If the documents did not belong to President Donald J. Trump,
then why did the government dump them in the parking lot of
the White House and tell him to deal with them?
Posted on 06/12/2023 10:22:09 AM PDT by euram
We represent President Trump and are writing to provide information regarding the probe by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) into the post-Presidency handling of classified documents. We understand that DOJ is making the documents marked classified available for your review, and this letter provides the Committee with information that we suspect DOJ has not disclosed to it.
It has become abundantly clear through this investigation that the institutional practice and procedures within the White House for the handling of classified materials drastically differ from the long-established standard operating procedures employed by various agencies of the intelligence community as well as the U.S. military. As demonstrated by the discovery of documents with classification markings1 in the homes of President Trump, President Biden, and Vice President Pence, deficient document handling and storage procedures are not limited to any individual, administration, or political party. A legislative solution by Congress is required to prevent the DOJ from continuing to conduct ham-handed criminal investigations of matters that are inherently not criminal.
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“ham-handed criminal investigations of matters that are inherently not criminal”
I have nothing to add.
They get right to the point.
Pretty good read, sounds like they tried to set him up from the beginning.
They've tried to set up Trump six ways from Sunday, beginning with the Steele Dossier, Crossfire Hurricane investigation, FISA warrants, two impeachments, two special counsel investigations (Mueller and Smith) and NYC Stormy Daniels charges.
If there was a Trump Presidential Library in say New York City securing Trump’s documentary legacy for history, every decent, concerned American would have cause to be thankful and the DoJ campaign against Trump would not have gotten ‘legs’.
The distressed NYC commercial real estate market presents an opportunity for Congress to act.
Congress should create the library and bar the DoJ prosecution of Trump and his loyal aides.
Did you, Jack Smith, delay the prosecution of Trump for any reason other than the inherent concerns regarding the prosecution?
Would your delay of prosecution of Trump include waiting upon a debt limit deal?
btt
One question the letter answered for me is that it was NOT Donald Trump who personally selected these documents, but White House and GSA staffers. Media reports, however, repeatedly imply that Trump personally selected the documents, even that he “stole” them, and that he did so with some specific nefarious intent. This letter makes clear that all of those insinuations are false.
Have ever prosecuted any case before, Jack Smith?
Does the name...ring a bell?
....
It seems you have a fairly good memory.
What was your plan of attack in the...case?
Could you write it down for us.
Do you think Trump could write down many significant discoveries he was made aware of during his presidency?
Do you feel it important to be able to introduce documentary proof during a trial?
Would you like to have the ability to retain documents to fend off politically motivated attacks?
“Trump personally selected the documents”
Trump did select the documents.
He might have had to use the bathroom and stuck a document between two newspaper in case a housemaid walked in, and then Trump got distracted by an urgent matter.
Many, many people in an administration can classify documents. Comey is a good example. After he met with President Trump...he typed up a report in his car on the way home...to make it timely...Comey was specific in mentioning Flynn and was pretty sure he (Comey) had a gotcha...on President Trump. Comey classifed the memos...and IIRC, even sought out guidance as to what level it should be classified at. Comey himself later declassified it...I think at about the time that he released part of it to the media.
Why would Trump be considered in February 2021 not to be trusted to see the documents he could see in December 2020?
Classification is a security measure. It tends to remain in force far longer than necessary. People get busy and don’t have time to declassify.
In compilations of say a daily intelligence report, few people have the knowledge to declassify it.
Attempts to declassify present a possible security risk.
Yes, they did.
Very interesting to read it from Trump’s side. The media will never show it.
Mr. President:
You have six classified items that probably need to go back into the safes.
White House document security
$10 UNCLASSIFIED stamp
$5 ink paid
$2 ball point pen
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