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Prosecutors: Docs in boxes seized from Mar-a-Lago were inadvertently jumbled
Politico ^ | May 3, 2024 | Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney

Posted on 05/04/2024 6:08:23 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team acknowledged Friday that some evidence in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for hoarding classified documents at his Florida home may not be in the same sequence FBI agents found it when they swept into the Mar-a-Lago compound with a search warrant in August 2022.

The concession from prosecutors in a court filing Friday afternoon came after attorneys for one of Trump’s co-defendants asked for a delay in the case because the defense lawyers were having trouble determining precisely where particular documents had come from in the 33 boxes the FBI seized almost two years ago.

In their filing, prosecutors acknowledged the government had previously — and incorrectly — told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that the boxes remained “in their original, intact form as seized,” other than a decision to replace classified documents with placeholder sheets. That depiction, the prosecutors conceded, is “inconsistent” with their current understanding that some of the documents are not now in the same order as they appear in digital scans of the records that were made in the fall of 2022 after Cannon ordered an unusual process to review whether the FBI may have seized legally privileged records.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 202208; classified; classifieddocuments; documents; doj; evidence; executiveprivilege; fbiraid; incompetence; jumbleddocuments; jumbledevidence; lawfare; maralago; maralagoraid; necktiepartyforjerk; tampering; trump
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The comes a time where the judge needs to say enough is enough, the government needs to be held to a higher standard especially when doing unprecedented prosecutions. Moreso if the DOJ lets others skate for essentially the same thing.
1 posted on 05/04/2024 6:08:23 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The judge is following orders.


2 posted on 05/04/2024 6:10:07 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“inadvertently jumbled” is fbispeak for “rifles through”. that’s all.


3 posted on 05/04/2024 6:10:43 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star n )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Yeah, inadvertently. Yeah that’s the ticket.


4 posted on 05/04/2024 6:12:04 AM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: aynrandfreak

Judge is biding her time. This case is toast. She is allowing the prosecution to embarrass themselves further.


5 posted on 05/04/2024 6:13:09 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“ lets others skate for essentially the same thing.”

Em .. what same thing?

What do you say Trump did wrong. Exactly


6 posted on 05/04/2024 6:13:52 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Qwapisking

Rifling through. Who does that?


7 posted on 05/04/2024 6:14:33 AM PDT by stanne
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To: aynrandfreak

Jack is just doing what obozo directed, maybe Jack sold some files to China.


8 posted on 05/04/2024 6:16:13 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Chain of evidence is completely destroyed. This judge should stop this mess NOW.


9 posted on 05/04/2024 6:17:05 AM PDT by Judge Bean
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To: Qwapisking

broken chain of custody....switcheroo

Prove that evidence was not tampered with...

Dismiss this case with prejudice.


10 posted on 05/04/2024 6:17:13 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Qwapisking

Took Melania’s underwear (and probably Trump’s son’s also).


11 posted on 05/04/2024 6:18:48 AM PDT by Judge Bean
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To: Qwapisking

What are they hiding? What have they removed? What have they destroyed?


12 posted on 05/04/2024 6:18:58 AM PDT by MMusson
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To: ptsal

Agree.


13 posted on 05/04/2024 6:21:34 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Nothing is inadvertent when discussing the evidence regarding President Trump. If Smith can’t be careful with this, all of the evidence questionable.


14 posted on 05/04/2024 6:21:54 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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“..after Cannon ordered an unusual process to review whether the FBI may have seized legally privileged records.”

Unusual my ass Politico.


15 posted on 05/04/2024 6:22:45 AM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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Murder cases have been tossed for crap like this.

L


16 posted on 05/04/2024 6:23:08 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

No doubt planting evidence; lying to judge and defense team.


17 posted on 05/04/2024 6:23:33 AM PDT by Hattie
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“Inadvertantly jumbled” is also corrupt FBI speak for “planting evidence” so I would NEVER trust it.


18 posted on 05/04/2024 6:27:02 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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Especially since we found out the government demanded in August 2021 to pick up a bunch of boxes. How do we know if maybe those documents were planted in the August boxes. Now that they are “jumbled” there is no way to prove anything.


19 posted on 05/04/2024 6:31:36 AM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore…)
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Oops.? is that bad? were we not supposed to do that?

Nobody told us not to do that. if someone had mentioned it, we would definitely not have done that.

Someone should have told us not to do that.

Whos supposed to tell us not the do that? who is that person?

20 posted on 05/04/2024 6:34:31 AM PDT by Ikeon (My only issues with stupid people are, they encouraged to talk and post stupid opinions.. )
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