Posted on 08/12/2022 1:25:35 PM PDT by bitt
Former President Donald Trump is being investigated for a potential Espionage Act violation and possible obstruction of justice, according to the unsealed warrant for the unprecedented FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago home.
The search warrant unsealed Friday afternoon cited 18 U.S. Code 793 (part of the Espionage Act) related to “gathering, transmitting, or losing defense information.”
Despite its name, many of the law’s provisions don’t relate specifically to espionage.
The warrant also pointed to 18 U.S. Code 2071 on “concealment, removal, or mutilation generally” and 18 U.S. Code 1519 on “destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy.” The latter relates to potential obstruction of justice.
Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered the warrant to be unsealed after the Justice Department told the court that Trump wasn't objecting to it being made public.
Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich said: “The Biden administration is in obvious damage control after their botched raid where they seized the President’s picture books, a ‘hand written note,’ and declassified documents.” He called it “outrageous.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he “personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter.” He also announced that the Justice Department requested permission from the federal court to unseal the court-approved search warrant that authorized its raid.
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They are really reaching.
NEWSWEAK IS WETTING ITS PANTS
So they wait a year and a half to do something about it? They really think we are stupid.
I smell Government Setup.
What about the Biden and Pelosi families working for the Chinese Communist Party ?
This fishing expedition is so insane that under the federal legal definition of "Presidential Records," a McDonald's menu that Trump scrawled his lunch order on during a meeting in the Oval would be included (44 U.S.C. 2201).
The FBI raided Trump's house for that. INSANE. https://t.co/WP4ULjXS8f pic.twitter.com/A2zMLws370— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) August 12, 2022
They left out the charges of insurrection, treason, blasphemy and the heartbreak of psoriasis.
Two things are cause for worry here. DC Court, DC Jury. They could get a conviction tomorrow with nothing more than a grocery store receipt
Documents in boxes, in a room already searched by the Feds and padlocked by Fed advisory, were going to be seen by whom?
Seen by the 'worst threat to Democracy,' the President who has seen them already. Uh....WTH?
“Espionage Act violation”
Accusation number 3,492 and counting.
Espionage is the Democrat’s game, not Trumps.
Kash Patel, the Chief of Staff to the DOD under Trump, said Trump had declassified all the documents in his possession while president.
They really want those Russia, Russia, Russia crossfire hurricane documents back.
Did they check the mattress tags?
These bastards are really angling for a civil war. No other way to view this.
They are on the inside and mostly peaceful.
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