Posted on 08/10/2022 8:19:33 AM PDT by Starman417
Spending time on Twitter can be illuminating. Never have I seen so much spamming going on from the left all about how Trump "stole" classified documents. You could call it the "Crapper Caper." I have repeatedly pointed out that the President can declassify anything he chooses. But it's not about that. It's about something very different.
Trump and his lawyers were cooperating with the National Archives and had already returned 15 boxes of materials. Than came a June meeting:
Trump's attorneys were present at that meeting and the sources say the former president himself stopped in to say hello for a few minutes."Perceived lack of cooperation." Note that Trump was not present. Perceived lack of cooperation is subjective. Without question, the Feds decided to perceive a lack of cooperation as a premise to ransack Trump's place. Lawyers were not allowed to observe as the FBI took everything, relevant to the visit or not.The meeting came months after the National Archives -- with assistance from the Justice Department -- was able to get 15 boxes of documents sent back to Washington, D.C. after expressing concern they were in Florida.
The June meeting was about additional documents that were being sought. But following it, the Justice Department and FBI felt they weren't getting the same cooperation they had been receiving earlier in the probe, according to a source with knowledge of negotiations between Trump's team and the federal entities.
The perceived lack of cooperation is why a search warrant was requested and ultimately executed on Monday, Aug. 8 at Trump's Palm Beach property.
Today Andrew McCarthy opined that the raid was not about classified documents, but rather a fishing expedition for the Jan 6 Satr Chamber
The Justice Department obviously used the potential classified information as a pretext to obtain a warrant so it could search for what it is really looking for: evidence that would tie Trump to a Capitol riot offense – either a violent crime, such as seditious conspiracy to forcibly attack a government installation (which is highly unlikely), or a non-violent crime, such as conspiracy to obstruct the January 6 joint session of Congress to count electoral votes, or conspiracy to defraud the government.He may be right or partly right. As we've noted previously, Kash Patel asserts that the documents present at Mar a Lago were already declassified but did not have the appropriate markings. Back in May Patel made a pretty good prediction:
“If they selectively leak stuff — and given this week’s Supreme Court leak, you can’t put it past anyone at the NARA or Congress who might have some of these documents and leak them to advance a false political narrative,” he said.That is what transpired. This, however, is what I find interesting:
“They are not a classification authority. I don’t believe they have unilateral authority to reclassify something the president declassified. They are the holder of records,” he said.That's important as it dovetails into something I wrote about late last night. Paul Sperry had a similar notion and posted this, and was immediately suspended by TwitterPatel did not want to get into what the specific documents were, predicting claims from the left that he was disclosing “classified” material, but said, “It’s information that Trump felt spoke to matters regarding everything from Russiagate to the Ukraine impeachment fiasco to major national security matters of great public importance — anything the president felt the American people had a right to know is in there and more.”
(Excerpt) Read more at Floppingaces.net...
This likes to hear himself talk... I wonder if he reads to himself in front of a mirror...
It’s all about covering for their own criminality.
Leftists are such idiots Trump could declassify ALL of those documents BEFORE he left the WH, he didn’t have to STEAL classified documents GEEZE these people are beyond STUPID!!
Because they needed a new wardrobe.
Raid is such a loaded term. The DOJ prefers “dropping by to say hey”.
That’s terrific!
Hillary Clinton was receiving and sending classified information on her personal computer at her home.
Response?
Nothing.
No FBI raid.
Nothing.
We are not a nation of laws.
We are a nation of lawyers.
Lawyers dedicated to enriching themselves.
And no doubt the Kremlin and the CCP have those Hillary docs. Dems couldn’t care less.
We all know why they raided Trump’s residence.
The question is what and where is the PROBABLE CAUSE (evidence of a crime) required by the 4th Amendment to raid his house? (A warrant without a declaration of reasonable probable cause is an invalid warrant.)
If the raid was about clear evidence of criminal activity regarding classified documents, that could be enough probable cause to allow a search.
However, if the raid was a “fishing expedition” (NO probable cause to search but rather trying to FIND probable cause, which the dictatorial and unconstitutional rogue Left loves to do) then the search was unconstitutional and, thus, illegal and those in charge of the FBI raid should themselves be held responsible for criminal activity against Trump and the American People.
If Trump‘s attorneys were not present… we can assume that the feds could (probably DID) plant anything they wanted to.
What a joke
They’re not stupid as much as they’re dishonest. I’ve tried to explain that to leftists, but they persist in telling their lies
CLASSIFIED documents are normally marked as such.
Such documents should also be marked to indicate that they have been declassified and by whom and when.
Off topic, but Musk has sure gone silent.
The Democrats have been getting their donkeys kicked.
They will attack back.
Their attacks are predictable.
Guns.
Taxes.
Republicans.
They should be attacked back on issues that frighten them.
Illegal immigration.
Abortion.
Ukraine spending.
CLASSIFIED documents should be stored in a safe and must be signed out and back in and so witnessed.
And reducing government employees.
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