Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

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Boom.

The former President is under investigation for 793.

(And obstruction). pic.twitter.com/WXQCVObQK8

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 12, 2022

NEW via Breitbart: Trump under investigation per search warrant for:
18 USC 2071 — Concealment, removal or mutilation
18 USC 793 — Gathering, transmitting or losing defence information
18 USC 1519 — Destruction, alteration or falsification of records in Federal investigations

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) August 12, 2022

if's the ufo stuff

Someone should ask emptywheel if he is under investigation for violations of BOFA.

793 is apparently the espionage act.

For those following along at home, 793 is a main Espionage Act offense, 2071 is purloining government records, and 1519 is destroying or mutilating them. https://t.co/vxmyFb4tpc pic.twitter.com/TB0xhySPOV

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 12, 2022

Breitbart: The document, obtained and reviewed by Breitbart News, shows that the DOJ and FBI waited several days after Reinhart approved the warrant to conduct the raid, something that severely undercuts the talking points issued by Attorney General Merrick Garland in a public statement on Thursday

Early in the article, it admits 'nearly three full days' and then goes on to repeatedly say 'several days'

The first time I saw the judge referenced I thought they were talking about Judge Reinhold.

more breitbart: " ...seems to indicate that the judge did not think this is so serious that immediate or urgent action was needed..."

This will become a talking point: the judge didn't think it was very serious

let them talk.

he's not going to jail for ten years, more than likely, but this is definitely not a 'i can't wait to see Trump wriggle out of that one' scenario. if charges don't get filed, it'll be because they didn't find what they expect or the investigation didn't turn up what they thought, not because anybody leaned on them. Trump and conservative media is outright trying to get FBI agents murdered, I sincerely doubt any of them are going to show restraint.

he fucked up in a way he can't easily snap his fingers out of this time.

Breitbart breaking the story is literally the ep of South Park with Cartman showing the entire class the pic of him sticking his dick in Butters's mouth so he could get ahead of the story

lol

Y'know, fuckit, even if all that comes out of this is Trump being rendered ineligible to run for president again, I'll count it as a pretty major W.

Maybe the funniest breaking news article I've ever read https://t.co/7Eo0MtQK14 pic.twitter.com/YivbFJKr3h

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) August 12, 2022

“much of the public will judge how severe Trump's misconduct is based on how severe the consequences he will face are, not the other way around!”

No it’s worse as usual. Trumpists will only judge misconduct as negative if any negative effects will affect them PERSONALLY.

That is the loyalty oath. “I don’t care that you did crime. I will defend or deny your blackest deed. I only care if your crime was against ME. Otherwise, fuck my enemies and make our side win.”

The longer receipt was signed by FBI Special Agent Jeremy Linton and the shorter receipt was signed by the name: “L. Grady Gary” and includes the title SSA. It is unclear who that person is, and the handwriting is not the clearest.

Grassy knoll guy obv

Trump apparently leaked the warrant to Breitbart. The DOJ had sought to redact or shield the names of agents involved. Trump took no caution. The Breitbart article has names of agents, which obviously puts a target on their back. Reprehensible. Trump needs to be stopped. Enough.

— Don Lewis (@DonLew87) August 12, 2022

yeah right wingers already going nuts because Linton filed an affidavit with the 1/6 committee

that bit from breitbart - "as president he has original and absolute declassification authority" - is flat wrong, as i understand it - the current president can re-classify anything declassified by their predecessor. and also that "absolute" declassification authority does not extend to things like espionage-related material & nuclear secrets. if that is going to be their best argument, it will not get them very far.

CNN re WSJ:

Federal agents reportedly seized one set of "top secret/SCI" documents, the highest level of classification. Agents took four sets of "top secret" documents, three sets of "secret" documents and three sets of "confidential" documents, the lowest level of classification, the Journal reported.

they believe taking a little Harry Potter wand and going "declassifiiiiiiiiied" is all it takes

FBI are so stupid... the docs they planted were already declassified!

DECLASSIFIUS

xp

it's been pointed out elsewhere that the crimes being investigated do not hinge upon the classification status of the documents

yeah, the whole declassifying stuff as I'm running out the door thing smacks of "Of course I can pardon myself"

ya it's a tough spot because somehow I don't think "so what Obama took 33,000,000 pages of documents with him" is gonna stick either

esp since it was a completely different situation.

why has nobody investigated 311 yet

i'm going to a metal show where I know the , uh, Trump quotient is going to be, well, way above zero, and not looking forward to talking to anybody tonight.

my friend is working a country music festival and she's already worried about shenanigans or people harassing her about being liberal and shit, which already happens

also b/c he made his entire campaign in 2016 about handling of confidential information which led to him signing the law he's gonna get tried for lmao

as much as I enjoy watching all these idiots squirm, I'm really annoyed that he's back in the news... a year or so ago, he seemed to be fading away

real question is who's gonna prosecute him, the federal courts are full of Trump loyalists and if Congress has anything to do with it it's over

my friend is working a country music festival and she's already worried about shenanigans or people harassing her about being liberal and shit, which already happens

Really can't believe nobody ever made Biden/Harris "Fuck Your Feelings" T-shirts, except for, you know, the risk of getting shot.

another amusing detail: it turns out that Christina Bobb, Trump's attorney who suggested on various news shows that the evidence was planted and there was no nuclear info, is the person who signed the receipt received from the FBI

I'm sure they used their FBI bedazzlers to get her to sign

Yesterday I walked into a bookstore and overhead this guy who looked to be in his mid-60s just absolutely berating a cashier to the point of her being in tears. Fortunately another employee (probably a manager of some sort) came out and firmly shut him down and escorted him out.

I was not at all surprised to see that he was wearing both a "Let's Go Brandon" hat AND t-shirt when he turned around.

And Underoos, probably

The more I hear it being talked and read what's being written about it, the more I think the dude might finally be fucked, at least as a politician. Desantis (or some other ghoul or goon) must be loving this.

xxxpost Initial reports incl. that she (Bobb) was there the whole time. (Trump: "Wimmin.")

And once again Jeff Sessions did absolutely nothing to protect him, that rat fink

Who would have ever imagined that Donald Trump's ultimate undoing would not be lack of intelligence but possessing *too much* intelligence.

lmao

So the strategy is:

*Trump releases photocopies he has of all the docs, in like, Breitbart*

“Give me a break, who didn’t KNOW all this worthless garbage already? EVERYBODY has known this forever. This is all a worthless crime against ME over stuff we’ve all known and nobody cares about!”

Trumpistas “YEAH STOP THE FBI AND DOJ— THE REAL CRIMINALS!!

A little reminder: The DoJ referred to this as the "pre-indictment stage" of the (espionage) investigation into donald trump in their motion to unseal the warrant.

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) August 12, 2022

Looking forward to singing "He's So Indicted" to a specific factory guy wearing Trump t-shirts and hats daily.

lol Josh

I’m probably way behind the curve in noticing this, but when did WSJ op-eds become indistinguishable from Fox News?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-payback-for-mar-a-lago-will-be-brutal-trump-raid-fbi-justice-department-president-investigation-11660255311

outside of a few writers that lean centrist or left, for several years now

yeah, when that old fuck bought the paper

donald trump has converted to islam

— DougExeter (@Doug_Exeter) August 12, 2022