Posted on 08/22/2022 7:33:50 AM PDT by dpetty121263
He may have the FBI in a corner-—what THEY produce may be even more damaging to FBI.
They refused to give data to Trump’s lawyer on scene, IIRC.
Baby, adolescent, teen-ager, young man, middle-aged, old fart........................
I have not found any information that they left a copy at MAL. Trump’s attorney ask for a copy, did not receive a copy and the FBI held a phone up from ten feet away to allow a quick glimpse.....
I did not know all of the details you mentioned, but I know Trump knows a lot of people in the right places. You don’t get where he is without dealing with a lot of very savvy guys.
I smell a trap and so do the big chiefs in the FBI. To be a fly on the wall and watch them sweat.....
There is information that could have been included in the warrant “truthfully” that the judge could have accepted with discretion.
For example - in some cases heresay, which might not be admissable as evidence in a trial, might be used to obtain a warrant.
For example: “Madison ‘two sugars’ Cornbread heard that Trump kept secret documents in Meliana’s underwear drawer” The judge can accept or reject that as probable cause.
Next, direct testimony, for example: “The FBI agent who visited Trump’s house to examine the documents saw top secret information there.” Regardless of how confidential or not confidential they were, the judge’s decision to accept that as probable cause can’t really be questioned. Also, the agent believing documents were improperly placed can’t really be questioned either. He is going to leave it to the court to decide.
Even if after the course of the (expensive) trial it is determined that the documents were legal to possess and properly stored, both the FBI and the judge aren’t punished. They just either “accept the decision of the court” or are “dissapointed by the court ruling.”
“Judge Reinhart must be feeling the heat from his superiors on the circuit for having OK’d the warrant without their input.”
That is what I am thinking. He is trying to cover his a$$.
I heard they were allowed to see it digitally but not possess a copy of the warrant. I’ve heard other things as well. Who knows
That happens, warrant tossed. Everything returned. Lawsuits dropped on everyone.:::::
By the time this all transpires, the damage in done for the 2022 election cycle and sets the stage to impact 2024. Various Fed agencies have implanted themselves in elections going back many years.
To be a fly on the wall and watch them sweat.....Yes
Not a thing you said is wrong. And I many cases it’s….let the judge figure it out.
Next judge says the warrant is bad….ok.
If nothing else, this is another attempt at making Pres Trump look bad. It ain’t working
I’ll politely disagree that any damage is being done.
The election process is severely tainted.
But this thing and other attempts to go after him seem to have only strengthened his support.
Robert Barnes’s take is this: to full grant the DoInJUstice’s request would make the magistrate look like a hack; to deny it entirely would unseal way too much about the Deep State; so he took the middle road-—redact, redact, redact.
This is old news from last week, not some new ruling.
How is not giving the target an unredacted copy of the affidavit not a due process violation?
Let me trot out my favorite hobby horse: I highly suspect that the DoJ/FBI determined in advance when the “regular” magistrate would be away, and timed their application for the warrant accordingly. Reinhart likely participated in that, and made sure he would be the “next available substitute magistrate”. Possibly Reinhart feels a bit used now, but more likely he’s just going to dribble out release of unimportant items to cover his complicity.
This needs to be out of Reinhart’s hands for many reasons.
“If nothing else, this is another attempt at making Pres Trump look bad. It ain’t working”
It’s working like a charm the way I see it. Trump has raised over a million dollars a day, every day, since the raid occurred.
Wray and Garland are going to single-handedly fund Trump’s 2024 re-election victory.
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