Posted on 01/18/2024 10:48:05 AM PST by bitt
In Florida trial involving classified documents, Donald Trump’s lawyers are seeking more information about a Department of Energy clearance list
Former president Donald Trump’s lawyers say they may use evidence suggesting that Trump had a high-level security clearance as recently as last year to bolster their defense that the former president was acting in “good-faith and non-criminal states of mind” when he took sensitive documents from the White House to his Florida residence after leaving office.
The revelation came in a legal filing late Tuesday night in which Trump’s attorneys urged Judge Aileen M. Cannon — who is overseeing Trump’s federal trial in Florida for allegedly mishandling classified documents — to force prosecutors to produce more information about the evidence they have about the former president. A “motion to compel discovery” is a standard part of pre-trial legal proceedings.
In the 65-page filing, Trump’s lawyers disclosed some of the defenses they plan to use in the case, one of four criminal trials Trump is facing. They asked for communication between prosecutors and the Biden administration, which they said could show that the indictment against Trump is politically motivated, and they argued that prosecutors must show more evidence that Trump damaged national security by possessing the documents.
Among the more specific possible defenses: Lawyers for Trump say he had an active security clearance years after leaving the White House, based on a government document from June 2023 that still listed him with a “Q” clearance from the Department of Energy. The document was dated a few weeks after prosecutors indicted Trump in the case. He faces 40 counts related to willful retention of national defense information; obstruction, withholding or altering of documents; and making false statements, and has pleaded not guilty.
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As VP Biden was not entitles to possess classified documents, so clearly Obama gave them to Biden.
But for what reason?
As president, he apparently takes what he wants (after consulting w/ Hunter, of course).
Trust Sessions! Trust Barr! Trust the plan! Krakken! Explosive news! And yet, here we are...
Make no mistake, Q is having the precise effect it was intended to have. It blows me away the # of people that still believe that garbage, even here on FR. I thought we had a higher intelligence level here, but I was mistaken. Worse yet, we have a weekly "Q" thread still. God help us all.
Trust the plan, man.
But for what reason?
Indeed Obama wouldn’t trust Biden with any thing.
Never underestimate how much Joe can f/u things.
B.O.
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