Court Filing
Posted on 04/02/2023 8:43:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
There’s a new report out indicating that the Department of Justice isn’t yet done with the investigation at former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
That investigation may, in fact, be leading to some obstruction charges.
According to the Washington Post, sources close to the investigation are saying that the Department of Justice is looking at additional evidence of obstruction by Trump at the scene of their investigation into missing classified documents. Those documents led to an FBI raid of Trump’s home during the summer of last year.
Justice Department and FBI investigators have amassed fresh evidence pointing to possible obstruction by former president Donald Trump in the investigation into top-secret documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home, according to people familiar with the matter.
The additional evidence comes as investigators have used emails and text messages from a former Trump aide to help understand key moments last year, said the people, who like others interviewed for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing criminal investigation.
According to the unnamed sources in the story, investigators are looking at whether Trump “took or directed actions to impede government efforts to collect all the sensitive records.” The DOJ’s probe into the documents at Mar-a-Lago is separate from a similar probe into documents that were discovered among President Joe Biden’s personal effects.
Court Filing
The investigation into Trump appears to be focused largely on obstruction, and new evidence may be vital in the DOJ securing charges against the former president or members of his legal team in the case. Trump’s advisers received a subpoena in May from the Justice Department that demanded Trump return of all documents with classified markings. That led to the raid over the summer that made headlines when Trump announced it had taken place.
According to the affidavit that led to the raid, investigators argued that “probable cause exists to believe that evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed in violation 18 U.S.C. §§ 793(e), 2071, or 1519 will be found at the PREMISES.”
This probe also coincides with Trump’s current legal troubles in New York, where Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has secured indictments against Trump for possible business fraud tied to his alleged “hush money” payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump will be headed to Manhattan on Tuesday to be read the indictments. However, critics of that investigation are calling Bragg’s move to charge Trump highly political, and even people who are opposed to Trump – like Senators Bill Cassidy and Joe Manchin – have questioned that investigation.
Who was that chick that shot a bunch of school kids again?
What are you smoking?
“Obstruction”
How the Feds conduct lawfare when they have nothing at all.
They have no case that’s why they are selectively leaking to the post see trumps response. I knew they had nothing when they made trumps attorney testify trying to break attorney client privilege and notice they say may have and possibly meaning they can’t say for certain
Apparently it’s a crime now to rummage through boxes in your own home 😂 😂 so when is Biden gonna be locked up oh yeah almost forgot … never
And the stories say that someone else’s email or memo “May suggest” that Trump looked through the documents.
And “may suggest” he obstructed.
Sounds like they want to say he “may have” removed some, or “may have” known what was there.
Not that he did, that he may have. Ridiculous.
Bump
I don’t see a civilized peaceful way to resolution of this.
Yes msm, you have convinced me that Trump is a secret agent and sending classified files to Russia../s
Have they charged him with the felony of jaywalking yet ???
That’s a capital offence for a Conservative ...
God is about to show who He is to the world. Do not touch His anointed.
Joe Biden may have had a moment of clarity in the last 2 years but we cant say for certain ...
Of course they do! Pile on to Trump! Convince his supporters to abandon him! It’s what all “principled” conservative would do.
Isn’t it amazing there are no leaks at all from the special counsel investigation of Biden and his possession of classified documents going back decades?
I’m sure Andrew McCarthy at NRO will have an article out tomorrow (which will be quoted by all “conservative” websites) explaining to Trump supporters (once again) why they just can’t support the “orangemanbad” who sends “mean tweets” any longer.
The walls are closing in!
Rinse and repeat!
This is the backup plan of the backup plan to the backup plan after attempts 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 to get Trump at any cost all fell through.
Everybody sees it for exactly what it is.
They have SQUAT.
They are desperate to have some sensational news about President Trump, because more info about the BIDENS is coming out.
Don’t even believe for a minute Pedo Joe hasn’t done MORE DAMAGE WITH CLASSIFIED INFO than ANY previous president.
So that means they actually have less evidence.
WE have proof the DOJ is leaking information about an “investigation” . . .
F__ the DOJ.
F__ the DOJ.
The Trump haters need to be crushed.
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