Team Trump lashes out at DOJ leaks after report Donald had nation's nuclear secrets at Mar-a-Lago

Washington Examiner ^ | September 07, 2022 02:51 PM | by Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter |

[Red Badger]

Republican allies of former President Donald Trump have hammered the Justice Department for leaks after it was reported another country's top secret nuclear information was found in the raid of Mar-a-Lago.

The alleged discovery of highly sensitive information was reported by the Washington Post on Tuesday. The report claimed “a document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched” Mar-a-Lago last month, citing “people familiar with the matter.”

The former president's defenders immediately took aim at the department in the wake of the information making its way into the media. Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich tweeted: “The Washington Post continues to serve as the propaganda arm of the Biden administration, and instead of operating openly and honestly, they collude in never-ending leaks and lies at the expense of the integrity of the FBI and DOJ.”

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, also condemned the leaks and cautioned against automatically believing anonymously sourced stories.

“First of all, again, we really don’t know,” Rubio told Fox & Friends on Fox News on Wednesday. “Let’s go back and understand that all of this information is coming from one side and one place, and that is ‘sources with knowledge of the investigation.’ Well, who are the sources with knowledge of the investigation? The FBI and the Justice Department. And they are leaking to the media. … These people, every single day, are strategically leaking information, that can’t be rebutted, by the way, or in any way analyzed, for a reason, and that’s politics. To influence the narrative. And so, first of all, I’m very skeptical of that.”

Christopher Kise, another lawyer for Trump, told the Washington Post: “The damage to public confidence in the integrity of the system simply cannot be underestimated” and that “the Court has provided a sensible path forward which does not include the selective leak of unverifiable and misleading information.”

An attorney for Trump, Alina Habba, told Newsmax: “This is incredibly disturbing to me in terms of leaks coming from the Justice Department” and that “when you have to defend yourself, stories come out, and that’s exactly what I believe they are — just stories.”

Both the DOJ and the FBI did not respond to requests for comment.

Attorney General Merrick Garland gave a brief speech on Aug. 11, just three days after the raid, where he said he personally signed off on the Mar-a-Lago search and added: “Since I became Attorney General, I have made clear that the Department of Justice will speak through its court filings and its work.” Garland said that “the department did not make any public statements on the day of the search, and the former President publicly confirmed the search that evening, as is his right.”

“Much of our work is by necessity conducted out of the public eye. We do that to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans and to protect the integrity of our investigations,” the attorney general said. “Federal law, longstanding department rules, and our ethical obligations prevent me from providing further details as to the basis of the search at this time.”

Trump claimed on his Truth Social account at the time that the “nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax.” The Justice Department released later in August a heavily redacted version of the affidavit justifying the Mar-a-Lago raid, and Trump replied, “Affidavit heavily redacted!!! Nothing mentioned on ‘Nuclear,’ a total public relations subterfuge by the FBI & DOJ, or our close working relationship regarding document turnover — WE GAVE THEM MUCH.”

[Republican Wildcat]

Assuming for the sake of argument that the rhetoric of those conducting the investigation is to be believed - they are leaking information that was not being leaked while in Trump’s possession. The same information they are going to charge Trump for possessing because it was so sensitive that no one should know about - they are leaking publicly - the ones who are investigating and want to charge Trump.

[LoveMyFreedom]

Thought the judge in Florida was suppose to put an end to this!!!

[ClearCase_guy]

Government: “Here’s some leaked information that makes Trump look really bad.”
Citizen: “Hmmmmmmm. I have a few questions about that ...”
Government: “Sorry! We can’t comment on the matter: it’s under investigation.”
Citizen: “That doesn’t seem fair at all.”
Government: “Come back tomorrow. We will have a new leak for you then.”

[Red Badger]

Judges can’t stop a thing.

All they can do is issue rulings.................

[PGR88]

if its all so super-top-secret - why is the DOJ leaking contents to the Washington Post?

[Red Badger]

Yes............

They are intentionally leaking stuff they are going to charge Trump for having and not leaking................

[Luke21]

“And when we release it, it’s all redacted. But it’s not a witch hunt or partisan. Oh no...”

[Red Badger]

Because they can.....................

[Reno89519]

I think the judge should offer DOJ/FBI choice: Disclose details, identify and prosecute leakers, or face charges dismissed with prejudice. Time to stop playing games.

[Macoozie]

“found by FBI agents who searched” Mar-a-Lago last month, citing “people familiar with the matter.”

So how many people have now seen the formerly secure documents , or now know about the formerly secret information they contained, that is now being released to the media?

And our PDJT The GOAT is at some kind of fault in this?

hahahahhahhahhahhahaah!!!

[NWFree]

Bozos and the Wpost butt buddies of the FBI as usual

[AnthonySoprano]

Bill Barr: We can do what we want


We don’t need no stinkin 302’s

[Wayne07]

If maintaining classified secrets was the issue, the DOJ is doing a much worse job than Trump. No leaks from Mar-a-Lago, leaks every day now from DOJ.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[lizma2]

Was talking to a friend of mine that’s still a rat. (I don’t get it. He had a brain!)

And even he thinks this is B.S.

[1Old Pro]

Well, who are the sources with knowledge of the investigation? The FBI and the Justice Department. And they are leaking to the media. … These people, every single day, are strategically leaking information, that can’t be rebutted, by the way, or in any way analyzed, for a reason, and that’s politics.

Pretty much sums it up and provides the reason a special master was approved.

[Boogieman]

“or face charges dismissed with prejudice”

There are no charges to dismiss...

[Bratch]

Washington Post Jumps Back onto the Foreign Nation Nuclear Secrets Angle to Mar-a-Lago Documents

September 7, 2022 | Sundance | 410 Comments

The Washington Post goes back to the prior narrative surrounding the Mar-a-Lago documents saying,

“a document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities was found by FBI agents who searched former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club last month.”

…. with Devlin Barrett adding the usual, “according to people familiar with the matter” sourcing.

Keeping in mind the traditional relationship that exists between specific media outlets and their deep state sources, the most obvious source for Devlin Barrett is the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD), FBI Counterintelligence division, or larger intelligence community (IC).  However, what is also obvious from the way the documents are described is a narrative framework to make the innocuous seem looming.

PICTURED: Chairman Kim Jong-Un reads a letter from President Donald J Trump

I would be willing to bet the “document” in question is a letter from North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-Un to President Trump about the status of the DPRK military intent and weapons.  You might remember Chairman Kim and President Trump developed a good relationship and exchanged letters related to matters of national security between North Korea and the United States.

The Intelligence Community in combination with the U.S. military industrial complex and Senate Foreign Relations Committee, did not like that level of direct diplomatic contact and discussion between President Trump and Chairman Kim.  Direct communication between the two leaders subverted the IC’s ability to shape the DPRK messaging to support an interventionist and hostile U.S. geopolitical outlook.

The professional bureaucrats in charge of guiding and shaping all United States foreign engagements do not like being cut out of the geopolitical equations.  As the former head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chuck Schumer famously said, “the intelligence community has six ways to Sunday to get back at you” if the President does not adhere and acquiesce to their power and authorities.

Chairman Kim and President Trump discussing how to get along is not in the interests of the people who run the U.S. government.   Therefore, any documents or letters of correspondence that Kim and Trump may have exchanged are now “vital national security documents.”

Again, if you subtract the narrative engineering and read between the lines of the claims, that type of document exchange is almost certain to be what this is all about.

(Via Washington Post) – A document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club last month, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about classified material stashed in the Florida property.

Some of the seized documents detail top-secret U.S. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. Only the president, some members of his Cabinet or a near-Cabinet-level official could authorize other government officials to know details of these special-access programs, according to people familiar with the search, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive details of an ongoing investigation.

Documents about such highly classified operations require special clearances on a need-to-know basis, not just top-secret clearance. Some special-access programs can have as few as a couple dozen government personnel authorized to know of an operation’s existence. Records that deal with such programs are kept under lock and key, almost always in a secure compartmented information facility, with a designated control officer to keep careful tabs on their location.

[…] It was in this last batch of government secrets, the people familiar with the matter said, that the information about a foreign government’s nuclear-defense readiness was found. These people did not identify the foreign government in question, say where at Mar-a-Lago the document was found or offer additional details about one of the Justice Department’s most sensitive national security investigations. (read more)

Dear Donald,

It was great to see you again in Singapore.  I like the idea of using seaside property to develop a tourist economy after reunification with our brothers in the south.  Don’t worry about the stories of my military preparing to be aggressive, most of my generals take orders from Beijing and it is a little challenging to keep them in line.  As to nuclear weapons, I am not allowed to have launch access and I’m pretty sure Chairman Xi controls all that stuff.  

Warmest regards,

your friend,

Little Rocket Man.

[usurper]

The report claimed “a document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched”

Well its safe to assume that the foreign government already know what their nuclear capabilities are. So who exactly are we hiding this information from other than the American public? And why?