Posted on 06/27/2023 7:05:38 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
This stuff is really so silly, and lawfare is so entirely predictable, it is difficult for me to remain serious when discussing it. This is also why serious litigation expert Eric Dublier was so funny in his Concord case briefings against the DOJ and their insufferable Lawfare efforts.
CNN gets a leak of audio from Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, presumably presenting audio of President Trump talking in Bedminster, New Jersey, about the background of Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley lying about Trump wanting to invade Iran. [VIDEO HERE] Essentially, Trump refutes Milley and has papers to back up his side of the story.
CNN claims this audio will be the “Central Focus” of the case against President Trump that eventually “all jurors in the case will hear.” At this point, my laughter is almost unbearable for a multitude of reasons. Remember, this is a Lawfare operation, which is constructed for one primary purpose, influencing the public.
Putting aside the fact that CNN, and the entire media apparatus already reporting on this nonsense before and putting aside the ridiculous nature of the top-line claims, the audio proves nothing. It is the sound of President Trump talking about presidential papers that are claimed by the DOJ to be “classified” or “secret.” Except, beyond the absurdity, there’s a problem that explains why Jack Smith gave CNN the audio.
Despite the grand pontifications and breathless pearl-clutching by the CNN narrative engineers, the audio will NEVER be used at trial – if there is even a trial – which is highly unlikely, because it cannot be admitted into evidence. That’s why Jack Smith gave it to them. The audio is useless, except for the value in promoting the lawfare narrative engineering effort.
Why? Because the documents that are claimed to be heard in the audio are nowhere to be found. That’s right, the DOJ and FBI never found any “classified” or “super-secret” documents as described in the audio. As a result, the audio represents nothing, a literal nothingburger, because without the documents the audio is inadmissible.
You cannot submit evidence in court of a person talking about documents without the documents the audio is supposedly talking about. Can you see the issue now? As a result, the audio is nothing more than President Trump talking about something the prosecution cannot identify or prove. It’s inadmissible, hence no value, hence the leak.
The core issue of President Trump having personal papers from his administration [Presidential Records Act] now being used against him by a Lawfare effort in court, hasn’t even reached the pretrial motion status yet. I strongly doubt the “Espionage Act” criminal predicate of the Lawfare case will withstand judicial scrutiny and challenge; that’s why Jack Smith is now asking for delays.
18 U.S. Code § 793 (e) – […] Whoever having unauthorized possession of, access to, or control over any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted, or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it;
The underlying case is a joke, pure Lawfare in construct, and the constitutional precedent that covers the dispute over presidential records is the Presidential Records Act, which has no criminal penalty.
The special prosecutor Jack Smith is leaking stupid stuff to the media, getting every moonbat leftist hyped up, for one reason only… to generate a public narrative. That’s it. That’s the sum total of the construct, and this leak by them -to generate this outcome- shows exactly that.
We’ve been through enough of this nonsense to notice all the indicators of Lawfare as it happens in real time.
Go live your life, enjoy it, and laugh at these fools during combat; they hate that!
How does ANY judge allow this corrupt leaking of evidence and public manipulation by the DOJ?
I guess it’s possible it was leaked by the authors working on Meadows book. It’s their property. They can do whatever they want with it.
Just a thought.
BREAKING: I have obtained leaked images of Donald Trump, Melania, and Chief Justice Roberts which blow a massive hole in Jack Smith's case
Legal experts describe this as 'An absolute case killer' with one saying 'Garland is funked'
Stay tuned this is a developing story... pic.twitter.com/LHK0c4rPzH— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) June 27, 2023
Has Jack Smith bee3n summoned to appear before the court to face CONTEMPT CHARGES?? WHY NOT?, The Kangaroo Court ordered STRICT SILENCE on Evidentiary matters in this case and he just VIOLATED that Order, JAIL his funny ass and sanction him a minimum of $100,000 for this deliberate violation of the orders by the court.
Jailing someone for a possibly late library book.
Hmmm. Never knew that they never recovered the documents being spoke of. I wonder if Trump knew they were the fake news and were recording him so he made it up to bait them.
The justice system from the local level to the top of the Federal food chain is corrupt. The judges and lawyers are predominantly democrats. So, it’s laughable when the left screams the justice system is racist.
Good article. Our government is scary corrupt.
That's a bold -- and irresponsible -- assumption to make when statements of facts are in order. There are multiple possibilities, and there's no evidence that the prosecution had anything to do with it.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi:
“The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA – the 2015 Iran nuclear deal] was signed with Iran when it already had enough nuclear material for seven potential nuclear bombs: six bombs from low-level enriched uranium and another one from 20% enriched uranium.
“The situation today [is focused on] four potential bombs, even less. It is true that one of them is based on 60% enriched uranium; the distance between 60% and 20% is only a few weeks, so it does not really matter. What is important is not to allow Iran to obtain a nuclear bomb, but also not to get to the point where it can rapidly break out into a nuclear bomb within weeks.
“That was, in my view, the biggest problem with the JCPOA. I thought it was a bad deal at the time, and I did not hide my view. Our responsibility in the IDF is to be ready to strike a substantial blow against the nuclear facilities and also against second-level military targets, and to be ready for a broader conflict with Iran.
“This is what we did in recent years. One, we upgraded our intelligence to greatly increase the number of targets. Second, we increased the number of munitions and systems needed to attack Iran, with the process now at a peak. Third, we built operational plans. Fourth, and most important, we are training for this. We finished two drills. One was during the IDF’s War Month, and the second was at the end of November. We are about to hold a third very large exercise.
“In under a year, we are going to have carried out three training exercises with dozens of aircraft, refueling aircraft and all of the operative units. In addition, we also established an Iran Department in the IDF, led by a major general. All of this speaks for itself regarding the level of preparation that we are achieving.”
National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi:
“The central mission of the prime minister and his primary obligation is to ensure that Iran does not obtain nuclear weapons. The alternative to an attack is accepting a reality in which a radical regime has nuclear weapons. No Israeli leader can accept that.”
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant:
“One thing have to be made clear, loud and clear: Israel will not allow Iran to possess weapons of mass destructions, nuclear weapons aiming Israel.”
Defense Minister Benny Gantz:
“Israel has significantly increased its preparedness in recent years and is preparing for the possibility of an attack on Iran… You may cross the sky to the east in two or three years and take part in an attack on nuclear sites in Iran, for which we are preparing.”
https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2023/jan/25/israel-iran-threat-options
Israel has plans with respect to Iran and Israel will act first.
“Why? Because the documents that are claimed to be heard in the audio are nowhere to be found. That’s right, the DOJ and FBI never found any “classified” or “super-secret” documents as described in the audio.”
Nor is Trump charged with any violations of the law regarding classified documents. That would have fallen into direct conflict with the Presidential Records act and they know it. So he is trying this novel “espionage act theory” which does not require classified documents.
They are going to lose.
Anytime there is a leak like this it is always the deep state. CNN is the deep state mouthpiece. You can bank on it.
Okay, but it has been a pattern with this prosecutor and this doj/fbi. At the very least, the gag order should be removed from Trump. Otherwise the jury poll has been influenced one sided against Trump.
ACME sells indictments by the box, shipping is free.
Administrations using the Espionage Act has traditionally been a big red flag for corruption. The first invocation and everyone since has been to punish political opponents.
On a far more pressing and dangerous note:
“The rationale behind the alleged nuclear deal the US and Iran are working on is freezing Iran’s progress – i.e. granting Iran de facto approval to enrich uranium to 60% – in exchange for the release of some of Iran’s frozen funds (in Iraq and South Korea) and perhaps also the release of prisoners. Israel must clarify in advance what the dangers in this absurd deal are, and present strong opposition
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an agreement will result in that window total perhaps no more than a few weeks while giving the Iranians tens of billions of dollars that would enable the regime to recover economically and to continue financing terrorism.”
The DOJ, FBI, Homeland don’t work for the American people. It’s a government of the government, by the government, for the government. They can contaminate any jury pool with release of a ‘story’ and ‘mislead’ grandjury anytime they want.
That’s basically in your face reality now. Like Joe Biden admitting that he sold state secrets for money.
Quotes:
Industry data shows that more than half of the effort needed to enrich uranium to 90% is spent getting from 0.7% to 4%. When enrichment reaches 20%, the threshold for what counts as “highly enriched uranium”, and a level Iran has produced at Natanz in the past, about 90% of the work towards weapons-grade uranium is done.
The process gets easier because less material has to be moved around at higher levels of enrichment. A plant that enriches uranium to 4% with 5,000 centrifuges may need only 1,500 to reach 20% enrichment. From there, several hundred centrifuges are sufficient to reach the 90% needed for a nuclear bomb.
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