Posted on 10/12/2022 8:08:02 PM PDT by bitt
Another day, another leak to the Washington Post.
A Trump employee told the FBI they moved boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago on the former president’s orders, according to the Washington Post.
Apparently only Trump isn’t allowed to take possession of his own presidential records.
Barack Obama was never harassed or accused of violating the Espionage Act for storing highly classified documents at a warehouse.
According to The Post, the claim from Trump’s worker is corroborated by security footage.
Trump’s worker was told to move the boxes after the former president received a subpoena in May for classified documents.
According to WaPo, this worker initially denied handling Trump’s documents, but in the second interview with the feds, they admitted they moved some boxes for Trump.
This unidentified worker is now a key witness in the Mar-a-Lago investigation.
Trump’s spox Taylor Budowich blasted Joe Biden’s corrupt Justice Department in a statement to the Washington Post.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/12/maralago-witness-trump-boxes-moved/
(haha, the wapo places this article under “NATIONAL SECURITY”, LOL)
Moved from where to where?
Doesn’t matter, but the obfuscation is deliberate.
Oh, our patriotic FBI leaking to advance the DemocRAT’s interests again.
We’re so lucky to have the FBI. /sarc
but but what was his ‘state of mind’?
there is your chargeable offense
I wish people would do just five minutes of independent research about Obama’s papers. The comparison just makes Trump look like an idiot.
Apparently only Trump isn’t allowed to take possession of his own presidential records. >>>>>>
Of cpooyrse he can’t have them because they prove beyond any doubt who was behind the Russia Hoax and bogus Operatio crossfire Hurricane. And they can be used as evidence in court since they are declassified.
Therefore the Deep State is going clear ape shit.
Not hard for your average American to figure out.
Whats the fuss? They broke the law with the Russia Hoax and now some people will have to pay the piper.
My GAS meter is broken.
Drowns out coverage of the FBI bribery scandal revealed in the trial of Christopher Steele’s Russian source.
Yes and the secretly recorded conversations in Bill Clinton’s sock drawer make this entire episode look idiotic to begin with.
What exactly is the story here? The Secret service is with Trump all the time and would be aware of subpoenas being served at Mara Largo. This is very selective story editing from the DoJ as it really is a non story. The is nothing here they says Trump in anyway impeded the investigation and it does not say where the boxes where moved to. Just trying to change the narrative from making the Doj look political which won’t work. See Bill Clinton’s sock drawer conversations which where definitely hid from the National Archives
Trial by Fibbing and Leaking ... to the front page.
The FBI was going to pay Steele $1 million to backup the dossier....
How much did they pay this “leaker”?
Did the FBI offer one million dollars for the story? Just asking for a former friend who now is a bitter enemy, living at........
Uh, President Trump was supposed to be reviewing these documents in these boxes during this time to determine which were privileged, personal, attorney client work product, archives to be returned, etc.
Now where would Trump do this document review? A: Comfortable in his home office in his residence, B: sitting on the floor in the storage closet in the basement spreading documents out around him, C: on the Mar-A-Lago dining room table, involving guests as a game night exercise, or D: out by the pool deck, in between laps to abate the ennui of bureaucratese caused by reading Bull Crat?
Hint, as anyone, absolutely anyone, with a smidge of common business sense knows, it’s not B, C, or D… I’m talking to you dunces in the DOJ, FBI, and the MSM!
Now, would Billionaire Business Tycoon and former President of the United State, at age 76, schlep these boxes of Presidential documents and memorabilia to whichever venue A, B, C, or D, he’s decided use in which to review and sort, or would he ask an employee on his staff to do the heavy lifting schlepping? And, seeing as how these boxes and documents DO contain sensitive data which is supposed to be kept secure, would it not be important to have the movement of those documents kept quiet from those who don’t need to know, especially if they get put back, which is the most likely scenario.
In other words, Trump having an employee move these boxes is absolutely within the scope of what the DOJ requested he must do to comply with their subpoena… it cannot be done without moving them. Their request was they be “safely and securely stored” is incompatible with reviewing them unless those same documents can be moved from storage for review by people authorized to do that task.
No ulterior motives here except in the projection from the mindset of people with Trump Derangement Syndrome who do have ulterior motives.
Here is a great article re: Mar a Largo raid. Amazing how when Bill Clinton and Obama (who kept docs in an UNSECURED WAREHOUSE for 2 years) kept Pres documents no one raided THEIR homes FTA:
The 2012 case arose when the organization Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit seeking Clinton’s documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Litigation ensued to pressure the National Archives into retrieving the materials. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that control over presidential records rests squarely in the hands of a former president:
“The National Archives does not have the authority to designate materials as ‘presidential records.’ It lacks any right, duty, or means to seize control of them.”
The judge adopted the very argument made in court by the Justice Department:
“(Seizing the records) is an ‘extraordinary request’ that is ‘unfounded, contrary to the Presidential Records Act’s express terms, and contrary to the traditional principles of administrative law’.
The FBI did not raid Clinton’s home to reclaim records. Nor did the FBI raid former president Barack Obama’s unsecured warehouse where he stored classified documents for the better part of two years. Lawless raids only happen to Republicans.
The Clinton case is instructive on several levels.
First, not only does it establish the right of a former president to designate what constitutes presidential records, but it also grants him the right under law to maintain control over what he deems to be personal records accrued during his term in office. Second, the case also recognizes the sole discretion of a president to segregate and dispose of records.
Finally, Judge Jackson’s opinion reinforces the constraints on the National Archives and the Justice Department. Their ability to retrieve documents is limited to a civil action, not criminal seizure.
How come we never about Biden, Obama, Clinton, et al Democrat leaks from the DOJ? Must be a coincidence. . .
Sounds like a real credible witness. The phrase is “prior inconsistent statements.” Probably threatened and then told them what they wanted to hear.
There are/were so many moles and/or backstabbers working for Trump. How come no one reported on actual wrongdoings committed by Obama or Clinton?
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