(I'm going to pass on commenting on this one as I've exhausted all my shot arguing with folks over at The American Conservative that John Eastman might not be the best commentator on this issue[1] and that by being selective about whom the law applies to [based on political expediency], they're emulating their favorite George Soros-backed progressive district and states' attorneys[2]. Of course, none of that is likely visible, as hiding comments from the unpaid hoi pollii is the New Hotness on "conservative" sites.)
"Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation."
"Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands."[1]
Waiting to hear more before jumping to any conclusions - this is an astonishing(!!!) story - but I didn't think that this could get any screwier.
Well written David and even better played by Merrick Garland. Nothing sweeter than seeing the orange guy put in a box and leveraged into debating whether to crap himself in public or in private. I know; he can plead the 5th regarding releasing the search warrant and related documents. He should be really freaking good at given his 400 plus performance yesterday.
Funny how all of those big guns who came out firing the other day have gone silent. How hard would it have been to just return the documents he stole (yes, i said stole, they weren't his to take)? Perhaps he just wanted to pass them out as party favors at the LIV golf tournaments being played at his courses. Imagine the excitement of sharing classified nuclear documents with the boys. What better way to endear his relationship with the Saudi's?
I do not know what the real facts are in this case but, having been in the business of securing cryptography, nuclear weapons authentication and top-secret communications, I'm pretty sure it was illegal to mishandle highly classified information in 1965 - at least under the UCMJ. If Trump is guilty, he should receive the same harsh punishment as Hillary and Sandy Berger and a number of other democrat political figures.
(I'm going to pass on commenting on this one as I've exhausted all my shot arguing with folks over at The American Conservative that John Eastman might not be the best commentator on this issue[1] and that by being selective about whom the law applies to [based on political expediency], they're emulating their favorite George Soros-backed progressive district and states' attorneys[2]. Of course, none of that is likely visible, as hiding comments from the unpaid hoi pollii is the New Hotness on "conservative" sites.)
[1] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-regime-wants-its-revenge/
[2] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-our-late-roman-moment/
Washington Post tonight:
"Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation."
"Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands."[1]
Waiting to hear more before jumping to any conclusions - this is an astonishing(!!!) story - but I didn't think that this could get any screwier.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/11/garland-trump-mar-a-lago/
And now we hear rumors that Trump may challenge unsealing the warrant. Because you can’t fundraise on the truth, only lies.
Well written David and even better played by Merrick Garland. Nothing sweeter than seeing the orange guy put in a box and leveraged into debating whether to crap himself in public or in private. I know; he can plead the 5th regarding releasing the search warrant and related documents. He should be really freaking good at given his 400 plus performance yesterday.
Funny how all of those big guns who came out firing the other day have gone silent. How hard would it have been to just return the documents he stole (yes, i said stole, they weren't his to take)? Perhaps he just wanted to pass them out as party favors at the LIV golf tournaments being played at his courses. Imagine the excitement of sharing classified nuclear documents with the boys. What better way to endear his relationship with the Saudi's?
Regardless:
https://twitter.com/Patterico/status/1557907233932918784?s=20&t=86sDRLYulwhbjKGNao_hmw
I do not know what the real facts are in this case but, having been in the business of securing cryptography, nuclear weapons authentication and top-secret communications, I'm pretty sure it was illegal to mishandle highly classified information in 1965 - at least under the UCMJ. If Trump is guilty, he should receive the same harsh punishment as Hillary and Sandy Berger and a number of other democrat political figures.