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Jack Smith’s search warrant on Trump marks historic ‘break’ from precedent: Judge
Washington Examiner ^ | January 16, 2024 | Kaelen Deese

Posted on 01/17/2024 8:11:01 AM PST by Twotone

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To: Twotone

You’s gotsa OJ jury and an
Obama judge....

They gonna bend you over, and
Gonna pack yo’fudge.


21 posted on 01/17/2024 9:42:35 AM PST by Titus-Maximus (The trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: packagingguy
Dan Bongino thinks they are going after the metadata…in other words see who liked, reposted or commented on Trump’s post. This information would be helpful for the government to compile an enemies list.

Agreed

22 posted on 01/17/2024 9:44:28 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: Twotone

Just another tool to use in the future…..


23 posted on 01/17/2024 10:01:24 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: jerod

Unfortunately, our judicial and legal system has lost a lot of credibility with these stupid shenanigans.

The win at all costs will cost.


24 posted on 01/17/2024 10:02:42 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: Vermont Lt

Smith was trying to get everything related to Trump’s Twitter account, including DMS, messages and posts that were composed and not sent, as well as everyone who followed, unfollowed, liked/unliked, retweeted, *or mentioned* his account. Absurdly broad.

He did it in a manner which, with the cooperation of the court panel, denied any ability for Trump to assert executive privilege or even know about the attempt, as the Presidential Records Act requires that he be informed at least 30 days before the Archivist turns over any of his documents so that he can decide whether to go through judicial review to assert Executive Privilege. The National Archives also had a copy of Trump’s account, but Smith went directly to Twitter so that Trump would not be informed.


25 posted on 01/17/2024 10:23:43 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Aria

He received a similar backlash after speaking honestly about the Israel-Palestine war, so he changed his position,


What are you referring to? Ramaswamy appears to have said the same things, with more or less elaboration, from when he first began to comment on the subject. Do you have an example?


26 posted on 01/17/2024 10:28:21 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

This isn’t Trump’s case. It is Twitter’s, and they appealed it. Trump has his own paths to dispute it.


27 posted on 01/17/2024 10:29:46 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Vermont Lt

Smith was/is trying and using every freedom-stealing dirty trick in the corrupt DOJ book to get Trump, period. Once, when Hillary was working on the Watergate House investigation staff, she argued that Nixon should not be allow benefit of counsel in addressing accusations involving Watergate. Were it possible, Smith would be arguing the same for Trump.


28 posted on 01/17/2024 10:32:52 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: jerod

“Dissenting opinions are interesting... But the decision is made and Trump lost.”


Dissenting opinions are not only interesting but they lay out the pathway for SCOTUS to overturn the court’s decision.


29 posted on 01/17/2024 10:35:12 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: lepton

That was a quote from Simon Ateba. The part that I thought was important was that when Nikki said it’s now a 2 person race that she meant herself and RDS because DC has zero intention of letting Trump back in power.


30 posted on 01/17/2024 11:34:40 AM PST by Aria
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To: Twotone

Constitutional protections for executive privilege.

Now are only for the selected few the democrats.

The constitution about to be another document to disappear.


31 posted on 01/17/2024 12:12:56 PM PST by Vaduz
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To: Twotone

Get Trump, and Orange man bad! Is the law of today. NO justice but injustice.


32 posted on 01/17/2024 1:15:39 PM PST by vpintheak (Pinko misanthrope)
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To: Twotone
Twitter, now known as X...

WHAT? When did this happen? Nobody tells me anything.

33 posted on 01/17/2024 4:14:05 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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