W. Niederhut Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Fox News Coverage of Hillary vs. Trump 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 From Newsweek: "Both senior government officials say the raid was scheduled with no political motive, the FBI solely intent on recovering highly classified documents that were illegally removed from the White House. Preparations to conduct such an operation began weeks ago, but in planning the date and time, the FBI Miami Field Office and Washington headquarters were focused on the former president's scheduled return to Florida from his residences in New York and New Jersey." .... The act, and concerns about the illegal possession of classified "national defense information" are the bases for the search warrant, according to the two sources. The raid had nothing to do with the January 6 investigation or any other alleged wrongdoing by the former president." ---30--- So, I guess the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago will be the 100-megaton bombshell...that was another dud. It has nothing to do with the Jan. 6 Cheney-crat hearings. There is always another act to the Trump political theater. I see now why saner minds are taken aback by the armed FBI raid. It was not to uncover evidence of a crime. It was to retrieve government records? Paper records? The word is no prosecution will stem from the raid. If true, the raid has the optics of persecution. Latest word is that AG Merrick Garland did not OK the raid, nor President Joe Biden. It was a surprise to them. That is the public story line. Evidently, FBI Chief Wray independently ordered the raid. So...who is running the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 7 hours ago, Douglas Caddy said: HA! Where do you find these hilarious pieces DC? Appreciate the occasional light humor stuff to balance the heavy and dispiriting seriousness of it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Allison Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Normally, ex-Presidents have security clearance and are even sent NASEC briefings. For pretty obvious reasons, after Trump's ignominious exit from the Presidency, he was NOT granted a security clearance. That fact plays no small role in Monday's search of Mar a Lago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 21 minutes ago, Matt Allison said: Normally, ex-Presidents have security clearance and are even sent NASEC briefings. For pretty obvious reasons, after Trump's ignominious exit from the Presidency, he was NOT granted a security clearance. That fact plays no small role in Monday's search of Mar a Lago. Can you elaborate Matt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Allison Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, Ron Bulman said: Can you elaborate Matt? Trump is considered a security risk. Jay Bratt, who heads the DOJ division described below, was on-site during the search on Monday, and had been involved prior to Monday in the attempts to repatriate the documents. IMO, for Jay Bratt to be that closely involved, means we are talking about very serious stuff. Counterintelligence and Export Control Section The Counterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES) supervises the investigation and prosecution of cases affecting national security, foreign relations, and the export of military and strategic commodities and technology. The Section has executive responsibility for authorizing the prosecution of cases under criminal statutes relating to espionage, sabotage, neutrality, and atomic energy. It provides legal advice to U.S. Attorney's Offices and investigative agencies on all matters within its area of responsibility, which includes 88 federal statutes affecting national security. It also coordinates criminal cases involving the application of the Classified Information Procedures Act. In addition, the Section administers and enforces the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 and related disclosure statutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy73pk/fbi-warrant-judge-reinhart-doxxed "Far-right extremists on pro-Donald Trump message boards and social networks are making violent, antisemitic threats against the judge who reportedly signed the warrant that allowed the FBI to search the former president's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. Multiple members of these toxic online communities are even posting what appears to be Judge Bruce Reinhart’s home address, phone numbers, and names of his family members alongside threats of extreme violence. “This is the piece of dooky judge who approved FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago,” a user wrote on the pro-Trump message board formerly known as TheDonald. “I see a rope around his neck.” Responding, another user wrote: “Idgaf [I don’t give a xxxx] anymore. Name? Address? Put that dooky all up on here.” Moments later, a different member replied with what appears to be Reinhart’s current address, phone numbers, previous addresses, and names of possible relatives." Let's find out if he has children... where they go to school, where they live... EVERYTHING,” one person wrote on a message board where the judge’s address was posted." Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Carpenter Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 5 hours ago, Matt Allison said: Normally, ex-Presidents have security clearance and are even sent NASEC briefings. For pretty obvious reasons, after Trump's ignominious exit from the Presidency, he was NOT granted a security clearance. That fact plays no small role in Monday's search of Mar a Lago. I haven't heard he was denied a security clearance. Can you point me towards this info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 https://www.newsweek.com/mar-lago-raid-sparks-understandable-suspicions-opinion-1732545 Interesting op-ed. And yes, police agencies always have to justify raids, promptly and transparently. You may like dislike Trump, or Biden, but the public has the right to know why a police raid took place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 You can trust Donald Trump. He's a man of his word. Under oath, he pledged 440 times that he wouldn't say anything that would incriminate himself. And he didn't. So there. Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) Now that the FBI and U.S. Attorney have the classified documents stolen by Trump when he moved out of the White House, the next step will be to subpoena him to appear before the federal grand jury that has been investigating the theft since April. Edited August 11, 2022 by Douglas Caddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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W. Niederhut Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 12 hours ago, W. Niederhut said: Fox News Coverage of Hillary vs. Trump 🤪 People should take a minute to watch this brief clip of the Fox News coverage of the Hillary Email-gate nothing burger, including condemnations of Hillary's legal use of a private Email server by Mike Pence and Ted Cruz. Compare and contrast this with the angry rabble rousing by the Fox/GOP pundits about the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. What Ben Cole, Marc Thiessen and the MAGA-verse pundits probably don't remember is that Hillary's use of a secure, private Email server as Secretary of State from 2009-13 was legal at the time. Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice had also used private servers at State. Repubs said nothing. Secondly, Trump signed a law in 2018 making the mishandling of classified documents a felony. Then he deliberately broke his own law. Here are two references for Ben about his Marc Thiessen MAGA-spam. Why the Trump search warrant is nothing like Hillary's emails - POLITICO GOP Suddenly Flip-Flops on Handling Classified Info (politicalwire.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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