Steve Thomas

Matt, I think the leak of this document was a deliberate ploy to offset the Special Master business. “...according to The Washington Post, who first reported on the nuclear documents Tuesday night. The publication cited “people familiar with the search,” who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “Only the president, some members of his Cabinet or a near-Cabinet-level official could authorize other government officials to know details of these special-access programs,” the source said, revealing that special clearances are required to obtain such documents, and “not just top-secret clearance.” The two sides are supposed to jointly propose a "Special Master" to the judge. Who is the Trump Team going to propose that has these kind of credentials? Will that person be acceptable to the Intelligence Community or to President Biden? If they can't agree, who will the judge appoint? Rudy Giuiliani? John Eastman? Mike Flynn? Steve Bannon? And what are they going to do if this "Special Master" says, I want to look at this particular document and the FBI says, "No." Is the judge going start arresting FBI agents and on up the chain all the way to President Biden? The FBI has had this document for three weeks. Why leak it now? I think it's being used to demonstrate that the idea of a Special Master is unworkable. Steve Thomas

The networks keep playing up the fact that these highly secret, compartmentalized documents were laying around in Florida, while Trump went north to New Jersey for the summer. If this keeps on going, Donald Trump is going to go down in history as a big a traitor as Benedict Arnold or James Wilkinson. Steve Thomas

How about this? Donald Trump can't run for President in 2024. The 22nd Amendment limits a person to two terms of office as President. Since he won in 2016 and really, really (pinky swear) won the election in 2020, he's served his two terms. He can't run again. Steve Thomas

https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-releases/judge-removes-couy-griffin-from-office-for-engaging-in-the-january-6-insurrection/ SANTA FE — A New Mexico judge ordered Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin be removed from office, effective immediately, ruling that the attack on the Capitol was an insurrection and that Griffin’s participation in it disqualified him under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. This decision marks the first time since 1869 that a court has disqualified a public official under Section 3, and the first time that any court has ruled the events of January 6, 2021 an insurrection. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the Disqualification Clause, bars any person from holding federal or state office who took an “oath…to support the Constitution of the United States” as an “officer of any State” and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” or gave “aid or comfort” to insurrectionists. Griffin, as an Otero County Commissioner since January 2019, took an oath to “support and uphold the Constitution and laws of the State of New Mexico, and the Constitution of the United States.” Finally. Steve Thomas

In furtherance of their investigation into Donald Trump's violation of the Emoluments Clause to the Constitution, Congress has expressed an interest in the number of "Gift Items" found at Mar-a-Lago. Steve Thomas

- Donald Trump - He said: "It was not just my home that was raided last month. It was the hopes and dreams of every citizen who I've been fighting for since the moment I came down the golden escalator in 2015, wanting to represent the people." This is the 4th or 5th time I've heard him say he descended the "golden escalator" from on high. I'm getting the willie's. Steve Thomas

Open Letter to President Trump from Oathkeepers Founder Stewart Rhodes and Kellye SoRelle December 18, 2020 http://www.paulstramer.net/2020/12/open-letter-to-president-trump-from.html We urge you to do the following simultaneously as both the chief law enforcement officer of the nation, and as the commander in Chief: 1. INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT: Issue a Presidential Proclamation, directly invoking the Insurrection Act, declaring an insurrection, rebellion, and coup to be in effect by domestic enemies of the U.S. Constitution and traitors who are in collusion with and/or acting as agents of a foreign enemy (specifically Communist China, but also other known or unknown foreign enemies) and to call up the militia (including the National Guard, us veterans, and patriotic Americans of military age) and US military to suppress the insurrection. That proclamation should declare that domestic traitors have conspired with a foreign enemy, specifically Communist China, and have been either bribed or blackmailed by that enemy, and together they have subverted our electoral system from top to bottom to rig elections at every level, and to steal elections with the intent of overthrowing our Constitution and our way of life. A. Order the data seized: B. Order a mass declassification of the dirty secrets: C. Within all that data will be the evidence needed to expose the vote fraud D. Order a massive public “Wikileaks” style data-dump E. Pardon and free Julian Assange F. Fire Barr and remove him from office immediately (UPDATE: G. Appoint a special prosecutor and task force. H. Fire Wray and put a patriot in place as FBI Director 2. Order the U.S. Military to go to Defcon 2, or even Defcon 1, to defend our nation from external threats while we suppress this internal insurrection. 3. Call the militia into federal service. 4. CONDUCT A CLEAN ELECTION. There is no way out but through. And we will NOT submit to a Chicom puppet regime. You must stand tall and use your constitutional powers to fight this war against enemies foreign and domestic while you are still President and Commander-in-Chief. If you fail to do so, we the people will have to fight a bloody revolution/civil war to throw off an illegitimate deep state/Chinese puppet regime. Know this: millions of American military and law enforcement veterans, and many millions more loyal patriotic American gun owners stand ready to answer your call to arms, and to obey your orders to get this done. Stewart Rhodes Yale Law 04 Kellye SoRelle Texas attorney and former prosecutor (December 18th was also the day that Flynn, Powell and Byrne met with Trump in the White House for six hours trying to get him to have the military seize all the voting machines in the country and appoint Sydney Powell as a Special Prosecutor). Steve Thomas

“WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the Justice Department on Friday. “ “The inventory shows that 43 empty folders with classified banners were taken from a box or container at the office, along with an additional 28 empty folders labeled as “Return to Staff Secretary” or military aide. Empty folders of that nature were also found in a storage closet.” “It is not clear from the inventory list why any of the folders were empty or what might have happened to any of the documents inside.” That stuff could be anywhere in the world by now. This is beyond scary. Steve Thomas

Kirk, Dan Rather says the worst crime committed at Mar-Lago is the carpet. Steve Thomas

-Mr. Orange Head - "And then they deceptively put out that picture," he said of a photo provided by the DOJ in a court filing. "People think that when you walk into my office, I have confidential documents or whatever it may be -- all declassified -- but I have confidential documents spread out all over my floor, like a slob, like I'm sitting there reading these documents all day long or somebody else would be." oh? And just who might that be Mr. Orange Head? Steve Thomas

Russian Oil Executive Falls Out Of Hospital Window And Dies, Reports Say https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russian-lukoil-oil-executive-dies_n_63109b1ce4b063d5e6223887 MOSCOW (AP) — “The chairman of the board of Russia’s largest private oil company Lukoil has died with Russian news agencies on Thursday citing sources saying that he had fallen from a hospital window in what may have been a suicide.” “Lukoil was one of a few Russian companies to publicly call for an end to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, calling in March for the “immediate cessation of the armed conflict.” Gee. What a coincidence. He was standing there, and he just fell right out the window... Steve Thomas

Denis, If there was a Mauser; and, If the police took pictures of it; and, If those pictures are missing; then, They probably went to the same place as the list of Texas Theater patrons and the list of the license plates of cars parked behind the grassy knoll. Steve Thomas

Joe, From page 8 of those Exhibits: "The Assistant Attorney General has advised me that there is no precedent for an assertion of executive privilege by a former President against an incumbent President to prevent the latter from obtaining from NARA Presidential records belonging to the Federal Government where "such records contain information that is needed for the conduct of current business of the incumbent President's office and that is not otherwise available." 44 U.S.C. § 2205(2)(B)" Those records are one of a kind. There are no copies. (Unless they are digitized somewhere that we don't know about). It was all about sabotaging Biden's Administration (although, if you could make a little money on the side, so much the better). Steve Thomas

This is why Trump had to get a new lawyer: ATTACHMENT E I hereby certify as follows: 1. I have been designated to serve as Custodian of Records for The Office of Donald J. Trwnp, for purposes of the testimony and documents subject to subpoena #GJ20222042790054. 2. I understand that this certification is made to comply with the subpoena, in lieu of a personal appearance and testimony. 3. Based upon the information that has been provided to me, I am authorized to certify, on behalf of the Office of Donald J. Trump, the following: a. A diligent search was conducted of the boxes that were moved from the White House to Florida; b. This search was conducted after receipt of the subpoena, in order to locate any and all documents that are responsive to the subpoena; c. Any and all responsive docwnents accompany this certification; and d. No copy, written notation, or reproduction of any kind was retained as to any responsive document. I swear or affirm that the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Dated: June 3, 2022 - REDACTED - Who provided that information to Trump's lawyers? You can't be a witness against your client at the same time you are the defense counsel for your client. Trump's lawyers need lawyers. Steve Thomas

The devil is in the details. Go to this web page: https://www.rawstory.com/doj-special-master-response/ and click on the 18 pages of Exhibits. Go to page 8 of the 18 pages in Attachment B. Trump was trying to exert Executive Privilege over the current incumbent President to prevent the current functioning of government. PS: Look at the list of Classified documents on page 11. It will blow you away. Steve Thomas

A lot of people have been asking why Trump would have taken and kept National Security Classified documents home with him. Some have suggested it was for blackmail or extortion or for just plain old pecuniary reasons. A lot was written at the time about the Trump Transition Team's refusal to cooperate with the Biden Transition Team in the peaceful transfer of power and handing over the reins of government. I think a lot of it was an effort by Team Trump to hamstring the Biden government. by denying them the information they would need to effectively govern. Steve Thomas

Republican Party refusing to pay Trump's legal bills over Mar-a-Lago documents scandal: report by Sarah K. Burris August 30, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-paying-legal-fees-now/ “ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl wrote in his post-Donald Trump administration book that on Jan. 20, as Trump was flying from the White House for the final time, he spoke to the head of the Republican Party and threatened to start his own party. RNC chair Ronna Romney McDaniel reportedly told Trump that if he started a third party that the RNC would stop paying his legal bills, which were costing the party millions. Politico reported Tuesday, however, that that decision has ended. According to the report, any legal fees having to do with Trump's retention of government documents is not being paid by the RNC.” That might explain the Orange Head's recent meltdown on social media. Steve Thomas

Trump's followers are delusional and dangerous — but don't call them hypocrites bu Chauncey Devega, Salon August 30, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supporters-2657964391/ “It's important to understand that Trump's followers and voters love him because of his wrongdoing and disregard for the rule of law and democracy, not despite those things.” “For Trump's followers, anything and everything he does amounts to "fighting for people like them" and defending "their values" — those of "real America" — against the imagined enemy of the moment, whether that is "wokeness," the Black Lives Matter movement, LGBTQ equality, Muslims, immigrants or something else. Trump's followers and other neofascists do not simply reject the concept that rule of law should apply to all people equally; rather, they understand the law as a weapon they can use to impose their will on others. Such logic is a defining feature of fascism.” “At Donald Trump's rallies, he has many times recited a poem about a poisonous snake that a woman invites into her home when she finds it freezing outside on a cold night. Once revived, the snake bites her. "Why would you do that," she wails, "when I just saved your life?" The snake replies, "You knew what I was when you took me in." Trump uses this fable to serve his own purposes, but its real meaning is clear: He is that snake. Like other demagogues and would-be tyrants, Trump has no use for anyone but himself. If we know anything about him, we know that at some point he will turn against even his most adoring followers and most loyal members of his inner circle. Whenever Trump believes it convenient or necessary, they will become the new enemy. It is a small, faint comfort of history that those who support fascism and other forms of political evil are eventually devoured by the machine and madness they helped to feed, nurture and protect. Unfortunately, that fascist beast, be it here in America or in other parts of the world at other times, consumes the innocent and the good before it feasts on its own people and caretakers.” Everything that Donald Trump touches, dies. Steve Thomas

Matt, And the Orange Head was so happy to share: Trump sets off alarm bells after sharing Truth Social warning of 'riots in the streets' by Igor Derysh, Salon August 29, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-sets-off-alarm-bells-after-sharing-truth-social-warning-of-riots-in-the-streets/ “Former President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a video on his struggling Twitter knockoff Truth Social of Sen. Linsey Graham, R-S.C., warning of "riots" in the streets if he is indicted. Graham issued the warning during an interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy, a former Republican congressman, days after a partially redacted FBI affidavit revealed that investigators had probable cause to believe Trump violated laws related to classified documents, record preservation and obstruction of justice. "If there is a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the Clinton debacle… there'll be riots in the streets," Graham told Gowdy, who led the infamous House GOP Benghazi hearings.” "Trump shared the video of Graham warning of "riots" on Truth Social shortly after the interview." Steve Thomas

Gil, I have always been fascinated with this part of Wlather's report: This is so totally at odds with what Hosty described as his experience with Ruth Paine. https://www.jfk-assassination.net/russ/testimony/hosty.htm Mr. HOSTY. The next day was the 1st of November. I worked in the Fort Worth area in the morning and on my way back from the Fort Worth area at approximately 2:30 p.m., I stopped at the residence of Mrs. Ruth Paine, 2515 West Fifth Street, and identified myself as a special agent of the FBI, I then told her the purpose of my visit, that I was interested in locating the whereabouts of Lee Oswald. I asked her if she knew where he worked. After a moment's hesitation, she told me that he worked at the Texas School Book Depository near the downtown area of Dallas. She didn't have the exact address, and it is my recollection that we went to the phone book and looked it up, found it to be 411 Elm Street. Mr. STERN. You looked it up while you were there? Mr. HOSTY. Yes; that is my recollection that we looked it up in her telephone book to show it at 411 Elm Street, Dallas, Tex. She told me at this time that she did not know where he was living, but she thought she could find out and she would let me know. Mr. STERN. Anything else about your interview with Mrs. Paine? Mr. HOSTY. Yes; after Mrs. Paine told me that she would try to find out where Lee Oswald was living, I then gave her my name and telephone number. Mr. STERN. Mr. Hosty, at your interview on November 1 with Mrs. Paine, do you recall whether you asked her whether there was any telephone number that she knew of where Lee Harvey Oswald could be reached? Mr. HOSTY. No, sir; I didn't ask her about a telephone number; no, sir. Mr. STERN. And she didn't tell you? Mr. HOSTY. She didn't volunteer. She told me she did not know where he lived. Mr. HOSTY. Yes. Then on the 5th of November, I was on my way to the Fort Worth area, and stopped at Mrs. Paine's very briefly. We went to the front porch. I rang the bell, talked to Mrs. Paine, at which time she advised me that Lee Oswald had been out to visit her, visit his wife, at her house over the Weekend, but she had still not determined where he was living in Dallas, I didn't ask, and she didn't volunteer. Defies belief. Steve Thomas

The FBI has had to issue terror alerts and warnings of violence against its employees. Then the IRS. Then ordinary election workers. Now it's employees of the National Archives. Librarians for Christ's sake! How long are we going to be held hostage by this Mafia gangster? Steve Thomas

Explosive report claims a phony Rothschild heiress infiltrated Mar-a-Lago and Trump’s inner circle by Brad Reed August 26, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mar-a-lago-spies/ “An explosive new report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette claims that the FBI is investigating a Russian-speaking Ukrainian immigrant named Inna Yashchyshyn who allegedly gained repeated access to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort under a fake identity.” “The partner testified in a court affidavit that Yashchyshyn used "her fake identity as Anna de Rothschild to gain access to and build relationships with U.S. politician[s], including but not limited to Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, and Eric Greitens." In fact, there is even a photo of Yashchyshyn at Mar-a-Lago standing on the golf course with both Trump and Graham.” “Nonetheless, the FBI is still investigating her as a potential foreign intelligence threat. Charles Marino, a former Secret Service supervisor, tells the paper that "the question is was it a fraud or an intelligence threat,” and then added that "the fact that we are asking this question is a problem." And, so it begins. Steve Thomas

So sayeth the Founder of Trump University. Steve Thomas

Trump's Truth Social 'in significant disarray' as vendor accuses platform of stiffing them out of $1.6 million: report by Sky Palma https://www.rawstory.com/truth-social-2657943109/ “RightForge accuses Truth Social of reneging on its "contractually obligated monthly payments" for setting up the platform’s online infrastructure, sources tell Fox Business. The company also says Truth Social made just three payments and ceased making payments since around March. RightForge says Truth Social now owes $1.6 million and is threatening legal action.” He just can't help himself. Steve Thomas

A guy attacked the FBI office in Chicago, IL, He jumped the fence and started throwing rocks at the building. I'm pretty sure he was heard to say, "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!", but I can't be sure. Steve Thomas