The harder Donald Trump whines about the raid on Mar-A-Lago, the worse he makes it for himself in the public eye.
13.08.2022 - 03:31 / perezhilton.com
Man, some days the wheels of justice move so slowly you can’t even tell if the engine is on. Some weeks, though, the wheels spin so fast it’s like you’re watching a Fast & Furious movie. Only the crimes are even more outrageous.
The week began with the shocking news that the FBI had executed a search warrant at Donald Trump‘s Mar-A-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. He and his flunkies have come out swinging at the federal government, comparing the raid to the unlawful political persecution you’d find in an authoritarian regime (you know, the kind Trump has consistently praised throughout his political career). They said it was over nothing — and after the National Archives got involved, making it clear this was about documents Trump had taken from the White House, Trump’s people downplayed it even more. Just some documents? Who cares about that, right?
Cue the “Lock Her Up” chants…
Trump claimed the FBI’s warrant was being kept from the public because it was so illegitimate. That was his big defense. Of course, he was lying — he had copies of the warrant, he could have just shown everyone himself. There was a reason he chose not to.
Attorney General Merrick Garland knew all this and called his bluff on Thursday, agreeing to unseal the search warrant. On Friday, a judge signed off, and it became public — and things got so much worse for the ex-President than most of us expected.
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The whole thing has been unsealed, and it you’re a particularly legal-minded reader, you can check it out for yourself HERE. But we’ll do our best to give you the highlights…
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1 What Was Siezed 2 What Charges Trump Could Face 3 Worst Case Scenario 4 BTW,The harder Donald Trump whines about the raid on Mar-A-Lago, the worse he makes it for himself in the public eye.
massive court filing Tuesday night, the Department of Justice said its search of Donald Trump’s Florida residence earlier this month came in response to evidence that the former president had taken steps to conceal his illegal possession of classified documents. In doing so, the filing said, Trump defied a grand jury subpoena and “likely” attempted to obstruct the investigation.In the filing, Justice Department counterintelligence head Jay Bratt wrote that there was “evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the Storage Room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation.”Despite sworn denials from Trump’s lawyers, the filing said, several of the boxes recovered in the August search of Mar-a-Lago contained “highly classified records” and investigators “identified items marked as classified national security information, up to the level of Top Secret.”The filing also includes a photograph taken at the scene that clearly shows a large number of documents marked top secret that were in Trump’s possession.
Donald Trump got exactly what he was demanding, as usual — the Justice Department on Friday released to the public the affidavit used to get the warrant to raid Mar-A-Lago.
the affidavit in support of a search conducted Aug. 8 at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, showing that after classified documents were found in boxes he handed over voluntarily, the Justice Department suspected there were more at his Florida residence.The DOJ was unsuccessful in keeping the document under seal, but a federal judge allowed the department to heavily redact its contents to protect the identities of agents and potential witnesses.New details from the affidavit were scant.
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The saga of the Don continues…
raid of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property during Thursday’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” segment, which was guest hosted by Brian Kilmeade.The image contains a superimposed head of Judge Bruce Reinhart attached to the body of Jeffrey Epstein, with Ghislaine Maxwell massaging Epstein’s feet.“This is the judge in charge of the, of the, of the, um, as you know, of the warrant,” Kilmeade said, repeating “of the uh” four times before continuing to his next thought. “We’ll see if he’s going to release it next — he likes Oreos and whiskey.”The bogus photo that Fox aired came from an image of Epstein getting a foot massage from Ghislaine Maxwell, where the altered pic of the judge was Photoshopped.The actual photo was released publicly during Maxwell’s trial.
Donald Trump wants the world to know why FBI agents raided Mar-a-Lago — and now it sounds like he’s going to get EXACTLY that!
You know how mobsters talk about the FBI in movies and TV shows? How it’s always, “They’re persecuting us” and “It’s all a conspiracy” and just so indignant? Meanwhile as the audience, we are just watching them straight-up commit every crime they’re accused of and more? Don’t know why we thought of that just now… Anyway, onto Donald Trump‘s response to the raid on Mar-A-Lago!
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