Startling and very worrisome article from RAW STORY vis-à-vis classified documents at Ma-a-Lago that Trump hid
there with this headline:
“Claim that Trump showed classified docs to donors could be what brings
him down: former FBI agent”
Bombshell revelations claiming former President Donald
Trump was showing classified documents to donors at his Mar-a-Lago home could
be what brings him down says former FBI agent Peter Strzok and others.
Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, Strzok cited a Washington
Post article that claimed the DOJ had new evidence that proves obstructions of
justice in the classified case.
Before that report, Trump could reasonably claim that he
knew nothing about the documents.
He could say his staff had packed them into boxes when he
moved from the White House, without Trump's knowledge.
If he showed off or have documents to visitors, that
argument would be killed and fall flat.
Former Principal Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal joined
Strzok on that panel and he explained that these facts remove Trump's ability
to use that excuse.
Katyal said it tiesTrump directly to obstruction then he added: “That's where the
reporting from yesterday comes in that's so important. It ties Trump directly
to the scheme. If it holds up and, of course, we don't know — and Trump is
entitled to the presumption of innocence and all that, but if that's what
[special counsel] Jack Smith is looking at and looks like what he got, that's
going to be very devastating.”
Strzok ultimately connected
the dots between all of those details warning: “Trump is quite encircled on
the conspiracy to obstruct the documents probe.”
He then continued
saying: “I think part of the reason he hasn't been charged yet — remember
one of Trump's key lawyers, Evan Corcoran, was engaged in this long fight about
whether or not he'd be compelled to testify before the grand jury and recently
he did go ahead and do that. This article very clearly points out that special
counsel Smith's folks are asking whether or not he shows this information to
donors. So, if you're trying to figure out the “why,” what's your theory of the
case, why on Earth did he want to do it, if he's using this to convert it for
fundraising and showing it to people who absolutely have no business seeing it
and he's hiding it at the same time. That really starts to flesh out the story
about, one, why this occurred and, two, how integral Trump was to this entire
enterprise.”
Host Wallace then read the piece from the Post report saying
that Trump would flash his classified documents, “including maps, to political
donors.”
This isn't the first time Trump is accused of playing fast
and loose with the nation's secrets or security. During the early years of the
Trump presidency, Mar-a-Lago club members were seen having their photos taken with the nuclear football (the
briefcase that contains all authorization for a president to launch a nuclear
attack while away from the White House).
Additional past report
that is also potentially devastating to Trump also here from RAW STORY
with this unbelievable headline from October 8, 2022 – same subject:
“Trump plotted to trade Mar-a-Lago files for sensitive documents about
his 2016 campaign Russia ties”
Key part introduction: As the NY Time's Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt wrote, the former president pressed aides to lie about what he took and was hiding, thus also putting them, and his attorneys in legal jeopardy.
That report states: “Mr. Trump, still determined to show he had been wronged by the FBI investigation into his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia. He was angry with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for its unwillingness to hand over a batch of sensitive documents that he thought proved his claims, and in exchange for those documents, Trump told advisers, he would return to NARA the boxes of material he had taken to Mar-a-Lago.”
And further related also is
this entire amazing story is where one of Trump’s lawyers got caught
flat-footed about the Mar-a-Lago documents reported on here from RAW STORY with their headline:
“Trump attorney
caught flat-footed when grilled on new Mar-a-Lago revelations”
Note: This part is tied to those revelations reported above
in the two SALON articles.
Brief Introduction (April 3 article): Late Sunday, the
Washington Post reported the Department of Justice has evidence that the former
president went through the boxes of documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, and
that some of the files were labeled as confidential, with security camera
footage backing up the new accusations.
During her appearance on CNN, host Don Lemon tried to get Alina
Habba (Trump’s doc lawyer) to address the new accusations and she parried his
questions.
Lemon then prompted
her saying: “I want to turn now to the DOJ case in the classified documents
at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. This is, according to the Washington Post. The
Washington Post is saying that federal investigators have gathered new and
significant evidence that after the subpoena was delivered, that Trump looked
through the content of some of the boxes of documents in his home, apparently
out of a desire to keep certain things in his possession. Do you know whether
he reviewed certain classified documents after receiving the subpoena?”
Habba shot back and ended the interview with this: “No, I
have nothing to do with that case. I do not know.”
FYI: She got nailed for lying on an official document certification.
Full story above that went downhill very quickly.
My 2 Cents: As I’ve said a
very long time, the Mar-a-Lago classified (especially Top Secret/SCI) documents
case are the most-serious of all the other pending cases (e.g., the 2020 election
interference in GA; the Capitol January 6 Capitol riot; and the 2020 election
certification portion linked to the January 6 insurrection attempt).
He has now been indicted for 34 felony charges re: the payoffs to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet before the 20165 election.
But again, I strongly believe the classified documents
crime and cover up and lies as stated above will really nail him bigtime.
Trump will get his day in
court for all them, and most-likely he will get some serious jail time and
rightly so – he has earned.
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