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We are truly fucked. The left thinks they are in paradise with their leftist bullshit. They don't realize they are fucked too.
Second, the real issue in the indictment is whether Trump correctly handled documents under the Presidential Records Act, which is not a criminal violation (h/t Mark Wauck):CTH is absolutely correct that the Trump situation is NOT what the Espionage Act purports to be about. The use of the Espionage Act has regularly been prone to abuse, and it has always had its critics because of the very broad and vague language, such as “relating to”. Hopefully Trump’s lawyers will attack from this angle in pre-trial motions.
From the National Review:
The editorial board for The National Review said one cannot read the allegations outlined in the federal indictment against former President Trump and “not be appalled.”
The editorial board said in a post on Saturday that it has in the past pointed out times that it believes Trump’s opponents have manipulated the law to pursue politically motivated legal claims against him. It added that the members of the board do not like the precedent of a federal prosecutor who serves under the president indicting the president’s lead rival for reelection.
“That said, it is impossible to read the indictment against Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case and not be appalled at the way he handled classified documents as an ex-president, and responded to the attempt by federal authorities to reclaim them,” the editorial states.
The board for the conservative news outlet noted that many of the boxes that Trump had moved from the White House to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his presidency only contained newspaper clippings, photos, cards and letters, but they also included hundreds of documents with classified markings.
The information on the documents covered information relating to U.S. nuclear programs, defense capabilities, vulnerabilities and plans for potential retaliatory action in the event of an attack from another country, according to the indictment.
The board said Trump no longer had a right to possess these documents after his term ended, and he stored them “recklessly” in locations like his bedroom, a bathroom and a ballroom at Mar-a-Lago. It also mentioned federal prosecutors’ allegations that Trump ignored requests for the documents to be returned for months and attempted to keep investigators from obtaining the documents he had.
The editorial board argued the “most damning” part of the indictment is the transcript of the conversation Trump had in which he showed one document to a reporter who was not authorized to see it.
“Equally damning, particularly for someone who was and would like again to be the nation’s chief executive, responsible for the enforcement of the laws, is the evidence that Trump not only deceived the investigators and the grand jury, but his own lawyers — knowing and intending that they would consequently obstruct the investigation,” the editorial states.
The indictment alleges that Trump had an aide, who has also been indicted, move boxes of documents away from a storage room when one of his attorneys came to Mar-a-Lago to confirm that the subpoena was being fully complied with. This caused his legal team to wrongly tell investigators that all documents had been turned over.
The board said it understands conservatives might be frustrated with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton not facing charges for her use of a private email server while serving and that President Biden might not face charges for his own alleged mishandling of some classified documents.
“But it doesn’t change the fact the country wouldn’t be in this uncharted territory if Trump hadn’t taken documents he had no right to, and simply complied when asked to give them back,” the editorial concludes.
The board previously declared in November that it would reject Trump as a choice for the Republican nomination for president in 2024.
If it were up to Bill Barr, President Trump would already be found guilty and in Club Fed:
Bill Barr says Trump's indictment is 'very damning' if 'even half of it is true'
Bill Barr says former President Donald Trump may be "toast" if the indictment against him is true. Barr described the document as "very very damning."www.foxnews.com
I follow the Twins and the Vikings too-- I'm a glutton for punishment. I had to look-- they have Pride night on July 15th. It figures though-- they play at TARGET FIELD.Well damn, I might have to start watching the Texas Rangers. The rest of professional sports can kiss my ass. My brother watches and says Rangers are looking good so far.
Texas Rangers Refuse to Celebrate ‘Pride Month’ - Texas Scorecard
The Texas Rangers are the only Major League Baseball team refusing to give into pressure and publicly schedule a “Pride night.”texasscorecard.com
Since 1972 , most purchases by the biden and his family have been paid in cash. That 5 million is a drop in the bucket.Senator Says There’s Audio Recordings Proving Joe and Hunter Biden Took Bribes
Senator Chuck Grassley took to the Senate floor today claiming the foreign national who allegedly bribed both Joe and Hunter Biden has a stunning 17 different recordings of conversations with the pair, kept as a form of “insurance policy.” “The foreign national who allegedly bribed Joe and Hunter Biden allegedly has audio recordings of his conversations with them. 17 such recordings,” Grassley said on Monday. “According to the 1023 the foreign national possesses 15 audio recordings of phone calls between him and Hunter Biden. According to the 1023, the foreign national possesses two audio recordings of phone calls between him and then Vice President Joe Biden.” “These recordings were allegedly kept as a sort of insurance policy for the foreign national.” The comments are related to the $5M bribery allegation against President Joe Biden, stemming from when he was Vice President and his son Hunter was a lobbyist believed to be selling access to the U.S. government through his father. WATCH:
Senator Reveals 'Recordings' Proving Joe and Hunter Biden Took Bribes. (thenationalpulse.com)
Comment: I am sure that the media and the RINO Republicans will get right on it. Here is real crime at the highest level and it will be ignored. This is how far down the sewer this country has gone.
And as Just the News notes;The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware is handling the ongoing federal criminal investigation into Hunter Biden. It is allegedly up to U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a Trump-appointed holdover, to decide whether to indict the president’s son. In February 2021, Joe Biden asked all Senate-confirmed U.S. attorneys appointed by Trump for their resignations, with Weiss a rare exception.
“What is U.S. Attorney Weiss doing with respect to these alleged Joe and Hunter Biden recordings that are apparently relevant to the high-stakes bribery scheme?” Grassley asked Monday.
Sources previously told the Washington Examiner that the Burisma owner discussed an alleged bribe of $5 million to Joe Biden and of $5 million to Hunter Biden, according to the paid FBI informant who said he heard this from Zlochevsky. The sources said Zlochevsky said he believed it would be difficult to unravel the alleged bribery scheme for at least 10 years because of the number of bank accounts involved.
Zlochevsky’s alleged reference to Joe Biden as the “big guy” appears independent of the apparent reference to the now-president as the “big guy” by a Hunter Biden business associate during negotiations with Chinese intelligence-linked businessmen. The China-related reference occurred in a May 2017 email not made public until October 2020.
https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1668379260149456897?s=20The FD-1023 includes allegations from a confidential human source that the head of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, hired Hunter Biden to serve on its board in order to use his father's influence to stifle an investigation from then-Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin into the firm. Shokin was removed from his post in 2016 and the FD-1023 indicates that two Biden family members received $5 million each for their trouble.