Posted on 07/31/2023 7:43:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
In a bombshell statement, Donald Trump accused the Biden Justice Department’s special counsel Jack Smith of prosecutorial misconduct for pushing false charges that the former president had deleted security tapes related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.
Smith last week issued three superseding indictments to the 37-counts already being pursued, adding one additional Espionage Act charge, stemming from Trump’s alleged willful retention of national defense information, and two additional counts of obstruction for allegedly attempting to delete surveillance footage at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump at the time blasted the move as blatant election interference, and in a series of Truth Social posts on Sunday said that the MAL security tapes had not been deleted. Trump torched Smith for dishing illegal and bogus leaks to a regime-friendly mainstream media.
“The Crooked Election Interference ‘Thugs’ from the DOJ, headed by the worst Thug of them all, Deranged Jack Smith, are now admitting that the Mar-a-Lago Security Tapes were NOT DELETED. That’s not what they were illegally leaking to the press,” Trump wrote.
“These guys should be prosecuted for MISCONDUCT. Also, whatever happened to Crooked Joe’s Documents? Where are the ones he sent and stored in Chinatown? Is Deranged Jack going to Indict him for this and, at the same time, receiving BRIBES FROM CHINA?”
Trump’s bombshell claim about the allegedly deleted tapes added critical context to previous reporting from Julie Kelly, who raised questions about the additional obstruction charge when the superseding indictment was filed.
Kelly noted that the DOJ had already admitted it has nine months of security footage from inside Mar-a-Lago, adding that Trump defense attorneys had told a judge that the “total footage equates to three years of video because of multiple cameras.”
Trump on Sunday emphatically stated that no security footage had been deleted.
“Same as the Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX,” he wrote. “They knowingly accuse you of a fake crime, a crime that they actually make up, you fight these false charges hard, and they try and get you on ‘obstruction.’ We are dealing with sick and evil people!”
Also we’re dealing with enemies of the Republic and We The People.
These are at Trump's private residence....big difference.
Good to hear this . The Hunter “ sneak a deal” in plain view shows that the cabal will practice the 3 D strategy .
Make up stuff then plant it with the MSM
The Deceive. Deny. Deflect techniques used by many shady lawyers and politicians
It’s HIS video, right? Maybe he should upload the files to a public server so everyone knows the truth.
The ‘tapes’ have already been turned over to Smith...........
So what if he deleted his own tapes. Like you said, they are HIS tapes. (Who uses tape anymore?)
They care more about these videos than Epsteins. Gee, I wonder why?
political persecutions are all about the process crime
Even if they were erased, was the erase utility Hillary approved, or did could have used hillary approved hammers like the ones they used on blackberries and hard drives
When the first occurred (raid on Mar-a- Lago) didn’t the FBI turn off the cameras and make Trumps attorneys go outside for a period of time. Seems to me this whole case of a mess of violations against Trump.
More of the reveal to wake the people up.
Trump evidently did read or understand the charge.
They did not say he deleted the tapes. They said that he told his staff to delete the tape. The staff did not do it.
Remember, Trump is in the same position as any other person standing at arraignment. They will tell all sorts of stories to defend their actions/inactions. If you have ever sat in a Superior or District Court, listening to the defendants you know what I mean.
Are these stories all false? Nope. But they are all put off until the trial.
I don’t believe much of what Trump says about this stuff. He will position himself to be as innocent as the low level drug dealer who says, “The drugs ain’t mine.”
He should keep his mouth shut and let his lawyers talk about the legal stuff.
Because the demand sent to him probably indicated that all electronic records must be maintained.
I wouldn’t doubt that he uses tape...he is a cheap guy. But in reality, people refer to videos in all forms as “tapes”. It is most likely on a hard drive.
Unless his security can show an established policy where all security video is deleted on a “regular basis” (ex. They delete them every rolling 30 days) he is screwed. And if he says this, it better apply to ALL of the video—not just this particular set of cameras.
I actually believe 100% of what Trump says about this stuff.
For all his zany antics, the guy has always had a habit of telling the truth about things that can be verified or refuted.
I think Trump’s adversaries are cold and calculating, not crazy.
They can be both.................
Wipe cleaned Who mean like with a cloth. Quote courtesy of Hlllary Clinton.
Jack Smith trying to pull off a he said he said with guilty stamp already on it.
His career is looking darker by the hour.
We are dealing with sick and evil people! Boy you got that right
Maybe you should work for Smith’s office. You would fit right in.
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