Trump's Troubles
The Donald had a very bad, no good, fucking terrifying week. First the Trump Corporation was found guilty on seventeen counts of Criminal tax fraud. Then Trump's hand picked hypocrite, Herschel Walker, lost the runoff election for the Senate in Georgia. And finally, more classified information has been found at a storage facility in West Palm Beach near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
In 2024 the Republicans will run on fear, as usual (of crime), butt they are also want to run on inflation and the economy (stupid). The bad news for Republicans is that inflation is easing while wages are going up. Gas prices are rapidly falling and toy and clothing prices are falling just in time for Christmas. And, of course, the economy is strong. The Republicans were hoping for a recession which looks less likely, because the Fed is considering smaller interest hikes.
Jack Smith, was an excellent choice for Special Counsel. He left the US Department of Justice and became Chief Prosecutor at the Hague for Kosovo War Crimes. He is returning now to investigate Trump's January 6th crimes and the Crimes associated with the removal of classified information from the White House.
The National Archives has been saying that Trump has still not returned all of the missing classified information that he removed from the White House. The article below proves they are right.
Trump Legal Team Finds Two More Documents Marked Classified at Florida Storage Facility
Material is handed over to Justice Department investigators
By Alex Leary
Updated December 7, 2022, 5:47 pm EST
WASHINGTON—A search of a Florida storage facility conducted on behalf of lawyers for former President Donald Trump turned up two additional documents with classified markings, people familiar with the operation said.
The documents were found at a facility in West Palm Beach not far from Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, where more than two-dozen boxes of records were retrieved earlier this year as part of a continuing criminal investigation by the Justice Department.
The two newly located documents were handed over to investigators, the people said. It couldn’t be determined what the records were. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment.
A spokesman for Mr. Trump, Steven Cheung, didn’t comment on any discovered materials but said: “President Trump and his counsel continue to be cooperative and transparent, despite the unprecedented, illegal, and unwarranted attack against President Trump and his family by the weaponized Department of Justice.”
In October, prosecutors pressed for the return of what they believed to be more government documents in the former president’s possession, and told Mr. Trump’s lawyers they didn’t believe Mr. Trump’s team had located all of the government documents the former president took with him as he left office. In particular, they expressed concern that Mr. Trump took documents on flights as he traveled from Mar-a-Lago to his other properties in New York and New Jersey.
The search, undertaken on behalf of Mr. Trump’s legal team, didn’t find any classified documents at the former president’s other properties, the people said. The Washington Post earlier reported about the discovery of documents in West Palm Beach. The facility had received material taken from the Trump White House and transported by the federal General Services Administration. The GSA didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Prosecutors had sought to compel Mr. Trump to provide any remaining documents , The Wall Street Journal previously reported, prompting his legal team to discuss options. Those include hiring an outside firm to conduct a search and certify that no additional documents remain, and launching a legal challenge to the Justice Department’s demand.
One lawyer for Mr. Trump, Chris Kise, had earlier advocated for an outside firm to do such a search, but he met initial resistance from other attorneys on the team, according to people familiar with the discussions.
After a monthslong tug of war between Mr. Trump’s team and federal officials with the National Archives and the Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents searched Mr. Trump’s Florida home in August and seized boxes of government records that included around 100 documents marked classified , including those meant to be viewed only in special government facilities.
In the ensuing months, Justice Department investigators pushed to speak to several of Mr. Trump’s top aides, giving at least one of them immunity for his testimony and relaying to another who had handled some of the boxes at issue that they believe he provided a misleading account of his actions.
Several Trump aides last week appeared before a federal grand jury investigating the documents, including Dan Scavino, the deputy chief of staff for communications in Mr. Trump’s White House; Will Russell, who served in roles including coordinator of presidential travel, and went on to work for the former president in Florida after he left office; and Beau Harrison, who also worked for Mr. Trump in the White House, a person familiar with the matter said. Prosecutors’ questions included some about what was inside the boxes, who moved them and why, the person said.
Prosecutors have said they are investigating both the mishandling of classified information and government records and whether anyone tried to obstruct the probe. Special Counsel Jack Smith took over the investigation last month.
The development is another sign that the investigation appears to be moving swiftly. Earlier this month, an appeals court handed the Justice Department a major victory and dismantled an outside review of the seized documents that a lower court judge had instated, which had slowed investigators’ ability to access some of the documents.
—Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman contributed to this article.
Write to Alex Leary at alex.leary@wsj.com
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-legal-team-finds-two-more-documents-marked-classified-11670447615
It's entertaining to note that initially Trump claimed that all of the classified information had been returned. Of course, that was a fucking lie. The FBI executed a search warrant on Mar-a-largo and found a plethora of documents. Some of the documents were even found in Trump's desk (probably next to a pair of Ivanka's panties).
Trump the said the documents were planted by the FBI. Then Trump claimed that he had magically declassified the documents. Then he said the documents belonged to him and they should be returned. All of his spinning made Trump dizzy and he puked all over himself.
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totally fuck him up first, then lock him up...
I like your thinking ...
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Can you imagine Trump in prison?
Now imagine him in the "general population".
he could get rand paul to remove all those pesky plastic fork tines...
As his supporters/enablers would say - for what?
I say, where do I start?
nothing seems to stick to this scumbag
Hedge that bet.
Jesus, what a fuckin' shitshow to get to where we are now. Look at Walker. And this is what the right deems a credible, viable candidate for SENATE? WTF?!? There's a fantastic opinion piece by Caroline Williams on this subject in the Atlantic. Here's a short video of her to time on Lawrence O'Donnell tonight. I've not read the entire article, but she's getting a lot of press on it.
While I'm thrilled at seeing self-respecting people, morally upstanding people, people with dignity whose moral compasses are intact, having their voices heard, I am disheartened at how pathetic the right have become. It's a travesty, really. Now they've found more documents at another location. Someone said to dig up Ivana and I laughed at the time. Now I can't help but feel it really should be a consideration. I'm sad for our country. I'm even sad for trump supporters. Not all of them. I don't have any sympathy for the willfully ignorant, the trolls that don't realize that their continued defense of their feckless leader only makes them appear ... well, they remind me of that meme: "I don't understand your specific kind of stupid, but I admire your commitment to it." Lying means nothing to them. trump is still denying he says shit when he's videoed saying said shit.
Gee. When do the libs started getting owned? Somebody let me know because I want to schedule a pedicure and get my hair trimmed.
they really do need to dig up ivanna
Okay, I read this and I laughed so hard that I began uncontrollably coughing and I came thisclose to puking.
Gee, you kinda made Herschel Walker look bad with that quotation.
People (like me) have pointed out that Walker lied about fathering children out of wedlock, his experience in law enforcement, being a high school valedictorian and graduating in the top 1% at the University of Georgia (he didn't even graduate).
But I recently discovered that Herschel was actually honest at times. This comprehensive video clip (43 seconds) shows Walker being completely honest.
Hilarious!
His loss hasn't interfered with his business acumen. He stated several times he was a successful businessman, so this idea can't lose.
trump has always been a crook. That's the difference between him and Nixon. Everyone knew trump was a crook before he ran.
From 2019:
Cite
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George Carlin.
GOP = group of people.
Trump will finally get his very own wall when he goes to prison.
Funny, but it is extremely unlikely that Trump will ever face prison. The USA will not place a former PotUS in prison.
Unfortunately I think you are probably right. Frankly, if that werent the case I think he would have been indicted already.
no matter. I'd rather see private citizen trump go free range so he can face a sentence he can't appeal.
I'd like to think that no one is above the law.
he needs to be 6 feet below the law of the land.
That is a problem
Why?
Or just have him testify under oath with the cameras rolling for 11 hours like H. Clinton did. That would do it. And do him.
Why was Trump not convicted during his second impeachment trial? Why are so many people willing to look like utter fools to lie for him?
Given Trump is still being defended rather than the nation collectively calling for his head, the likelihood that political operatives (and that includes legal operatives) will put a former PotUS in jail is slim. They will, if a trial ensues and Trump is convicted, ensure that his sentencing will be that suitable to the upper echelon and that does not mean jail time.
Trump's social class has different rules. This stratification of rules has been shown repeatedly throughout world history.
It was not really a "trial".
Moscow Mitch did not allow any documents to be introduced into evidence and refused to call any witnesses (from the Trump Administration). The evidence in John Bolton's book was ignored. Moscow Mitch even met with Trump's defense attorneys before the bogus trial started.
It showed the political will, or lack thereof, of those in charge. This dynamic is not limited to Congress.
SCOTUS smells like kangaroo poop.
Follow the money and you'll know why the GOP is forced to defend him at all cost.
"Follow the money" is a general principle that is typically true.
Do you have specifics for why the GoP is forced to defend Trump at all costs?
I ask because the defense of Trump harms the GoP.
Traitor trump surrounds himself with poop. I'm curious if those who staunchly defend trump would think "it ain't no thang" if former President Obama or current President Biden behaved and/or performed as grifter trump has.
About a decade and a half ago US banks ceased financing Trump businesses because they were a poor risk. Eric Trump stated they did not need US finance because they were getting the money from Russia. The amounts, the terms and the circumstances of these 'financial transactions' to this day have not been revealed.
Follow the money.
In what way does this force the GoP to defend Trump?
Trump's base consists mostly of knuckle dragging bigots who are homophobic racist anti-Semitic White supremacists.
The Republicans are "forced" to defend Trump because they need his loyal supporters to continue to vote Republican.
The Republican hierarchy hates The Donald butt they are afraid to say so because they know Trump will take his "ball" (his loyal supporters) and go home. If Trump forms his own third party, the Republicans are screwed. If enough Republican voters vote for Trump, The Democrats will waltz back into the White House.
Which would mean that the GoP is screwed if they do not support Trump and screwed if they continue to support him.
Best to detach from the parasite rather than continue with the problems it causes simply because of short term pain.
They should have detached on Jan 20th, 2021 based on his Big Lie campaign.
I guess it's kinda like discovering a disgusting leech sucking on your genitals.
From Stand by Me by Stephen King.
Because Trump brought it and it (GOP) bought it. Laundered, foreign and dirty.
Trump has been a scumbag for all of his life. He has a long history of smearing Indians and at one point it cost him and Roger Stone $250,000 in fines.
You do know about 'The Walking Eagle' thing, right?
Sure do and have posted a few meme on it.
Kavika posted "the Walking Eagle meme". It is the Indian name for Donald Trump.
Here's a new meme:
The eagle thing is satire, however in reality it is not so much.
Trump loves bald eagles butt eagles don't like him
it's imprinted in their genetics to attack vermin when it gets that close...
The eagle heard he was allowed one carrion per flight.
the eagle thought his comb over was a prairie dog...
That's understandable.
It smells like a dead prairie dog.
Which prairie dog state do you live in, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, or Wyoming?
I live in a fucking redneck state.
Rednecks are much dangerous than prairie dogs (although their fleas can kill you).
Plague-Infected Prairie Dogs Cause Parks to Close Near Denver
Prairie dog burrows are being dusted with insecticide to stop the spread of the disease transmitted via fleas
Jason Daley
Correspondent
August 21, 2019Bubonic plague may seem like a disease that’s been relegated to the history books, but that’s not the case. The disease that struck terror in people in the Middle Ages is alive and well in the modern world, and it's most recently appeared in prairie dog towns in the suburbs of Denver.
Morgan Krakow at The Washington Post reports that in late July, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shut down the 15,000-acre Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge north of the city when fleas infected with the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis were found in the refuge's black-tailed prairie dog colonies. Last weekend, parts of the refuge reopened, but certain areas will remain closed through Labor Day. According to a press release from Colorado’s Tri-County Health Department, the Prairie Gateway Open Space in Commerce City is also closed to the public as well as First Creek at DEN Open Space, a nature preserve near Denver International Airport. So far, there are no reports of any humans contracting plague in the area.
Trump's troubles. Yeah. The only protection he has is his threat to the GOP that he knows where, how much and from whom the dirty money originates. And backed into the corner he'll rat to save his arse.