Posted on 08/27/2022 8:36:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The exposition of the FBI’s behavior in the month of August has been something to behold. More recently, we learned that the FBI went to Facebook during the 2020 election and indicated that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation. In reality, the bureau had known since 2019 that the story was real because they themselves were in possession of the laptop.
Prior to that, the big story has been the raid of Donald Trump’s Florida home, which has led to numerous court clashes as the government has sought to keep the details secret. On Friday, the affidavit was released, much to the chagrin of the powers that be. What it revealed was a politically weaponized FBI working hand in hand with partisans at the National Archives to target Trump over a records dispute, partially based on a CBS News article.
Still, the former president has scored some wins in response to the unprecedented action. Though the affidavit was heavily redacted, it was still unusual for any part of it to be ordered released. Now, Trump has just hit a home run, this time concerning his request for a special master to review what was seized at Mar-a-Lago.
The news sent resistance libs into fits of rage, as illustrated below in Marc Caputo’s post.
Federal judge just issued her preliminary order intending to appoint a special master that Trump sought to review the documents seized in the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago.
Pretty swift condemnation from legal Twitter. A sample of QTs and RTs
pic.twitter.com/7rME1ZvaLO— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) August 27, 2022
You know you are over the target when the left-wing legal “experts” on the bird site start frothing at the mouth. Someone should ask them what they are so afraid of. How is transparency and accountability in this process a bad thing? Given the disputes over the records, it only makes sense that a hopefully neutral third party would be allowed to arbitrate between the two sides. The NARA is not all-powerful. It does not lord over the executive branch, and just because they say something doesn’t make it true or the law.
No one can be certain where this goes from here, but my suspicion is that this was more about generating bad headlines for Trump than actually building a criminal case against him. I actually came to that conclusion very early on following AG Merrick Garland’s presser on the matter. I just don’t see the DOJ ignoring the Hillary Clinton precedent regarding the handling of government records, and even if they tried to go that route, there are people on record saying the declassification order existed. It would lead to total chaos if Trump were charged (and presumably convicted given the DC jury pool) with a crime that the government gave Clinton a pass on, and she didn’t have the use of presidential powers as a defense.
Still, another part of me feels like they have to go all the way here. If the DOJ stops short, it only further exposes the raid for what it so obviously was. The administration has painted itself into a corner, and that may bring about some more bad decision-making before this is all said and done.
“Preliminary intent to appoint a special master” means it hasn’t been done yet. This judge just put the Bidet Regime on notice that it might happen, so they are certain to be making copies of everything so they can continue to search through privileged documents at their leisure. The DoJ is running out the clock while this judge writes about her intent.
“ the bureau had known since 2019 that the story was real because they themselves were in possession of the laptop”
That was before they threw it in the Potomac
I guess our nation is so corrupt now that due process is seen as a win by one side and a loss by the other.
In a case of this precedence and magnitude I don’t see appointing a Special Master as any more extraordinary than the right to counsel. It would be a travesty if there weren’t one.
Caputo…..judge doesn’t describe what the Special Master would do
Really?
Kind of like getting a search warrant from a judge without “particularly describing the items to be seized”, isn’t it.
The more I read about this whole thing, the more I’m thinking the President set them all up.
1. He found a snitch or two.
2. No one really knows what they took but they admitted they took stuff they weren’t supposed to.
3. If information starts leaking to the Post or Times that the President can prove are Attorney-Client privilege, this whole thing blows up.
4. After he proves that he acted completely within the law and they slow walk giving everything back, all he has to say is…..Fine, you can keep the copies. Except for his personal items, lawyer stuff, passports and perhaps a pair of melania’s panties. It would be awesome to see them on security footage doing some inappropriate things.
They took Melina’s panties and shoes for two things. And probably her deesses as well as her make up.
“...making copies of everything so they can continue to search through privileged documents at their leisure...”
You don’t think making copies was their first act? And the documents have all been rummaged through, urgently.
Where are the Reek and File?
The administration has painted itself into a corner.
Being dealt aces and eights isn’t a good sign.
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