Good news, bad news and granular news..
First, the good news. The judge assigned to the Trump documents case is U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon. She is the same judge who handled the lawsuit last year after the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Judge Cannon was the judge who appointed the “special master” to review the documents the DOJ was claiming were classified, but Team Trump was contending that definition.
Now the bad news. The DOJ is no longer legally arguing that Donald Trump held any classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. The DOJ is arguing that President Trump held documents vital to U.S. defense security. It’s a farce but that’s their position. The classification status of documents is moot, nonexistent, except to create the predicate for the proverbial FBI nose under the tent.
The DOJ-NSD (that’s Lisa Monaco) got a warrant to look for classified documents, but never intended to use classified documents as a case cornerstone because President Trump had full declassification authority. The DOJ got a search warrant by convincing a judge they were looking for something that wasn’t even a violation of law. That’s why the DOJ would not reveal the probable cause affidavit. The search was built upon a fraudulent pretense. “Classified” is a snipe hunt.
You will notice Jack Smith never discussed “classified documents” in his remarks, and the issue of classified documents appears nowhere except in the indictment as a purposeful lawfare description of documents. The DOJ is not legally charging anything relating to the classification status of the documents. That’s the Lawfare and media banter to create a talking point. The term “classified” is all over the indictment, but as a lawfare adjective only; it’s like using the word “stash”.
The special counsel legal framework is centered around documents the DOJ define as vital to “the defense security” of the United States. EVERYTHING is predicated on 31 counts of an 18 U.S. Code § 793(e) violation. The DOJ defines what is considered a defense document, and that intentionally has nothing to do with classification.
The granular news. You might have heard that two of Trump’s lawyers, Jim Trusty and John Rowley, quit today. The media wants to use their exit as a point to indicate Trump is in legal jeopardy; however, that’s not the case.
As soon as Trusty and Rowley saw their forced testimony was used in the indictment, they had no option except to exit the case. Despite the lawyers providing no damaging information against Trump, the DOJ used language in the indictment to turn Trump’s lawyers into material witnesses. Weissmann’s Lawfare tactic create a conflict, forcing the two Trump lawyers to depart.
WASHINGTON DC – Two of Donald Trump’s top lawyers abruptly resigned from his defense team on Friday, just hours after news broke that he and a close aide were indicted on charges related to their handling of classified documents.
Jim Trusty and John Rowley, who helmed Trump’s Washington, D.C.-based legal team for months and were seen frequently at the federal courthouse, indicated they would no longer represent Trump in matters being investigated and prosecuted by special counsel Jack Smith, who is probing both the documents matter and efforts by Trump to subvert the 2020 election.
The resignations were shortly followed by an announcement from Trump himself confirming that a close aide, Walt Nauta, had also been indicted by federal prosecutors. Nauta, a Navy veteran, had served as the former president’s personal aide and was a ubiquitous presence during his post White House days.
In their place, Trump indicated that Todd Blanche — an attorney he recently retained to help fight unrelated felony charges brought by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg in April — would lead his legal team, along with a firm to be named later. Trump and his team have liked Blanche, who is expected to play a more elevated, central role. (more)
Weissmann, Eisen and Smith are using lawfare in the indictment to put the interests of Trump and his aide Walt Nauta against each other. Obviously, Nauta would not turn on Trump, so the prosecution made Nauta a target for a federal 1001 charge of lying to investigators and will pressure him throughout the case to take a plea in exchange for testimony against Trump. Nauta is the baseline of the “Conspiracy Elements” which require two or more people. Again, pure Lawfare.
Obviously, Jim Trusty was unaware last night that his forced testimony would be used in the indictment. WATCH:
Jim Jordan’s response to the DOJ.
The problem is they actually have to do something… they won’t.
Actually, they DON’T have something. What they’ve managed to do is CREATE the ILLUSION that they have something by saying “Lookee here what we have; Documents pertaining to National Defense…”. Well, ALL POTUSES and FORMER POTUSES have these sorts of documents. Having them isn’t a crime. PROVING criminality REQUIRES PROVING CRIMINAL INTENT, something they will NEVER be able to prove. The BEST they can hope for is a CIVIL case based on the PRA or Presidential Records Act. I think they will have a helluva time even proving that sort of case even with the much lower standard of “The Preponderance of the Evidence”.
More letter writing BS! Too little, too late! Its increasingly apparent to the voter that they no longer need to vote for these toothless, chattering, lobby buddies! If something needs doing, we have to do it ourselves.
Mass citizens arrests!
Trey Gowdy with a pen and stationary?
And…..another strongly worded letter. /s
Haha… much ado about nothing.
Useless. A Republican’s middle name. Are they really so tone deaf that they don’t know what their constituents say about them?
Curious, despite his deafening rhetoric, Jim Jordan has yet to hold anyone accountable. More bread and circuses.
Just like Gowdy
And then there is Schiff for brains
Actually Schiff, Schumer, McCarthy and all the folks going after Trump and continuing the Biden regime seem like the smartest people in the country. They are always on offense taking America Firsts by the balls. I will vote for Trump if I have to write him in, but I’m pretty tired of the BS that puts a big “loser” stamp on all of us.
It is spiritual. They have a driving force behind them and it isn’t the creator.
The GOP has such a narrow majority, just what would you have Jim Jordan do? Do you have the flaming sword to give him to carry when he leads the one or two that aren’t just talkers like you into battle? Mr. Jordan is not a caped crusader or a hero. He can only lead those who will follow him and take the affirmative actions that are necessary. Go back to the voting booths and give the GOP a much larger majority for Jim Jordan to lead and you will see a difference, I am sure.
Sorry but I’m not buying your Jim Jordan BS if he was the leader you think he is he would be fighting back against the leadership and he isn’t. There’s a point where you have to realize you’ve been lied to. It’s obvious your not there yet.
Thru the State R party “franchisees” to the RNC, they PAINT States as Red, Blue or Purple, depending on their priorities.
One of their priorities is keeping both Houses of Congress at NEAR 50/50, so that the Uniparty leadership can maintain control, virtually dictating to the members and eliminating “representative Gov.”
In the Senate, they depend on the odious fillibuster rule, and the option for whichever party is ostensibly in the majority to have one or two “squishy” votes that appear to “go against the party” (manchin, synema for dems, collins, murkowski for reps) in order to pacify “their base” by introducing legislation the leadership does not want to pass.
For the House, both wings of the Uniparty engaged in staged fights over “redistricting” in which they APPEAR to be contesting each other, while actually gerrymandering to create “safe” R or D districts, agai as needed to control the makeup of the House.
It is ALL about APPEARANCES and as more and more see the strings, the illusions fall apart.
Talk is cheap.
Grenell’s response to Smith statement:
We pweviously asked for this in Januwary. Will you pweese pwretty pweese give us the info.
The country is being gutted and the Republicans haven’t got a care in the world, zipity do da hello mister bluebird I’m just walking down the road. Complete lack of urgency.
I am Jordon, hear me roar!
LOL, like my 18 lb Cairn terrier roaring at a Pit Bull …
Sophie Scholl, replying to the infamous Nazi “People’s Court” judge Roland Freisler who just sentenced her to death asking her if she had any response to the verdict:
“You’ll soon be standing where I am.”
He never did end up standing where she did. He died when a bomb hit the courthouse.
We all end up standing before God’s court eventually, regardless of how we get there.
Effective.
Close enough.
It was still pretty close prediction.
Good enough.
Well, she was partially right.
An 8th Air Force bombing raid dropped Freisler’s court building right on his head. That shut him up.
At this point, the deep sh8t state is so far out of control that DC also needs to be leveled.
I love Sophie Scholl and her comrades.
One of my dreams is having the coup plotters stand in the docket as Freisler had the defendants stand in front of him wearing clothes that were improperly sized, such as pants that were one or two sizes too large and the defendant had to constantly hold up their pants because they were not provided with a belt or suspenders. Very humiliating.
In front of five others.
Would the following apply to the five others?
In short, yes, Biden committed a Felony, and they had to report it.
What Is The Crime Of Misprision Of Felony?
Currently, misprision of felony is codified in 18 U.S. Code §?4 – Misprision Of Felony. Originally made a law in 1789, the current version in the code listed was created in 1909. Whereas the original common law version from England only required knowledge of the law for you to be required to report it, the United States federal law version requires there be some form of concealment. It reads as follows:
Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Big day today but something most are missing is what happens when/if Trump wins? If he has a republican senate it will go well. If the democrats end up with majorities watch for an immediate impeachment of Trump when he tries to fire anybody in the FBLie or anybody in the DOJ or intelligence or even IRS.
Thinking like a lefty, I would have an insurance policy in not allowing the trial or investigation to end before the election thus hamstringing the president from getting rid of those prosecuting and investigating. Think about that. Trump would not be allowed to have his own choices because it would generate another charge of obstruction if he dare try to criticize or replace a single person. Lawfare would say that person is part of the investigation/prosecution and Trump is abusing his power by trying to shut it all down.
Even him running for president will be portrayed as trying to gain dictatorial powers to prevent him from going to jail. It’s sad but that is exactly what we should expect.
Retribution
Revenge
Retaliation
Reckoning
This needs to be the sole purpose of his next term. I want to see people ruined. Lots of them
Restoration
Reconciliation (after the above and the hangings)
Only after DC, NYC, and the traitors therein are destroyed.
Hangings will be necessary.
Anything short of Nuremberg II will be a disappointment.
Nuremburg didn’t go far enough.
Too many got away.
Too many were taken under the Derp State’s wing.
We were as corrupt then as we are now.
And nobody will care how bad the revenge tour is, nor blame him. That’s scary in a way, but the pendulum could certainly swing very far in the other direction.
This is the other direction
I expect Mr Biden to start a full on war with Russia soon.
Impeachment starts in the House. As long as we hold the House Trump would be able to clean house.
That will take some doing
Check the Supreme Court ruling from earlier this week. Both Roberts and Kavanaugh sold us out on a Voting Rights case. Several Republican seats in Alabama will likely flip as a result. Not good.
They could have let the states work out their own redistricting issues, instead they didn’t even do it for them. SHAMEFUL DECISION
Need 2/3 Senate. It’s a high bar.
Any calculation of the makeup of the House or Senate that looks at D vs R ratio, rather than UNIPARTY vs MAGA, is starting grom a false premise, which guarantees a flawed conclusion.
Except that the senate approves all appointments.
Oh EXACTLY:
Even him running for president will be portrayed as trying to gain dictatorial powers to prevent him from going to jail.
Yes. This is a tried and true winner, used millions of times in destruction of the family court to claim the father is only fighting for custody/parenting time in order to avoid paying ransom to see his children.
All these lawfare tactics were developed over decades of abuse in the divorce courts.
I’ve read the Feebs recruit men screwed over in those courts for their extracurricular projects.
Take away a man’s family and finances and let slander stand against him . . .
Well, that’s about as nothing left to lose as it gets.
When Trump was the nominee in 2016, I said, “The key to his Presidency will be keeping enough GOP Senators in line to keep from being removed from office via Impeachment.
Yes, I was mocked for it…
Trump won our votes because he was an Outsider + we already knew deep down things were horribly broken.
But that meant he’d have to fight the GOP Office Holders to stay in office – regardless of the Law + Evidence…
(Admin – this is the new user name I’ll go with for the foreseeable future….. Not a temporary switch…)
a lefty thinks?
Lefty’s feelz
Especially considering our political climate right now I suspect that when DJT wins in ’24 the down-ballot is going to be YUGE.
We have hope to fix our nation.
min. mike,
First of all, you promulgate the rediculous notion that “if Trump wins and has a,REPUBLICAN Senate,..”things will go well”?
WHAT planet were you living on, throughout his first term?
It was Mitch and Paul that were PDJT’s mortal enemies and did everything they could to thwart his MAGA agenda.
Secondly, PDJT can preemptively negate any efforts at removing him, by Impeachment, 25A or “Executive action” by having Kari Lake as his VP, because as bad as they will want him out, she terrifies them.
As for overcoming the Senates abuse of “advice and consent”, PDJT may have an easier time getting his MAGA cabinet appointments with a Dem Senate majority, as he can use the “Bully pulpit” and make their obstruction appear “Partisan” a harder argument to make with a Repub majority, unless events expose the true nature OF the R party, between now and then, which is highly likely.
Dutchman, I was living on the planet that had an America doing very good despite the attacks on Trump.
“Well” is defined as “better than if democrats held both houses”. And things could be different this time given all the open corruption. Also, republicans never had the organized few MAGA reps back then that recently fought against McCarthy.
I know, it may be Hopium but I am an optimist and have to consider that things are not always going to be bad.
I wanna know WTF we are supposed to do about this??? I’m fed up with the constant harassment of President Trump and his family. Calling the offices of political criminals is ineffective.
WTF we are supposed to do…?
It is Simple, a Civil War Would Round up All of the Traitors and Sentence them all to Immediate Death.
I’d like to be there to witness use of the hanging tree on all of the traitors.
Technically, if a tree is used, its a LYNCHING, not a HANGING.
And there ARE major differences between a Public Hanging, and a lynch mob lynching.
So if a light post is used it becomes a justifiable public hanging ? I will go with that.
Years ago this is what would have been done. Today, people are too politically correct, too woke, and too chicken.
Well, no a Civil War would likely spell the end of the Republic, and the deaths of many, many millions.
As our enemies declared goal is the destruction of the Republic, and massive depopulation, it would seem a Civil War furthers THEIR aim, and doesn’t contribute to MAGA, one bit.
Did somebody say the corrupt doj will offer Trump a plea deal if he agrees not to run for President.
Are they that stupid? The doj.
We will see.
They might be that stupid but he’s not.
He’s in it to win it.
And he will.
That is what Rachel Maddow and Geraldo were talking about as a good option.
Rachel Maddow suggestion.
The DOJ is arguing that President Trump held documents vital to U.S. defense security.
AND, more to their point, didn’t protect them from viewing by unauthorized (i.e. no “need to know”) persons. That’s what Judge Nap covered this AM.
Of course, THIS was no problem:
Hillary Clinton Emails Held Info Beyond Top Secret: IG
Jan. 19, 2016 (after the election, of course)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hillary-clinton-emails-contained-info-above-top-secret-ig-n499886
Those emails also made it to Weiners laptop as a backup, but that too is being held by the FBI. It also contains Hillary’s videos of her “crimes against children” that made NYC policemen sick. That don’t count! Right!
Best I recollect, she’s almost done eliminating those that saw that . . .
Oh that’s right.
Trump’s team should be able to use discovery to work it in to show the asymmetric application of law by the lefties.
Yes
People lose sight of that angle.
Don’t forget her housemaid (Mexican slave) had access to her fax/copier
And SCIF.
From Chappaqua to the Kremlin
Judge Nap is a moron .
When it comes to President Trump and the DOJ you are 100% correct. Judge Napolitano has absolutely idea what he’s talking about! He gets the Classified v Unclassified document mystery totally wrong.
According to Napolitano the President has complete authority on CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS but no authority relating to UNCLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. How does that make sense?
Nap should read that fed judge who decided for Clinton in 2012. DB put light on her decision today. Bottom line set by her: the prez has complete discretion with regard to classified, etc. It was a major precedent she set.
It’s called plenary power.
Yes, as Commander in Chief, it is the sole authority of the President to detirmine the National Security interests of the U.S.
Hence, if he shows these documents to someone, it is at his sole disctetion and no one can gainsay him.
There is really no need to endlessly repeat the legal arguments here, their goal is the futile hopium that there are enough low info news consumers, that will buy into this absurd false narrative, but there isn’t.
About as much sense as only asking for classified documents, with classification markings, and not for anything without them, which was what their grand jury subpoena told them to do.
This is a problem for them.
He and Turley have been waiting to be able to dump on PTrump. They think they have finally got him this time. Waiting to see what Dershowitz has to say. He’s the third in the triumvirate of media lawyers to check in. Any bets which way he sees the wind blowing?
The nuclear arsenal of America’s allies is published in detail on Wikipedia!
Complete instructions to build nuclear bombs are online.
That’s why Iran is a mystery.
Hearsay. Where’s the evidence he did this? One guy saying he did? What if PTrump says he didn’t? How do they prove any of that?
When a leftard charges Trump, it’s Trump loses.
Any questions?
A leftist judge made the declaration in 2012 that a president has sole discretion regarding classified docs and he may take them to his home, etc., etc. She set precedent. Based on that decision, Smith just stepped in a huge cowpie.
Go back & read Sundance again! This case is NOT really about classified documents, that was just a ruse to grab the documents!
Smith knows about the Clinton Sock Drawer case.
If only Trump had kept those documents in cardboard boxes next to an old Corvette in an unlocked detached garage.
I think Judge Nap is wrong.
“Lay down and die and then we won’t have to kill you, promise.”
Bastard.
Rivera is a disgusting pig! What an utter brainless twit he is!
Hes still trying to overcome the Capone vault fiasco.
Fox News loves Geraldo, don’t forget.
FFox
Dumb and dumber.
No. Let the Trump team embarrass the DOJ, let them show their poorly prepared indictment.
Hang’um high and loodly in public. Day ONE, January 20, 2025: first idiot to be fired from DOJ Jack Smith concurrently with envious Garland.
Geraldo is an idiot, he has always been jealous of Trump winning the Presidency. He claims to be a friend of Trumps(which is a lie), Trump wouldn’t waste a single second of his time on that pathetic loser.
Sundance has said that first and foremost, Elon needs cash … this event would get high viewership
Elon Musk Sends Warning to Justice System Following Trump Indictment – Shows Interest in Letting Trump Do Twitter Event to Speak Out
Blood in the water
Greed in the air
Come speak on Twitter
I promise to be fair
May I add?
Give us all your data
I swear I won’t share
We’ll take your viewers’ data
And never ever share
Howzat? 😃
We’ll ID your every viewer
But never ever share
Better! 😉
Lucy and the football.
No need, just let MAGA People post Trump’s Truth Social posts!
U love reading them. Probably memorized them.
H’uh?
He doesn’t need fascist Twitter to speak out. He does it quite well on Truth Social, and those quotes get picked up by others on Twitter.
If Trump is smart, he’ll refuse. He owns Truth Social. No need for Twitter.
EM is desperate. We’ll watch him squirm on year.
Trump doesn’t need Twitter.
Twitter needs Trump.
FTwitter.
Many people only know the top line MSM narrative about this indictment. CTH followers are in deep, we are not the average consumers. People may realize that they are after Trump but they don’t know the details of the scam. They can not explain or pick apart the indictment. They may know it’s wrong but can’t articulate why. Maybe they can say what about Hillary and Biden but that’s about it.
And now they’re after Jeffery Clark. Kitchen sinks are falling from the sky. Be careful out there.
Conservatives definitely must watch their backs 24/7. The Dems/leftists and their racist, fascist pals are prone to violence and always get a free ride from the Soros AGs. Watch your back around them.
Maybe it’s just me but this looks a lot like the Muller report.
Sundance told us that Weissman designed it, straight from the Mueller gang.
Changed mind: fire Weissman on day ONE too. Take away any and all pension credits that psycho has accumulated.
In the Philippines, Duarte would just slip weed in an opponent’s house and have them arrested for possession. A simple but effective way to remove polical opposition. Looks like Biden and Duarte are cut from the same cloth and the Philippines are the direction we’re heading in.
Guaranteed it ain’t Biden cooking this up. He can’t even find his shoes when he’s wearing them.
The pictures you see are not the real Joe Biden, but a doppelganger. Biden has been gone a long time. I have never understood why so many people, including the MSM, go along with this fraud.
Speaking of Biden’s shoes: Do you recall the joke from 30 years ago about him? Q – When Joey goes to purchase new footwear, why does he only buy one shoe? A – Because he always has one of his feet in his mouth.
We are a 3rd World nation by almost any metric. Have been since Obama and first Lady Big Mike.
It’s going to take some talent on Trump’s legal team to illustrate that DOJ continues to use these tactics in an effort to prosecute him again, and again. Cannon has the tough job of forcing DOJ employees out of the shadows and rejecting evidence that is created using these tactics.
They’ve deployed a tactic to deprive Trump of legal counsel, for example. Trump’s legal team needs to argue that since this is a political not a criminal prosecution, the DOJ is re-using the same tactics (accusing people of phony process crimes, for example) to prevent Trump from defending himself. And to create the appearance of wrongdoing.
I don’t know how you do this. Proving the DOJ is corrupt is not a defense.
They’re going to have to try and get the case thrown out by showing that the DOJ is using the same tactics as it used in the now-proven-fraudulent Russia hoax.
JUST-IN: MAGA Star Kari Lake is Going to Miami to Support President Trump During Arraignment on Tuesday in Miami
What a fox!
I absolutely adore her.
Kari for VP.
Excellent. Super excellent.
She sounds as great as she looks. I mean she is really smart and fearless.
She is, but it is o.k. to recognise she has a not so secret weopon; she is visually STUNNING, and I mean that literally.
Malania and Evanka has this rare quality, as well.
You can see it “in action” in the video where KL saw Joe and Mika in an airport and decided to confront them.
Despite viewing her as the devil, Joe is literally blown away (“stunned”) and mika is furious/jeolous, its hillarious.
And far from “just a pretty face” she is smart, quick witted and God fearing.
And some actually still ask “what is the future of MAGA, after Trump?” lol.
I said this is the other thread a few minutes ago:
The statute in question begins “whoever having unauthorized possession of…”
UNAUTHORIZED
But Trump WAS authorized, was he not? If so it seems to me this statute does NOT apply to him.
You are 100% CORRECT! 18 USC 793 requires that the element of the crime is UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION.
President Trump was clearly authorized by the Constitution and by numerous court decisions to take and possess any documents that he wanted when he left office.
From Clinton Case: “The Judges ruling in that case in 2012 should exonerate Trump from any alleged wrongdoing. The Judge said a couple of important things. Amy Berman Jackson, the judge in that case said that the President had an absolute unreviewable right to take any records or documents that he wants when he leaves office. She said no one can come back and second guess or double think or ask questions about what the President elects to take with him.
In her ruling, Jackson wrote that the President enjoys unconstrained authority to make decisions regarding the disposal of documents, although the President must notify the Archivist before disposing of records….. neither the Archivist nor Congress has the authority to veto the Presidents’s disposal decision.”
classification scheme set by executive order
Obama EO 13526
https://www.archives.gov/isoo/policy-documents/cnsi-eo.html
The President by his office as Executive must have authority over DOD. A Civilian President runs the military in this country last I checked.
They are t going after him for possession of the documents. Read what SD posted.
They are going after him for supposedly doing some of what is prohibited in 793. But my point is that for that statute to apply to a specific person, that person must be UNAUTHORIZED to possess the material in question. So if they can’t prove that Trump was “unauthorized”, that statute — the one they are attempting to use against him — does not apply to him.
Now the whole Clearance Thomas issue makes sense! He’s the 11th circuit court. This case falls under his jurisdiction!
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. New English Version Matthew 5:6.
Amen Aggie!
Hope trump team is working on a motion to dismiss! America is already tired of hearing about this before it is scheduled to begin! Stick a fork in it and let us move on!
I am finding it difficult to explain why the indictment is crap. At least in 25 words or less. Whoever is explaining is losing. That’s why they just fire off charges in page after page. And then let the MSM spin.
Notice the questions she asks, DeS’s new friend Laura was testing T’s lead Atty to see if he would be blindsided, unready for the next day’s gotcha moments.
He clearly was clueless, not only good news for them, but it told them no inside dissidents, no T spies, all was secure in their evil club, including Laura.
“ The search was built upon a fraudulent pretense. ”
The case + power now has nothing to do with Law.
Epstein was not rearrested based on Law. He was not given far weaker than a slap on the wrist the 1st time based on Law.
It is + was about Power + what those in Power can get away with.
Period.
Trump had enough to get Epstein rearrested.
Those in control now had the power to kill him + have it ignored by every Institution that are tools of power.
We are an openly Banana Republic.
Kansas is somewhere far over the rainbow, and I’m not clicking my heels + pretending I’m still there.
Sincerely,
Childe Roland
The law means nothing anymore in this country.
We’re not getting out of this nightmare anytime soon.
Everyone better start watching there backs because these bastards are coming for us all.
Correct. That is the most realistic guess…
Collective Action/Cooperation is coming too.
The question is — what % of us will be doing it on the fly out of desperation with virtually no preparation vs what % of us will have already propositioned supplies + our minds ahead of time.
For example – as $$$ becomes more Controlled + Tracked ——— ANY seeds or fertilizer or canned goods or so on you have sitting in whatever unused closet space you have ——— become a Treasure Trove….
The more of us with such troves, the stronger our eventual network will be….
Start tomorrow if you haven’t already, people…
Sincerely,
Childe Roland….
Sorry if that reads too snarky — I was trapped in the Eterinty Lane of a drive thru just before work…
The OJ Trial was a nightmare.
I decided early on – it didn’t matter if he was guilty or not, the best outcome the Prosecutors could hope for was a Hung Jury.
But everyone insisted on talking about it from time to time. It was everywhere. You can’t escape it…
…and in the circles I was moving in at the time, whenever I’d get fed up enough to speak on it when forced – they would look at me like I’d crawled out of a cave or suddenly turned into an alien with 3 heads…
—— When dealing with Juries + human Judges – the Law + Evidence are not the only key ingredients producing an outcome….
ALL Criminal trials boil down to burden of proof (which is on the State) admissable evidence (as decided by the judge) and reasonable doubt as decided by the jury.
CLASSIFIED v UNCLASSIFIED
It doesn’t matter what the documents are. The President of the United States has unconstrained authority to take, handle, store, dispose or publish anything he wants and no one has any veto power.
The grand jury subpoena did not ask for unclassified documents of any kind.
I think that will be a problem for the prosecution.
These people make me sick.
If that’s true then this case won’t make it through motions – Fruits of the poisonous tree?
We the People are under 5th generation hybrid warfare. The lawfare against President Trump is just one of the many active battlespaces. Watch the other hand.
Weissmann…
That douche is in desperate need of a fishing trip with some MAGA Brethren 👀
Seems more and more commenters on various blogs are thinking the same thoughts about many of Trump’s persecutors.
A Fredo Corleone fishing trip, yes?
There is probably no other person this planet who might lawfully possess “documents vital to US defense security” than – duhhhh – a former President.
Nice try, mister Lawfare, but this simply makes no sense! 🤡
Lotsa scents though!
There are groups of people in this country that have always felt they are unjustly persecuted / prosecuted. They will soon see President Trump the way they see themselves. People always said if Trump gets the Black vote it’s over. The Uniparty just fu#ked themselves
Every cycle is going to be the one where blacks wake up and start breaking away from the democrat plantation. It never happens. Ever.
I think that’s a lost cause.
If the GOP was smart (they aren’t), they’d focus hard on the Hispanics. Much more potential there.
Many Blacks have woken up and I love to see it.
The more the merrier for sure
But there are finite amounts of time and money. Put it where the return on investment has the most potential
Think of it as a missionary duty.
Relieve them of their captivity to ignorance and the DNC.
Cut back on Ronna’s booze and botox budget and wonders could transpire.
Trump is the only Republican that ever fought for their votes.
Republicans treat them and their enclaves as lost causes and never campaign for them.
An honest America First Americans Together platform preached to the Blacks where ever they are in every election in every precinct could move the needle; that’s how they could become educated and aware.
The Greedy Old Possums are as responsible for their DNC captivity as the Slavery Party itself is, because they simply leave them there uncontested.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d really love to see it
But even with fighting for their votes, he only got 12%. I think Bush did better if I’m not mistaken.
He got a third of the Hispanic vote, which is bigger and growing faster.
When you have limited resources in a campaign, you have to make decisions on where it will do you the most good. That’s my only point.
No, I fully understand.
I see it as a need for a culture change for the RNC, or whatever we replace them with.
It may take generations, frankly, and be a largely thankless task, but a genuine freedom oriented national party would never abandon entire groups of people because the numbers weren’t worth it; they are playing into the Dooms’ hands by proving they don’t care, and those people will never hear the word.
The key is to educate the blacks. THEN they will vote R.
The GOP has no interest in winning over black or hispanic voters, they are in league with the slaveowners.
MAGA, is a different story, and growth in ALL demographics continues apace.
Maybe selecting Tim Scott for vice president would be a consideration
He is running against Trump.
He has raised his hand against our Champion.
For that alone he is fully disqualified, and he has a long list of negatives that overwhelm any positives that might exist.
NO!
Oh GOD no!
PDJT has already shown you do not get votes or voters by pandering.
You don’t get “black votes” by putting an oreo on the ticket, or speaking hispanic, you do it by setting America First policies that benefir ALL Americans, and by keeping your campaign promises.
The real disappointment to the dims is when the illegal aliens vote Republican.
Winning these cases may be secondary to a couple years of non-stop bad headlines/publicity, hindering campaign activities, draining financial resources, trying to weaken support.
Speaking of Lawfare, isn’t there a creative state DA that can pursue the Biden corruption case. Nothing is going to happen at the Federal level, of course.
Your photo cut off the sh8t-filled toilet obozo was standing in.
You mean Marx?
Espionage Act!? When President Trump returns to office … he needs to unleash the DOJ on John F. Kerry for meeting in secret with Iranian Officials … telling them how to circumvent PDJT’s cancellation of the Iranian “Nuclear Deal”. John F Kerry should be sent to (pound you in the ass) Federal Prison for LIFE!!
We’re gonna need a bigger gallows.
A growth industry.
They keep running rings around him ever since he stupidly fired Flynn.
I wonder why Trump hasn’t gone to the SCOTUS to get a restraining order against the DOJ and FBI along with state courts. The SCOTUS should dismiss with prejudice this case because the DOJ is interfering by full intent, Trump to have lawyers to defend him, 6th Amendment violation. Even an honest mistake that violates the 6th is bye bye to the case.
Shock Claim: Special Counsel Prosecutor Offered Career Advancement if Mar-a-Lago Employee Testified Against Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/08/report-trump-prosecutor-jay-bratts-alleged-misconduct-causing-a-problem-for-doj/
How many other times did they dangle rewards aka bribes?
So many are missing the point. This “trial”won’t be until after the GOP primaries are mostly concluded. The objective is to tar Trump as a criminal under indictment and that (in the establishment’s view) will keep him from winning the GOP nomination. That is the #1 goal. If they can throw him in prison for 10 years great. But that is the secondary consideration. Their goal is clear the way for DeSantis to run in 2024. That way the WEF global elite win no matter if the Democrat or Republican wins.
Coupled with this, I’m expecting NRC to declare or create a rule that no candidate under indictment can be their nominee.
And/or state election commissions creating a “Trump Rule.” Candidates under indictment are banned from being placed on the ballot. I’m thinking this is more likely and then the RNC says “What do you want us to do? Nominate someone who can’t get on the ballot?”
How do Weissman and company always manage to outmaneuver the legal team on Trump’s side? It seems they think of the out of box ways to get where they want to be. Please, why didn’t Trump’s lawyers see this coming. At all? Seriously, they need to up their game or these ridiculous indictments could end in a conviction. It’s more than frustrating these legal weasels on the other side are seemingly smarter than anyone our side can come up with. Weissman is just plain oily slick and evil, but he is good at it. Ugh. I am so sick of this political hacking up of our laws. Someone has to be able to counter this legal madness.
It’s because they live, eat and sleep their desire for pure power. They lust for the power to tell you what to do. What to think. What to buy. How to live. They are totalitarians. They work on this 24/7/365. They are always on offense. They are killers. The ends fully justify whatever means.
Our guys are normal people. Civil. With normal lives to lead. They aren’t psychopaths. That’s why they’re always on defense trying to fight them off. It’s not in their DNA to destroy other people.
It’s good vs evil.
Hate is a powerful motivator.
My interpretation is Jack smith is not so smart. I think He has given up on the argument as to trumps right to declassify documents. My understanding is that Sundance is explaining this is no longer a classified documents case even though the original warrant painted it that way. That is a win for us. Second they have given up argument over venu and agreed to do it in Florida instead of dc that is a win for us. And third they apparently got worried about all the reaction that this is a political prosecution so to defend against that they decided to unseal the indictment early hoping America would be impressed by their overly long indictment which nobody will read . That is an indication to me jack smith is not so confident and if smith fails I think garland will throw smith under the bus . Smith did not look so confident on camera today
It is amazing the anti President Trump cabal is flawless in crafting lawfare, lobbing legal grenades at President Trump.
It’s like they can see around corners in crafting their lawfare.
A sympathetic DOJ is certainly benefiting it.
And has been mentioned on this platform often, these people spend every waking moment conniving.
But I wonder if another FISA warrant has been signed off on to see everything Presidents Trump & his supporters are doing to fight against the latest attacks upon the President?
Hey Sundance, the lawyer he just brought in who was Paul Manaforts lawyer named Todd Blanche, is known to be a bit of a KILLER in the court room! Plus they say he has a ton of tricks up his sleeve to get THIS TRIAL AND ANY POSSIBLE DC TRIAL DELAYED UNTIL THE FIRST PART OF 2025!!! 🤔
The only way to fix this is to wipe out current libtard military leadership and replace with constitutional patriots.
Let the tribunals begin.
So when is it acceptable to start to destroy the faces of Weissmann, Eisen and Smith? In an accidental, “I didn’t mean to crush your nose,” kind of way?
Invite them to a wine tasting party, and like all soyboy types they will show up, and make sure the wine is laced with cyanide!!!
Very good, in-depth and complex discussion of the clusterf*** that is Section 793(e), which is probably precisely why it is being used. It is vastly overbroad and unclear, resulting in several fruitless and unsuccessful attempts by hapless successive Congresses to clarify it. Courts despise it. It is a perfect vehicle for law fare, indeed.
Harold Edgar & Benno C. Schmidt Jr., The Espionage Statutes and Publication of Defense Information, 73 Colum. L. Rev. 929 (1973).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3025
Note: Discussion of Section 793(d) and (e) at Pages 998-1057.
This particular commentary caught my eye for obvious reasons:
“The sweep of these provisions seems incredible when measured against the congressional antipathy, manifested both in the 1917 debates and in subsequent confrontations with the problem of secrecy, to broad prohibitions that would hinder public speech on defense matters. No special culpability requirement explicitly restricts their reach. Barring the possible effect of limiting constructions, any “communicating” of defense material or information to anyone not authorized to hear about it is a serious criminal offense. Even retaining possession of such material is unlawful for those who lack special authorization. If these statutes mean what they seem to say and are constitutional, public speech in this country since World War II has been rife with criminality. The source who leaks defense information to the press commits an offense; the reporter who holds onto defense material commits an offense; and the retired official who uses defense material in his memoirs commits an offense.
**** and the retired official who uses defense material in his memoirs commits an offense.*****
Congress undoubtedly did not understand 793(d) and (e) or their precursors to have these effects when they were passed or when the problem of publication of defense information was considered on other occasions. If it had so understood the subsections, they probably would not have been enacted in their present form. But while the legislative record is reasonably clear that a broad literal reading was not intended, it is entirely opaque as to any particular narrow meaning. By the same token, while the broad literal meaning of the subsections is almost certainly unconstitutionally vague and overbroad, the statutory language does not point toward any one confined reading as a means of saving them. With both the legislative record and vagueness objections undermining the viability of a broad reading, but with no particular narrow reading having either the imprimatur of Congress or the force of statutory language, the courts may have to declare 793(d) and (e) unconstitutional.”
Trump’s lawyers who left aren’t licensed in Florida last I looked.
That’s why they left. IMO
The thing that really pisses me off is they think we are all dumb. Slick Willy took documents when he left the white house, Obozo has a warehouse full of documents in Chicago, Hillary who was secretary of state and didn’t have declassification powers had classified intel on her unsecured private basement server and she used bleachbit on tens of thousands of emails and destroyed 3 phones yet that clown Comey went on TV explaining that things like similar past cases go into evaluating whether to bring charges and “no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges.” Not to mention Pence and Biden both had documents from their time as veeps with some of Biden’s being in an unsecured garage and others accessed by a Chinese sponsored think tank but Trump is the only one they bring charges against? Come the funk on. Furthermore what are the odds that tape they alledgedly have of Trump being a deep fake? It isn’t like they haven’t made up evidence against him before. Why wouldn’t they do it again. I mean Dershowitz says the only thing Trump really has to worry about are the 2 charges tied to that alledged tape. If Trump survived all the other bogus witchhunt investigations into him with them finding nothing on him why would Trump get sloppy and let himself get recorded saying and doing dumb crap that gives his enemies ammunition?
Everyone wrings their hands about “the appearance of a two-tier justice system”. GESTAPOBAMA wants you to see the bias. They like the optics of dems being above the law and republicans being persecuted. They don’t want your respect or trust. GESTAPOBAMA only wants your fear.
HRC had a complete library, identified as a file server, in her bathroom and she never was president… The party of the ass needs an enema
OK, so what stops Lawfare from charging/indicting/accusing ANY of Trump’s associates/lawyers/advisors to remove them from the picture and grease the skids for more nefarious results?
This brings me back to a question I posted on another article…
HOW do we stop this?
“Beloved, be quick to repent of your pride and relinquish the need to be in control.
Why make Me wait and delay My Divine Deliverance and wonder-working Power to perform Miracles in the midst of you, because you have chosen to rather explore and exhaust all other man-made ideas and quick fix solutions?”
“When will you let go of human intellect and understanding, and Look to Me alone?”
Does anyone know if the photos referenced in the indictment actual or staged? DOJ kept saying “depicted” but I don’t know how they would know what documents were stacked and what they looked like back in early 2021.
The strength of rule of law judges is also our weakness and they know that. They capitalize on it and rely on it. When you take seriously your ethical obligations you hone to them, even to the point beyond requirement. When you are of no morality you throw them aside for convenience and try to convince others of your moral imperative to do so: “protect democracy” and other bs. Hopefully the judge will understand the depth of the purposeful manufactured “appearance of impropriety” because the wailing and gnashing of faux outrage at a failure to recuse is just that….manufactured. And you need only look at the REPUB E to understand its effectiveness. No need to recuse and no need to bend over backwards to prove your impartiality. Rather simply read and interpret the law. No excuses, no explanations. Just forward without any hesitation.