do you stand on that one?
I think they are trying to write an affidavit as we speak and this whole thing stinks.
To not release the full unredacted warrant proves there be zero trust, integrity or fidelity within the DOJ/FBI.
Ha! thinks Keln couldn’t pop p wih an inane comment totally can!
seriiously the popping up is all I had. Probably a good storry, read it. Interesting.
Say What??????
Code talking?
No codes, just me being silly. Sheesh.
HEHE. Keln, I couldn’t make sene out of it. I tried!
X 1000! Thx.
3…2…1…Someone will leak the whole darn thing….ya know, just to let the big stink out before it blows.
Totally agree. Put an end to this legal dance once and for all. And let the chips fall where they may.
Raid? no.
Search? no no no.
Home Invasion?? DING DING DING.
NOBODY can state the facts better than Sundance.
This looks like a comment I would have written and have written, essentially, several times. It gets an enthusiastic thumbs up from me.
It reminds me that although our own public voices seem to be few, they are there. Like Sundance, they deserve our support and our help in getting their word out. Perhaps with our support, there will be more of them and they will become even more effective.
Given his audience, medium, research process, level of detail, and comprehensiveness, Sundance is absolutely unique. For his own audience, medium, reach, and style, I’d say Tucker Carlson is unique. And in his own sphere, Tom Fitton seems to be unique. They are all uniquely good, even though the do somewhat different things in different ways.
Let’s look forward to a time when we have so many people like these three, that the field actually seems crowded. That would be a good thing.
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I’ve been thinking about how ideas become widespread. I wonder if it isn’t a little like compound interest. With every gain, the gains become bigger. And as time goes on, it gets even better. That’s what happens when the trend is positive.
If the trend goes negative, the opposite of all that happens. So much reason to keep the trend in the right direction and improving.
Ever hear the theory of the hundredth monkey? A trait like using a tool is acquired by a few and it spreads slowly until the 100th monkey does it. Then it suddenly becomes something all the monkeys do. Sort of like what’s happening now with the government being found out on covid, eventually we’ll reach our hundredth monkey on the District of Corruption.
“Cold Anger”, SD
The redactions will only raise more questions and suspicions….
And FBI/DOJ Cherry picked or false leaks.
I hope the redactions get leaked
The black hole that is the deep state/DOJ/“intelligence” community has such gravitational pull that even light cannot escape it. Then again, maybe it will implode upon itself.
Once again, this is an opportunity for Trump to demand the judge recuse while pointing out that “redacted” DOJ/FBI files were used explicitly to hide evidence of FBI/DOJ corruption from the public during the Russia hoax such as the Page/Strzok texts and other info in the Nunes memo.
Hit the judge with a double dose of evidence showing how Judge Emit Sullivan helped the DOJ hide Brady evidence from Gen Flynn through a mix of redactions, security classifications, and just plain lying about the existence of materials they had in their possession.
I sure hope Trump is making court filings with this clown’s superiors to get them to quash the warrant and force the DOJ to return everything. Force it to SCOTUS if for no other reason than to prove how corrupt the justice system is.
Retired Magistrate here: At first I thought that filing a Motion for the Magistrate to recuse due to a conflict of interest would be a good idea. However, what President Trump’s attorneys probably want is a quick decision on the release of the Affidavit so they can take it up on appeal.
If a Motion to Recuse was filed it would, the Magistrate in all probability would refuse to recuse so the Motion to Recuse would go up on appeal by President Trump’s attorneys. As a result, everything with regard to the Search Warrant and Affidavit would be on hold. So, President Trump’s attorneys probably don’t want to get tied up on that.
Any evidence that President Trump’s attorneys would attempt to present with regard to Judge Emit Sullivan in the Flynn case would be ruled inadmissible because it is not specifically relevant to the case before the Magistrate.
As far as making court filings with the Magistrate’s superior’s that can’t happen until the Magistrate in this case actually makes a ruling then President Trump’s attorneys can file the proper pleadings.
Thanks Marcia.
If not completely unsealed it will be Russia 2.0
Lie lie lie lie and produce fake evidence and lie and lie until we find out in the end it was all just a big lie and they admit it was all a lie.
Any person connected to the pedo Epstein should be jailed for life and removal from any public office.
“Any person connected to the pedo Epstein should be jailed for life and removal from any public office.”
No, there should be a reserved spot in the wood chipper section for these inhumane creatures.
Feet first!
Trump’s personal lawyer, Alina Habba, has reasonably asked why Reinhart recused himself in the Trump case against Clinton. The answer to that question is totally relevant for the magistrate’s credibility to be issuing search warrants and deciding how much the public can see.
According to the specific code: ‘Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.’
Note the word “shall.”
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Since we start considering this question under the assumption that the magistrate would do the right thing and therefore while he ruled in Trump v. Clinton et al. for several months without feeling the need to recuse, then something happened subsequently that caused him a conflict.
In the absence of a case party making a request for disqualification, and no obvious changes in the judge’s circumstances, we are left with only this:
The judge recused himself from the civil case because (somehow) it became clear to him, apparently sometime in June 2022, that he would be involved in making orders/rulings in a criminal investigation/matter (the warrant) involving overlapping issues and parties, and that this would taint his further participation in the civil case.
There is no other logical conclusion at this point in time.
An unknown that remains is who/how/when had ex parte communications with Magistrate Reinhart that gave him information about the parallel ostensible criminal matter, and did this include discussions that his involvement, e.g., a search warrant would be needed from him.
The only other questions that remain are what occurred that made the other magistrates in this court recuse from the civil case, why was a search warrant not sought from another judge or magistrate who would not have these issues, and why did Reinhart not recuse and refuse to participate in the ostensible criminal matter as well.
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That is some awesome analysis. In fact, Trump’s lawyers should file a motion asking Reinhart why he recused. Then they should ask for any and all communications between Reinhart and the DOJ BEFORE the search warrant was presented to him to rule on.
The fact that Reinhart recused well into the civil case makes it look like he was in contact with the DOJ about THIS case well before it came to him.
Collusion of the highest order.
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Judges do recuse themselves not infrequently, and they are not required to explain why. It virtually always remains a mystery. I think this is because anything else could cast aspersions on the precise timing of when their “conflict” arose and make their prior rulings problematic.
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Ok, so if news outlets get their leaks (x outlet is media arm for x agency), why are things like affidavits not leaked? NYTs is wanting it made public? It’s not leaked to them? A bit confused here. The “anonymous sources” don’t want to reveal certain things?
I mean if I was an outlet used to getting juicy stuff, I would be upset if I didn’t get the juiciest.
Democracy dies in darkness. Do you want to resurrect it? NYT doesn’t. So it “wasn’t” leaked, or so they can say, but they “tried” to get it.
Techno_fog:
Update on today’s Trump search warrant hearing:
The judge is leaning towards unsealing part of the affidavit submitted in support of the search warrant of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago residence.
DOJ is ordered to file an affidavit with proposed redactions by August 25.
We suspect the affidavit may be unsealed, with redactions, by August 26 at the earliest. (Assuming the judge doesn’t change his position.)
https://t.me/THEREALTORIABROOKE/24509
THIS cannot stand in our Republic. We CANNOT tolerate our own DOJ covering up a CLEAR Attempted Coup on the Duly Elected President, REGARDLESS WHO HE IS…
It is ridiculous and the Country is not in the mood for another long, drawn out Russia, Russia, Mueller type charade again.
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So, a Federal judge just ordered the DOJ to release “portions” of the search warrant affidavit, and gave them until next Thursday to make redactions to “sensitive portions that could potentially compromise the ongoing criminal investigation” 😂 . I love it. Trump called Garland’s bluff so hard. Garland warned Trump that if he keeps it up he’ll release the affidavit. Trump called his bluff and begged him to do so immediately. Since then Garland has done everything in his power to not release it. So now they found some activist Federal Judge to save their hide, allowing them to cover up what they don’t want the public to see. You have to be so ignorant to still fall for any of this shit. It’s beyond pathetic.
We have far too many citizens who are so ignorant that they will fall for it.
TDS is a disease 100x the magnitude of BDS.
I don’t think the ruling came from a federal judge. I believevit came from Reinhart.
These commie astards have been managing us with this noble lie since 2008:
“There is another public interest at stake and that is the public interest that criminal investigations are able to go forward unimpeded,” he said.
No mercy. I’m done with lies and obfuscation.
The judge should have said:
“Mr. Bratt, today your agency is standing before this court to show cause why you did not violate President Trump’s right against unreasonable search and seizure. For that reason, this court today is only interested in establishing whether or not that unreasonable search and seizure was lawful under the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution. In the event it was not, I will be ordering Mr. Trump’s belongings be returned to him in their complete entirety within twenty-four hours. “
That ship already sailed. Reinhart found that affidavit established sufficient cause for the search when be issued a warrant.
This entire document hoax stinks of Lawfare. DOJ wants to drag this out (leaks & lies) as long as possible with the intent of rendering President Trump un-electable. Their intent will not be realized. God willing and the creek don’t rise, Trump will expose the DOJ/FBI corruption and will be the 47th President of these United States (well, maybe not so United States).
Lisa Monaco, I have read, the female Andrew Weissman, is calling the shots for the admin regarding Spygate and all else regarding the raid.
The time where pretending held some value, toward retaining the illusion of our constitutional republic, is in the rear view. We are all dissidents now; members of a national insurgency relegated to codewords and careful scripts in order to avoid the watchers.
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Well said, Sundance. Very well said. May the day soon arrive when codewords will be replaced by strong words loudly proclaimed, followed by stronger actions.
I’d say Deep State needed to be protected from much worse than Tar and Feathers.
Tar and Feathers would just be the opening act.
national security…..the ultimate excuse to cover up ….more useful than duct tape and WD-40
bjorkdream: When the U.S. fails, knowingly, to defend its borders and gives away billions of dollars worth of arms to the likes of the Taliban and unknown elements in Ukraine, there is no national security. All we have to defend is our own liberty, and that is more than enough. Damn the torpedoes and Nuts!
Or, “we cannot comment on an ongoing investigation.” More duck tape, WD 40, hung from a sky hook.
Judge is in a real pickle. Do what the deep state wants and 1/2 America will think the worst of his Epstein affiliation. Don’t do what the deep state wants and everyone wont have to speculate on his Epstein affiliation.
I’d say he doesn’t give 2 hoots what Americans think.
Chief Justice John Roberts: “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” “What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them.”
Verbatim response by VSGPDJT: “Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have ‘Obama judges,’ and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country.”
I stand with PDJT.
Judge Reinhart is an Obama judge.
Sorry, NO he is not. He was appointed 0n 14 March 2018.
He was appointed by President Trump from a list “provided” by Shanghai Mitch McConnell.
Mitch McConnell approved judges are 50-50 at best, when it comes to upholding the Law and Constitution in key cases.
This judge DOES HAVE a strong association with Eric Holder and Bill Barr from his service at DoJ.
docoo: Respectfully, Magistrate Judges are selected by the District Judges themselves.
So called Judge Reinhart was not appointed by PDJT.
Reinhart is an Obama acolyte.
I stand corrected. Thanks. Even Marco Rubio calls him “an Obama donor Judge”.
docoo: No worries.
We are all MAGA here.
Well, except for the trolls 🙂
He is that (well, magistrate), but not an Obama appointee.
“Although they serve on U.S. federal courts, magistrate judges are not considered “federal judges” in the strict sense of the term, since they are not appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate and do not have life tenure. Magistrate judges are appointed by a majority vote of the federal district judges of a particular district and serve terms of eight years if full-time, or four years if part-time, and may be reappointed. ” Wickedpedia
Judge Reinhart donated to obama!
Jay Bratt is half right. Releasing it would harm the ongoing probe since the public would not tolerate continuing it. He as much as admitted that it is a sham.
I do admire Trump’s patience. If he had put out the message that the FBI was in Mar-a Lago at 10 am, the FBI would prbably have gotten the Clive Bundy treatment. Only it may not have been as peaceful.
We went through this for YEARS with fraudulent Russiagate. The D FBI/DOJ/Mueller investigation does something. We want the documents that support the action. The FBI/DOJ MUller investigation leaks whats supposedly in it. Then, we get a half-assed Redacted document with selected information. Time goes by. Eventually, we get – if not the whole truth, most of it.
And find the DOJ/FBI/Muller leaks were all lies, and the whole “Investigation” was a lie. And the document secrecy was NEVER needed.
And good God, the Republicans NEVER learn do they? I mean, I know they hate Trump, but if they can do it Trump, they can do it to them too. But nope.
The US is governed by the blackmail from the 4th branch of govt. The intel branch, or should I say the new executive branch.
Merrick “Mitto” Garland . . . a fortunate young lad, he found his life’s calling
“Mitto” Garland and “Mitt” Romney.
Birds of the same ilk.
Delay, delay…appeal delay…delay delay..appeal delay..Elections will have come and gone by then. Supremes need to be involved NOW!
“I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
Amen amen that’s what our made our beginning so different and special.
We lost these men, and it’s obvious now they are gone.
Tar-n-Feathers…now you’re talking. Metaphorically of course…hmmm?
They do not have our consent, our votes were usurped by a ruling class who have decided that their desires out way We The People. At some point this becomes untenable without the trust of the people, even in a dictatorship.
I pray at some point this intentional cataclysm can be averted and the powers that be understand they are driving the ship of state off a cliff and come to understand a deal with the devil is no deal at all.
Please God intercede on our behalf.
MAGA! …again.
Yesterday, John Solomon writing for his “Just The News” pointed out an extremely relevant case that is in Case law and was never challenged after the ruling.
FTA – “For pop culture, the case is most memorable for the revelation that the 42nd president for a time stored the audio tapes in his sock drawer at the White House. The tapes became the focal point of a 2009 book that Branch wrote.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington D.C. ultimately rejected Judicial Watch’s suit by concluding there was no provision in the Presidential Records Act to force the National Archives to seize records from a former president.
But Jackson’s ruling — along with the Justice Department’s arguments that preceded it — made some other sweeping declarations that have more direct relevance to the FBI’s decision to seize handwritten notes and files Trump took with him to Mar-a-Lago. The most relevant is that a president’s discretion on what are personal vs. official records is far-reaching and solely his, as is his ability to declassify or destroy records at will.”
Uh-oh. It appears that the Mar-A-Lago raid completely ignored that ruling.
Ref. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/old-case-over-audio-tapes-bill-clintons-sock-drawer-could-impact
That ruling will be interesting to see played; wonder if that will be the line of attack PDJT’s lawyers use in their appeal as this situation works its way through the courts.
This is the single most relevant item presented thus far by anyone about this raid and its background. And it also goes a long way toward shedding light upon why, say, President Obama’s warehouse full of documents would not have been subject to such a raid. The DOJ knows full well it’s skating on thin ice here and probably just wants to drag it all out until President Trump’s lawyers put the knife in it.
Yes. The Corrupt Deep State knows full well that their heavily publicized initial false smears of President Trump via alleging he broke laws regarding the documents he took to Mar-a-Lago will persist in many people’s minds until or “IF” the MSM is forced (higly unlikely) to broadly & loudly publish corrections that exonerate him ].
DS strategy = “First impressions last longest.”
The good news is that IMHO far fewer people today are being fooled by DS-concocted smears than even only 6 years ago.
I seem to remember times in American history where treason was a punishable capital offense, but never has there been a time in our history where the entire Federal Government was the perpetrator. It can’t continue or we will be punished for their crimes. Oh, wait…
FLASHBACK: A left-wing judge ruled in 2009 that there was no provision in the Presidential Records Act to force the National Archives to seize records from former President Clinton, who kept tapes in his sock drawer
Old case over audio tapes in Bill Clinton’s sock drawer could impact Mar-a-Lago search dispute
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/old-case-over-audio-tapes-bill-clintons-sock-drawer-could-impact
It was Amy Berman Jackson.
“In a just world a lawyer would look Judge Reinhart in the eye and tell him directly that his court, and the entire federal system of courts of which he is a member, are now positioned as the enemy of the people they have targeted with this weaponized system.”
That is just about how it would end, with the lawyer being dragged from the courtroom.
One of the most chilling things about the New Legal Order is how dissident lawyers are being treated. Has there been any attorney client relationship of Trump’s that has not been violated? Lawyers are being disbarred or having to fight incessant bar complaints, losing their job, having their electronics seized, and even being arrested and jailed, because of the legal advice that they give and who they represent. Even winning the wrong kind of case before SCOTUS can get you bounced from your firm.
“I just completed my opening statement!!”
No worries, all will be revealed. You will see. “The” and be happy.
“LOL they are changing the story now in leaks to the press that they had to go to Mar A Lago to seize a cache of documents Trump had been collecting that would prove RussiaGate was a hoax and they didn’t want him ‘weaponizing’ these documents.
IT WAS ALL DECLASSIFIED.
This is what I suspect we’re about to find out.
THE FBI RAIDED MAR A LAGO TO SEIZE DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FROM TRUMP TO KEEP HIM FROM USING THEM IN HIS CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE RUSSIAGATE PLOTTERS.”
Unfortunately, that alleged justification makes it pretty obvious that the raid was illegal. Frankly, it makes no sense… But so much of what we see and hear makes no sense.
You can tell by looking at him – he is a doofus of the highest order and a pathetic weasel.
This is about Russian collusion. The hatred of Donald Trump has always (mostly) been about Russian collusion. The news media/Democrat rank and file (same thing) have always believed in the Russian collusion hoax. Even Republican Congressmen had strong doubts.
When the nebulous Trump impeachment over Ukraine occurred, Pelosi said it was really about Russia.
The Koch Brothers boogeymen used to be the best fund-raising source the Democrats had. It then became Russian collusion.
The raid was intended to keep the hoax alive for a few more years. The FBI will now hint they found something relating to Russian collusion.
Sundance already anticipated this.
Keep the words of Virgina Founding Father Patrick Henry and Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence – when a corrupt government is exposed and they have broken the “good” faith with their “legal” citizenry the people have the inherent right and duty to both remove and to replace it!!
So let me get this straight.
A warrant was signed with the representation of immediate urgency.
Now the Justice Department gets 7 days to present a redacted version to the So-called Judge?
Ridiculous!
But it wasn’t really urgent, because it took–what?–two weeks to judge shop it.
I think magistrates are supervised by a district judge, and that those judges rotate on a monthly duty roster. I’m guessing the right oversight came up in August?
Perhaps that is why Merrick waited over 2 weeks before acting on it! Was he waiting for the RIGHT Judge?
This whole charade is the same legal boondoggle that was used to hide CIA Agent Eric Ciaramella as the individual who filed the false “whistleblower” claim in the Ukraine “quid pro quo” Ukraine telephone call hoax……Other than news “leaks” there’s no evidence that the DOJ even has a “whistleblower” named in the Mar-a-Lago affadavit, but they’re definitely using the same playbook.
They’ll do this: release a statement, like “we were informed of classified documents possibly hidden in former first lady’s panty drawer”…then everything under it will be redacted.
The British used general or just blank search warrants, Indeed one of the top reasons for the revolutionary war on top of taxation without representation. That is why they codified the 4th amendment into the Constitution.
And that pesky 2nd also codified to insure walking into a man’s house for no dam good reason might cause a big fuss. I’m sick of the Brits messing around in my country again and/or those that think like a Brit of 1700’s!
Yep, there has been a lot of people awake to these scum wrecking our country for over a century, but not enough to do anything about it, but now thousands if not tens of thousands waking up everyday now. Every passing day people are living this mess and saying to themselves ‘what, wait a minute, this is not right’. No more happy face, just plain mean coming around the corner. That is what happens when people like these start their BS!
I pray it weren’t so.