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Roland99

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September 7, 2022

Great. Son's HS is on lockdown from a texted threat

threat read "ima shoot up today 9/7/22 at 11 dont come to school"

Local police have essentially surrounded the school, helicopters in the air, roads blocked off


A few years ago, there was a series of fake threats that all had to be taken seriously, of course, at the two HS nearest us. All ended up being pranks as social media made it so easy for that to happen anonymously.


Sick of this crap.

September 7, 2022

Would trump fleeing the US do more harm to MAGA than the DOJ indciting/arresting/convicting?

If TraitorTrump were to flee the US, wouldn't that leave the entire trump cult left in the lurch and gut-punched? Their leader would have abandoned them. He would never, of course, run for President again. They'd have no cult leader, except Mr Charisma - moRon DeFacsist.

If trump were indicted and arrested, it would rile up that cult against the DOJ and the Biden admin even more.

Just me thinking. And this unrelated to demanding justice be done against this document-stealing traitor. Just wondering about possibilities.


Personally, I want to see him frog-marched and forced into a court to explain his treasonous behavior. The destruction to his ego and his self would be complete.

September 7, 2022

Wait, wait, wait, wait...

Sooo

The FBI planted documents of another country’s nuclear capabilities?

Documents planted but declassified by trump (at some unknown point in time despite NO court filing or ANY form of written document stating that)

Documents he was going to put in his presidential library

Documents of ANOTHER COUNTRY’S NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES


Wtf is that MF treasonous traitor NOT under arrest???

September 1, 2022

BREAKING - Andrew Weissmann - "very good sign for the DOJ"

https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1565411969900969986
BREAKING: Judge to issue written ruling, not ruling from the bench orally. If Judge did not order DOJ to stop any review, that is a very good sign for DOJ.


Big thing is this will NOT delay the investigation any further, as was assuredly the hope of trump and his "legal team"
September 1, 2022

BREAKING - DOJ Special Master hearing update - trump team does NOT want inventory unsealed!

https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1565402726774841345
BREAKING: Trump team in court now opposes this more detailed inventory becoming public! Tells you everything, as govt said it was okay unsealing this.
Why doesn't Trump team want this detailed MAL search inventory made public-- because it would be inculpatory, not exculpatory.



On-air and publicly: More transparency! DOJ Witch Hunt!

In court: NO! NO! Leave it sealed!
September 1, 2022

OMG! TFG is actually asking for a copy of all seized materials!!

From page 16 of 19 of his response to the DOJ filing re: Special Master

The Government should provide to the special master and to Movant a copy of the Seized Materials, a copy of the Search Warrant, and an unredacted copy of the underlying application materials.


Are you freaking kidding me??
August 31, 2022

HAHAHAHA! TruthSocial offices are as empty as the heads of the people who post there!

https://twitter.com/ChrisA0213/status/1565024895083450373
Chris Anderson @ChrisA0213

This is what the #TruthSocial office looked like in Sarasota, Fl. on Wed. afternoon. There was no one inside the social media company’s headquarters, no receptionist, no business sign, no sign of CEO Devin Nunes, nothing with Trump’s name anywhere in the building.
@HeraldTribune



And don't forget this from last month


Exclusive: Trump left Sarasota media company weeks before federal subpoenas were issued
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2022/07/07/trump-leaves-board-social-media-company-florida-federal-investigation/7828534001/
August 31, 2022

Over/Under on Fox Spews tossing TRE45ON for DeFascist? Days? Hours? Minutes?

If even Steve Douchey is concerned and perplexed, Fox will be tossing TFG under the bus sooner rather than later

moRon DeFascist is already on a de facto campaign tour

August 31, 2022

FLASHBACK: Saudi crown prince bragged that Jared Kushner gave him CIA intelligence...

PUBLISHED: 09:23 EDT, 5 April 2018 | UPDATED: 10:58 EDT, 5 April 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Saudi crown prince bragged that Jared Kushner gave him CIA intelligence about other Saudis saying 'here are your enemies' days before 'corruption crackdown' which led to torture and death
Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Jared Kushner in October
Salman has since bragged about using classified intelligence from Kushner as part of a crackdown on 'corrupt' princes and businessmen in Saudi Arabia
He said the intelligence from Kushner included information on those who were disloyal to Salman and who were his 'enemies', insiders tell DailyMail
Kushner's attorney's spokesman said it was 'false' that the president's son-in-law passed on secrets and that he was 'well aware of the rules'
The crown prince launched his crackdown on corruption in November, days after he met Kushner for talks in Riyadh
Hundreds were rounded up, including princes from rival parts of the Saudi royal family and some of the country's wealthiest businessmen
But the crackdown saw accusations of torture and at least one reported death
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5575395/Saudi-crown-prince-brags-Jared-Kushner-handed-U-S-intelligence.html

August 31, 2022

Bradley Moss - Great summary of the DOJ filing last night!

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1564825192865611777.html
I have read the entire Government filing. I spend all day, every day, litigating against the Government, so some of this is familiar stuff to see. This particular brief is very well-done.

Here are the highlights:

1) The facts. NARA negotiated in 2021 for the missing records. They finally got 15 boxes. After going through them and finding all kinds of classified records (not organized at all), they raised the alarm. They wanted to make a referral to the FBI but had to first consult with Trump's team, per the PRA procedure. Trump's team delayed for weeks and weeks, and never substantively responded. Finally, NARA told Trump's team they were making the referral and rejected the "protective" assertion of Executive Privilege.

2) At no time did Trump's legal team file an action *at that point* to prevent the referral to FBI.


3) The FBI reviewed the records and the criminal inquiry was opened. A grand jury subpoena was issued to Trump's team. Again, they delayed and delayed in complying. Finally, in early June they agreed to a meeting at MAL to comply. They turned over more classified records, and swore out a statement that they had done a diligent search, they had not found any more classified records, and any records that remained were in the storage room. They refused to let the FBI agents look at the boxes in the storage room.

4) The FBI gathered new evidence that there were in fact more classified records at MAL, including in locations outside of the storage room. They got the search warrant and found approximately 100 additional classified records, some located in Trump's own office.


5) That is straight up obstruction and concealment of classified records, and willfully retaining them in an unauthorized location.

6) Now come the legal arguments. First, DOJ says Trump lacks standing. The records are not his: they are the property of the US. Even if he wanted to claim them as personal records, he never did so. He did not do so in 2021, he did not do so when subpoenaed, he never did it. He has no possessory interest in the records.

7) Second, they argue Trump is not entitled to any injunctive relief. Again, these are not his records, he waited way too long to even try to stop the FBI from getting the records, he's not entitled to relief given Executive Privilege would not apply, and even if it did the criminal investigative need outweighs it.

8) Third, the Special Master is moot. The A/C privilege records
were already separated and are set to be evaluated by the magistrate. The records Trump claims are covered by EP are not his anyway, and the Nixon precedents make clear he cannot invoke it to override the need to conduct a criminal investigation.

9) To sum it up, Trump took
PLAINLY MARKED classified records to MAL, he delayed, obstructed and resisted Government efforts to recover them, he (or his staff) concealed the records from investigators, and they got caught doing so.

/end









Soooooo. For ONE thing, TFG and his legal team KNEW about the FBI investigation referral in 2021! *2021*

They KNEW this wasn’t about being political as a midterm election neared. This was over a year ago!

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