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To: CA Conservative

Let’s go with your argument. Nowhere in the indictment do the prosecutors identify which box/es in the photos contained the alleged classified documents, (some had no classification markings according to the indictment).

So what is the purpose of the photos? Are they inferring that the documents were contained in those boxes or is it inferring that this is how all documents were handled by Trump’s people?

My understanding is that all the documents found during the various searches, (Trump attorneys and the FBI), were located in his office and the locked storeroom, thus the photos of the ballroom and the bathroom are only there for prejudicial purposes.

The first fight for Trump’s team is to have any photos of and references to boxes in any location that is not tied directly to any of the documents that are identified in the indictment, declared off limit to be shown/presented to the jury, (prejudicial and not proven/alleged to be associated with the charged offenses). That may require Smith’s team to have to file an amended indictment removing the photos and any mentions of the ballroom and bathroom.

Keep in mind that Smith must know where the box/es were found and in which box/es the documents which are the subject of the indictment were located, (unless the FBI was so sloppy that they did not document the location of the found documents at the time of the search). When, while doing a search, evidence is found the standard procedure is to immediately photograph it and where it was found so that chain of custody is established.


42 posted on 06/14/2023 10:50:42 PM PDT by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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To: usnavy_cop_retired

The indictment does not specify where the classified documents found during the raid were located.

I’m sure the point of the pictures is to establish a recklessness in handling the documents.


45 posted on 06/14/2023 10:58:06 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I am free at last!)
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