Takeaways from the ruling granting Trump's request for a special master in Mar-a-Lago probe

[LosLobo]

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

DOJ will appeal judge's decision to grant Trump's special master request to review seized docs

 

The DOJ said in Thursday's court papers that if Cannon doesn't grant a stay by Sept. 15, they will "intend to seek relief from the Eleventh Circuit."

Trump "does not and could not assert that he owns or has any possessory interest in classified records" prosecutors wrote in a 21-page motion.

 

The DOJ is not seeking a stay on the handover of non-classified documents to an appointed special master but said that if Cannon doesn't grant their stay it "will cause the most immediate and serious harms to the government and the public."

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-appeal-judges-decision-grant-trumps-special-master/story?id=89535075

What is obvious is Judge Cannon's naivety and lack of knowledge about US National Security.

 

She ordered the FBI to stop it's investigation yet she said that the Intelligence Community could continue with its separate evaluation of the documents

 

She does not understand that the work of both these agencies is inseparably linked, and the FBI is an integral part of the Intelligence Community.

 

"To begin with, the FBI itself is part of the Intelligence Community, see Exec. Order 12,333 § 1.14, and since the 9/11 attacks, the FBI has integrated its intelligence and law enforcement functions when it exercises its national security mission. Kohler Decl. ¶ 8. The FBI conducts investigations that “may constitute an exercise both of the FBI’s criminal investigation authority and of the FBI’s authority to investigate threats to the national"

 

Washington Post has a link to the 21-page motion:

 

Trump documents probe: US ready to appeal judge's hold - The Washington Post (googleusercontent.com)

 

She is a member of the Federalist Society and a Trump appointee who at her selection stated that she would always recuse herself, if there was any hint of conflict of interest. She is also obliviously out of her depth. Should she really be giving judgement on this case?

[ballpoint]

A statement from the DOJ's appeal against the Special Master ruling, which sums the situation up admirably:

 

"Trump “does not and could not assert that he owns or has any possessory interest in classified records; that he has any right to have those government records returned to him; or that he can advance any plausible claims of attorney-client privilege as to such records that would bar the government from reviewing or using them,”"

 

In other words, Trump stole this material.  He has no right to demand it be reviewed, with the possibility of it being returned to him.

 

Trump FBI raid: DOJ appeals special master decision (cnbc.com)

 

And video of the same, plus details on the DOJ investigating Trump's post-election fund raising activities.  They're coming for you Donald:

 

[LosLobo]

16 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

A statement from the DOJ's appeal against the Special Master ruling, which sums the situation up admirably:

 

"Trump “does not and could not assert that he owns or has any possessory interest in classified records; that he has any right to have those government records returned to him; or that he can advance any plausible claims of attorney-client privilege as to such records that would bar the government from reviewing or using them,”"

 

In other words, Trump stole this material.  He has no right to demand it be reviewed, with the possibility of it being returned to him.

 

Trump FBI raid: DOJ appeals special master decision (cnbc.com)

 

And video of the same, plus details on the DOJ investigating Trump's post-election fund raising activities.  They're coming for you Donald:

 

I had to laugh at the reason why the judge wanted to appoint a special master to review the documents. It was her concern of unnecessary "reputational harm" to Trump.

 

 

 

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, LosLobo said:

I had to laugh at the reason why the judge wanted to appoint a special master to review the documents. It was her concern of unnecessary "reputational harm" to Trump.

 

 

 

Did she do that for political favour and if so she ought to be impeached. Voices from the legal experts ripped her and described her action as utterly lawless. 

[lemmie]

45 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Did she do that for political favour and if so she ought to be impeached.

Not gonna happen.

Expect Garland to be impeached and Wray to be sacked though after midterms. Expect some huge October surprises too, with leaking docs the FBI so desperately want to find! Russia hoax, crossfire hurricane records and those FBI/DOJ henchmen at criminal peril. Me thinks those records have been duly "preserved" by Trump. If you recall his announcement concerning declassifying the crossfire records.

11th circuit will uphold special master.

Expect the illegal seizure of Trump's personal health, tax records, article of clothing to lead to search/search warrant to be quashed for various legal reasons and all seized items to be tossed as "fruit of the poisonous tree"

 

Big problems looming, and not for Trump-MAGA.

[Chomper Higgot]

7 minutes ago, lemmie said:

Not gonna happen.

Expect Garland to be impeached and Wray to be sacked though after midterms. Expect some huge October surprises too, with leaking docs the FBI so desperately want to find! Russia hoax, crossfire hurricane records and those FBI/DOJ henchmen at criminal peril. Me thinks those records have been duly "preserved" by Trump. If you recall his announcement concerning declassifying the crossfire records.

11th circuit will uphold special master.

Expect the illegal seizure of Trump's personal health, tax records, article of clothing to lead to search/search warrant to be quashed for various legal reasons and all seized items to be tossed as "fruit of the poisonous tree"

 

Big problems looming, and not for Trump-MAGA.

Let’s come back to this after the 11th Circuit Appeals Court has ruled.

 

Don’t wander off now.

[candide]

3 minutes ago, lemmie said:

Not gonna happen. 11th circuit will uphold special master.

Expect the illegal seizure of Trump's personal health, tax records, article of clothing to lead to search/search warrant to be quashed for various legal reasons and all seized items to be tossed as "fruit of the poisonous tree"

Expect Garland and Wray to be impeached though after midterms. Expect some huge October surprises too, with leaking docs the FBI so desperately want to find! Russia hoax, crossfire hurricane records and those FBI/DOJ henchmen at criminal peril. Big problems looming, and not for Trump-MAGA.

Lol! And for what would Garland and Wray be impeached? For applying a law strengthened by Trump to himself? Trump got a taste of HIS own medecine.

Citizen Trump may have broken a law that President Trump made a felony

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/10/trump-fbi-search-surveillance-law/

 

As to your next conspiracy theory, It's completely incoherent. Are you claiming that Trump had kept documents who could have incriminated the FBI or others about the Russia probe, instead of giving them to Durham, who's been trying for years to find some? Really?

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31 minutes ago, lemmie said:

Not gonna happen.

Expect Garland to be impeached and Wray to be sacked though after midterms. Expect some huge October surprises too, with leaking docs the FBI so desperately want to find! Russia hoax, crossfire hurricane records and those FBI/DOJ henchmen at criminal peril. Me thinks those records have been duly "preserved" by Trump. If you recall his announcement concerning declassifying the crossfire records.

11th circuit will uphold special master.

Expect the illegal seizure of Trump's personal health, tax records, article of clothing to lead to search/search warrant to be quashed for various legal reasons and all seized items to be tossed as "fruit of the poisonous tree"

 

Big problems looming, and not for Trump-MAGA.

The doctrine of fruit of the poisonous tree refers to evidence used against someone that was acquired illegally It's dubious that the Justice Dept would use Trump's health record, passports, tax records, or articles of clothing against him as evidence.

As for the existence of Trump's  get-out-of-jail-free-documents, this sounds like the fevered talk that infests extreme right wing sites.

[Bkk Brian]

7 minutes ago, placeholder said:

 

As for the existence of Trump's  get-out-of-jail-free-documents, this sounds like the fevered talk that infests extreme right wing sites.

Truth Social probably, Trumps personal conspiracy breeding platform

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Just now, Bkk Brian said:

Truth Social probably, Trumps personal conspiracy breeding platform

Or, as Trump might put it, the Failing Truth Social. Only in this case, "Failing" would actually be accurate.

[Eric Loh]

3 hours ago, lemmie said:

Not gonna happen.

Expect Garland to be impeached and Wray to be sacked though after midterms. Expect some huge October surprises too, with leaking docs the FBI so desperately want to find! Russia hoax, crossfire hurricane records and those FBI/DOJ henchmen at criminal peril. Me thinks those records have been duly "preserved" by Trump. If you recall his announcement concerning declassifying the crossfire records.

11th circuit will uphold special master.

Expect the illegal seizure of Trump's personal health, tax records, article of clothing to lead to search/search warrant to be quashed for various legal reasons and all seized items to be tossed as "fruit of the poisonous tree"

 

Big problems looming, and not for Trump-MAGA.

Got great news for you. Rick Scott has introduced impeachment resolution last year. Yes last year and those GOP nuts like Green will continue to provide the comedy and keeping pushing weak impeachment effects. The truth at hand is that Merrick Garland is doing his work by the book; legal and lawful. Political parties don't generally launch a crusade against the nation's chief law enforcement official for NO reasons. Everytime these GOP nuts come up with allegations against Garland, they tend to be amazingly wrong but they will still continue and provide the comic relief.  

[metisdead]

Off topic posts about Hillary's emails have been removed.

[LosLobo]

Trump and Justice Department submit special master nominees to review Mar-a-Lago documents

 

"The Justice Department nominated two retired federal judges -- Thomas Griffith and Barbara Jones -- to serve as special master."

 

"Trump's legal team nominated lawyer Paul Huck Jr. and Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as special master."

 

It's interesting that Paul Huck has links to Federalist Society as does Judge Cannon.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/09/politics/trump-justice-mar-a-lago-special-master-filing/index.html

[Eric Loh]

20 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

Trump and Justice Department submit special master nominees to review Mar-a-Lago documents

 

"The Justice Department nominated two retired federal judges -- Thomas Griffith and Barbara Jones -- to serve as special master."

 

"Trump's legal team nominated lawyer Paul Huck Jr. and Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as special master."

 

It's interesting that Paul Huck has links to Federalist Society as does Judge Cannon.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/09/politics/trump-justice-mar-a-lago-special-master-filing/index.html

Judge Jeanine Pirro will be devastated. 

[SunnyinBangrak]

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

Judge Jeanine Pirro will be devastated. 

Why's that? She is not Trump's lawyer. Or are you making a gender joke about women lawyers, along the lines of women drivers? 

[LosLobo]

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

Judge Jeanine Pirro will be devastated. 

You mean this Jeanine Pirro?

Trump pardons Judge Jeanine's ex-husband Al Pirro (cnbc.com)

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2 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Why's that? She is not Trump's lawyer. Or are you making a gender joke about women lawyers, along the lines of women drivers? 

It seems pretty clear to me at least that what is being referred to is the fact that she wasn't nominated for the post of special master. And I'm pretty sure it was said tongue in cheek because who could trust a purveyor of falsehoods like Pirro to responsibly fulfill her duties as a special master?

[Scott]

Trump wants to split the cost of the special master with the government but the DOJ wants him to pay for it

Former President Donald Trump wants the government to split the cost of a special master, but the Department of Justice thinks he should foot the bill.

US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday granted Trump's request to appoint a special master to review the records seized in the court-authorized search of Mar-a-Lago on August 8, but the Justice Department appealed the decision.

Both sides submitted their proposed candidates for a special master in a court filing on Friday evening, with each naming two potential picks.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wants-split-cost-special-040938171.html

[riclag]

Since the govt affords former Potus expenses and salary for a office and its “administration” expenses  under the “Former Presidents Act” , I think it’s more than reasonable that both pay.
It was the govt who conducted a unprecedented search on the property that is helping pay for the office of a former Potus..

Some experts have said they should of carried on negotiations  with the office of the former .
Now that the govt  through the doj/ fbi/ federal magistrate ( who equally is controversial imop , as reported by virtue of his past comments and past political support ) have caused a overly broad search and seizure ( collecting passports and medical records) ,Trump together with the taxpayer dollars should foot the bill!

“Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents’’ may be used to pay fees of an independent contractor who is not a member of the staff of the office of a former President for the review of Presidential records of a former President in connection with the transfer of such records to the National Archives and Records Administration or a Presidential Library without regard to the limitation on staff compensation set forth herein.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-11552/pdf/COMPS-11552.pdf

 

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL34631.html

 

https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/trump-and-doj-make-special-master-suggestions-in-mar-a-lago-probe/

 

https://nypost.com/2022/08/09/judge-who-approved-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago-once-linked-to-jeffrey-epstein/

[KanchanaburiGuy]

1 hour ago, riclag said:

It was the govt who conducted a unprecedented search on the property that is helping pay for the office of a former Potus..

Some experts have said they should of carried on negotiations  with the office of the former

Nope, sorry, Cause and Effect.

 

The Cause was not the "unprecedented search,"  That was The Effect. Trump taking records he should not have was The Cause.

 

* If he hadn't taken the records, there would have been no search.

 

* If Trump had negotiated in good faith, there would have been no search.

 

* If Trump had turned over the records he had been ordered to, there would have been no search.

 

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Trump had plenty of opportunity to eliminate the need for a warrant and search. He chose otherwise.

 

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As for his request for a Special Master..........

 

That was a reasonable request and I'm glad the judge granted it. But the burden for paying for it falls on the person who requested it, Trump. Not the government.

 

The DOJ has been very clear: since the request was made: They neither wanted nor needed a Special Master. 

 

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Since Trump made such a big show of not needing his paycheck when he was President........... perhaps now he can make a show of not needing his pension............ by using it to pay for the Special Master! Lol

[billd766]

15 hours ago, Scott said:

Trump wants to split the cost of the special master with the government but the DOJ wants him to pay for it

Former President Donald Trump wants the government to split the cost of a special master, but the Department of Justice thinks he should foot the bill.

US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday granted Trump's request to appoint a special master to review the records seized in the court-authorized search of Mar-a-Lago on August 8, but the Justice Department appealed the decision.

Both sides submitted their proposed candidates for a special master in a court filing on Friday evening, with each naming two potential picks.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wants-split-cost-special-040938171.html

If Trump wants the special master then he should personally foot the whole bill himself. Trump asked for it, Trump got his wish, now HE, personally, should foot the bill.

 

After all, he just has to beg his supporters for more money, as he always does.

[peterfranks]

14 minutes ago, billd766 said:

If Trump wants the special master then he should personally foot the whole bill himself. Trump asked for it, Trump got his wish, now HE, personally, should foot the bill.

 

After all, he just has to beg his supporters for more money, as he always does.

An ex president who continuously states he is really very very rich, wants someone shares his legal costs hahaha.

 

I thought the GOP already told him they will not pay for his lawyers any more, so now he tries the government lol.

 

Maybe a gofundme?

[ballpoint]

35 minutes ago, peterfranks said:

An ex president who continuously states he is really very very rich, wants someone shares his legal costs hahaha.

 

I thought the GOP already told him they will not pay for his lawyers any more, so now he tries the government lol.

 

Maybe a gofundme?

I'd suggest they give him a gofundyou. Only with the last two letters of "fund" replaced.

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50 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

I'd suggest they give him a gofundyou. Only with the last two letters of "fund" replaced.

How about gofundyourself?

[placeholder]

Just when you think how could Trump's side of the case get any dumber, you find out that it's still possible:

DOJ points out that Trump's legal filings don't align with his public statements about the Mar-a-Lago records

The Justice Department pointed out that Trump's court filings don't back up his claim that he declassified all the records found at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump "seeks to raise questions about the classification status of the records" but didn't "provide any evidence" that they had been declassified, DOJ said.
Prosecutors also previously noted that whether the records are classified has no bearing on if Trump committed a crime.

https://www.businessinsider.com/mar-a-lago-doj-trump-legal-filings-dont-align-statements-2022-9

[xylophone]

Dumb is as dumb does!!

[candide]

3 hours ago, placeholder said:

Just when you think how could Trump's side of the case get any dumber, you find out that it's still possible:

DOJ points out that Trump's legal filings don't align with his public statements about the Mar-a-Lago records

The Justice Department pointed out that Trump's court filings don't back up his claim that he declassified all the records found at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump "seeks to raise questions about the classification status of the records" but didn't "provide any evidence" that they had been declassified, DOJ said.
Prosecutors also previously noted that whether the records are classified has no bearing on if Trump committed a crime.

https://www.businessinsider.com/mar-a-lago-doj-trump-legal-filings-dont-align-statements-2022-9

Of course, there is no evidence. Everyone knows that he was lying.

[ullman]

Here's a recent takeaway:

 

Trump Suffers Zero Electoral Fallout From FBI’s Mar-A-Lago Raid: I&I/TIPP Poll

 

According to the highly reputable and accurate I&I/TIPP, Trump has lost not a whit of popularity with Republican voters since the FBI raid.

 

In fact,  he's actually gained.

 

https://issuesinsights.com/2022/09/28/trump-suffers-zero-electoral-fallout-from-fbis-mar-a-lago-raid-ii-tipp-poll/

 

*Trump/MAGA

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, ullman said:

Here's a recent takeaway:

 

Trump Suffers Zero Electoral Fallout From FBI’s Mar-A-Lago Raid: I&I/TIPP Poll

 

According to the highly reputable and accurate I&I/TIPP, Trump has lost not a whit of popularity with Republican voters since the FBI raid.

 

In fact,  he's actually gained.

 

https://issuesinsights.com/2022/09/28/trump-suffers-zero-electoral-fallout-from-fbis-mar-a-lago-raid-ii-tipp-poll/

 

*Trump/MAGA

He's got a new recruiting ground at QAnon, the nutters are all joining

[ullman]

8 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

He's got a new recruiting ground at QAnon, the nutters are all joining

Thats great news, Vote Trump.

 

PS: hows Biden polling these days?

When he's not trying to talk with dead people.

 

"President Biden asked for the late Rep. Jackie Walorski to identify herself at a Washington event Wednesday, forgetting that the Indiana Republican died in a car crash last month."

 

https://nypost.com/2022/09/28/biden-asks-dead-rep-jackie-walorski-to-identify-herself-in-crowd/