Before I address the evidence-tampering filing posted by Special Counsel Jack Smith last night, let's turn to the motion that forced Smith to admit what happened--one filed by Walt Nauta's attorney on May 1.
Remember the photo of "classified docs" strewn on the floor with scary looking cover sheets to depict the classification level of various papers?
It appears those cover sheets, or slip sheets, were produced and used by the FBI after the raid.
The cover sheets do not represent the format in which the records were found--an intentional misrepresentation in the court docket for special master lawsuit and by the media.
Here is how Nauta's attorney described what we now know is the FBI's use of "slip sheets" to replace alleged classified papers.
Look familiar?
This is how DOJ in August 2022 described the files in
a filing to Judge Cannon with accompanying photo that went viral to make it appear that this was the original form of the documents seized by FBI.
This does not appear to be the truth--at all. It instead appears that the red, yellow, and blue cover sheets were "slip sheets" the FBI used to replace alleged classified files.
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