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Former President Trump, 18 Others Charged With Attempt To Overturn 2020 U.S. Election Loss In Georgia
On Monday, former President Donald Trump found himself facing an unprecedented fourth indictment, further complicating his growing list of legal issues. This indictment is centered on his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia, adding a new layer of complexity to his legal challenges. Should he be found guilty, significant fines and even prison time could be in…
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Five things we learned this week about the FBI search of Trump’s home
Former President Trump could be facing mounting legal troubles as new details emerge about the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation that prompted an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump has called for the release of more information tied to the search, an effort that corresponds with bashing the agency for what he claims is a politically motivated attack.
Meanwhile, the DOJ has fought to limit how much information will come out about an ongoing investigation with Trump as its target.
Here’s what we’ve learned this week.
Trump eyed for “willful” violations of the Espionage Act
Although the most highly sensitive materials underlying the Mar-a-Lago search warrant remained under seal this week, the judge presiding over the case did make one court record newly available to the public. That document, known as a criminal cover sheet, provided additional insight into the nature of the crime under investigation, according to some legal experts.
It was already known that investigators believed the materials housed at Trump’s residence were linked to a likely violation of the Espionage Act, a WWI-era statute designed to help safeguard the country’s vital national security secrets. What the criminal cover sheet revealed, after it was unsealed Thursday, is that law enforcement had probable cause to think a “willful retention of national defense information” occurred.
That new detail appeared to lend further support to the theory — one that was already widely assumed — that Trump himself is the target of the investigation.
“This aligns with what we know so far from public media reporting, as well as the minimal information we have derived from the unsealed court filings,” Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer and partner in the law office of Mark S. Zaid, told The Hill in an email.
“All indications are that the government’s argument will amount to three things: (1) Trump took the properly marked classified records with him to Florida; (2) he left them in boxes in the basement; (3) when confronted about it, he willfully held onto records despite demands from NARA and later the FBI to return them,” he added, referring to the National Archives and Records Administration, which takes custody of White House records when a president leaves office.
DOJ appears to be investigating Trump’s claims around a “standing order”
In a sign the Department of Justice is not content to have simply secured the return of classified materials, its investigators appear to be contacting former Trump-era officials about his claims of having declassified the contents removed from his Florida home.
According to reporting from Rolling Stone, the FBI has thus far been conducting voluntary interviews with those who could have knowledge of such an order, including former staff on the National Security Council.
Shortly after the warrant was executed, Trump claimed the documents removed from his home were “all declassified.” He later elaborated in a statement to Fox News that he had “a standing order” to declassify any documents.
“If the DOJ was really focused on recovering the classified material and was not criminally investigating the former president, they would not be calling in former NSC officials to question them about Trump’s supposed “standing order” declassifying documents,” Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, wrote on Twitter.
National security law experts who previously spoke with The Hill noted that while Trump would have broad powers as president to declassify documents, such a practice is usually done on a case-by-case basis, and also triggers notification to other agencies that hold classified information, so that they can reclassify them appropriately in their own system.
“Realistically, no one actually believes that Trump had such an order. It was not written down anywhere, doesn’t make a lot of sense (as some of his own appointees have pointed out), and was never raised by Trump’s lawyers during their communications with DOJ,” Mariotti continued.
Even if Trump did declassify documents, that isn’t a defense for the Espionage Act, one of the three statutes cited in the warrant. That law only requires mishandling national defense information to trigger a violation.
Trump wants it all released
Former President Trump and his allies have responded to the government’s desire for redactions with calls for the release of the full document.
“Pres. Trump has made his view clear that the American people should be permitted to see the unredacted affidavit related to the raid and break-in of his home. Today, magistrate Judge Reinhard rejected the DOJ’s cynical attempt to hide the whole affidavit from Americans,” Taylor Budowich, a spokesperson for the former president, said Thursday.
Trump separately posted on Truth Social, his social media platform, calling for the “immediate release” of the unredacted affidavit, citing the need for transparency. He also called for Reinhart to recuse himself from the case without giving a clear reason.
The former president and his allies have attacked the credibility of the FBI and DOJ ever since the search was executed earlier this month, pointing to the handling of the Russia investigation to allege it is the latest politically biased attack on Trump.
By calling for the unredacted affidavit to be released when the government opposes such a move, Trump will likely further fuel distrust in the Department of Justice among his supporters.
DOJ is working through redactions
The Department of Justice, however, does not want its affidavit for the warrant fully released.
The department argued that the affidavit should remain under seal in its entirety, saying the information it contained laid out a “roadmap” to its ongoing investigation, “highly sensitive information about witnesses,” and “specific investigative techniques.”
But a federal magistrate judge on Thursday dismissed efforts by the DOJ to maintain the affidavit entirely under seal.
“I find that on the present record the Government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed,” Judge Bruce Reinhart said in a brief order.
According to The New York Times, Reinhart said there were parts of the affidavit that “could be presumptively unsealed.”
The DOJ has until noon Thursday to submit their proposed redactions, after which Reinhart, who approved the initial warrant, will review them — meaning a redacted version of the affidavit could be released as early as next week.
What it means for Trump and 2024
Casting a cloud over the entire proceeding is the fact that Trump is likely to announce a 2024 White House bid in the coming months, though he may wait until after the midterm elections.
Trump denied in an interview last month with New York Magazine that any presidential run would be a way to insulate himself from criminal consequences as he faces investigations over election interference in Georgia, business dealings in New York, the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots and now his handling of classified information.
read more : https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3608536-five-things-we-learned-this-week-about-the-fbi-search-of-trumps-home/
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سابق صدر ٹرمپ کا نیویارک کے اٹارنی کے سوالات کے جواب دینے سے انکار
سابق صدر ٹرمپ کا نیویارک کے اٹارنی کے سوالات کے جواب دینے سے انکار
سابق صدر ٹرمپ کا نیویارک کے اٹارنی کے سوالات کے جواب دینے سے انکار
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سابق صدر ڈانلڈ ٹرمپ نے بدھ کے روز اپنے کے خاندان کے کاروباری طرز عمل پر سول تفتیش کے سلسلے میں ریاست نیویارک کے اٹارنی جنرل کے سامنے پیش ہو کر سوالات کے جواب دینے سے انکار کر دیا۔ایسا انہوں نے امریکہ کی پانچویں آئینی ترمیم میں دیے گئے تحفظ کا استعمال کرتے ہوئے کیا۔اٹارنی جنرل لیٹیٹا جیمز کی…
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Seven presidential contenders for the GOP in 2024
Former President Trump is still the dominant figure in the Republican Party but his stranglehold is loosening.
Trump-backed candidates have had a mixed record in GOP primaries so far this cycle, with high-profile losses in Georgia, Nebraska and a key South Carolina district undercutting many other wins.
The work of the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 also places Trump’s role in the insurrection squarely in the spotlight.
To be sure, Trump leads early 2024 polls by a wide margin. But there is no guarantee that the ever-unpredictable Trump will enter the race. And there is a growing consensus among Republican insiders that, if he does so, he will face a serious challenge.
So, if the 2024 GOP nominee ends up being someone other than Trump, whom might it be?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
DeSantis is Trump’s most serious rival at this early stage.
The Florida governor has a multilayered appeal. Conservatives loved his pushback against mask and vaccine mandates during the pandemic. He has embraced the culture wars with vigor, including his advocacy of legislation that liberal critics dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
The mere fact that DeSantis sparks such ire from left-leaning voters is almost certainly an asset in a GOP primary.
More concretely, DeSantis is a prodigious fundraiser. He surpassed $100 million in his reelection war-chest this spring.
Some figures close to Trump believe DeSantis could be scared off, and would be reluctant to enter a head-to-head race with the former president.
Read More : https://thehill.com/homenews/3528242-seven-presidential-contenders-for-the-gop-in-2024/
#Former President Trump#Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis#Mike Pence#Nikki Haley#Sen. Ted Cruz#Mike Pompeo#Sen. Tim Scott#South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem
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I see jury selection is going well
#must be very difficult to find twelve jurors who don’t have strong opinions about a former president#and major celebrity#nvm one as polarizing as trump
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Trumps numerous Truth Social postings since this morning.
It should not be a surprise how unhinged he is, but the fact that he was once President of the United States and now a candidate for office again and conducts himself like this is just staggering.
He’s a terrified, sick minded man.
#donald trump#unhinged#truth social#former president#gop#vote blue#politics#republicans#mentally fucked#vote biden#pay attention#please vote#ffs
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#funny#hilarious#funniest#funny images#hilarious picture#funnymemes#funniest memes#new memes#history meme#funny history#trump indictment#donald trump#former president#republicans#right wing idiots#ultimate impostor
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lando really said i will make sure to make this win so unsexy………
#like all these guys suck in different ways we know that#but why would you want your win tied to any politician lmao#if it’s someone sort of cool go crazy but why trump#of any former president not even from the country you’re from like#imagine if it was japan’s president or australia’s president like that would be lame as hell#girl they’re politicians get your pussy up and act a little more rockstar lame ass
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Five things we learned this week about the FBI search of Trump’s home
Five things we learned this week about the FBI search of Trump’s home
Former President Trump could be facing mounting legal troubles as new details emerge about the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation that prompted an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump has called for the release of more information tied to the search, an effort that corresponds with bashing the agency for what he claims is a politically motivated attack.
Meanwhile, the DOJ has…
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Johnathaniel Madden, formerly Johnathaniel Maddornest and Codenamed third coach Prince, was the Marquess of Oakland–Alameda county Coliseum in Oakland and the husband of the year 1997 has arrived. a herd of fuckin' ugly reds. are Rushing from the former Breitbart CEO's balls, chemically burning the eyes of the larger public?
#TEXT#DAY 10#Johnathaniel Madden#formerly Johnathaniel Maddornest and codenamed third coach Prince#was the Marquess of Oakland–Alameda county coliseum in Oakland and the husband of the year Edition.. The year 1997 Has arrived. a herd of f#Smoke Was rising from the former breitbart ceo's balls#chemically burning the eyes of president Trump.
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Today I helped a nice Irish man who got separated from the ceasefire protest double check his directions to the US Embassy and he nodded to me and said "obviously your president-"
And my mum went "NO! WE'RE FROM YORKSHIRE"
Then they bonded over being beaten up at Catholic school before he continued on his way.
#I also met Jessi 2 days earlier than we planned because we all happened to be in the same part of london at the same time 🥺#peer reviewed American#the only president I will recognize is former mayor Magid Magid who banned Donald Trump from our city
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tumblr stop giving me ads for conservative politicians challenge
#“endorsed by president trump” the fact that it doesnt even say former#anyway is it just because i live in texas#like. what
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If Nefarious Breach, You Must Impeach - 04/26/2024
Presidential immunity is something that I haven't previously given much thought to, probably because it's something that hasn't surfaced much as an issue until recently. Yesterday at Trump's hearing on presidential immunity, US Supreme court justice Samuel Alito questioned whether prosecuting former presidents would harm the country's governance. Trump's lawyers argued that former presidents should have absolute immunity for official acts they made during their tenure as president. They said if they didn't, then prosecuting former presidents would become routine and would undermine future presidents from being able to execute difficult decisions without worrying about future legal repercussions. After all, our country's presidents are commonly put in difficult positions wherein the right thing to do would be considered illegal if performed by any other citizen outside of the executive office.
While speaking to Michael Dreeban, an attorney for special counsel Jack Smith's team who are persecuting Trump in two other cases, the Bush-appointed justice (Samuel Alito) asked him this. “I’m sure you would agree with me that a stable, democratic society requires that a candidate who loses an election, even a close one, even a hotly contested one, leave office peacefully, if that candidate is the incumbent?” “Of course,” replied Dreeban. Alito further posited this, “if an incumbent who loses a very close, hotly contested election, knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement, but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy?” Dreeban replied that he believes there are “lawful mechanisms to contest the results in an election and outside the record” but claimed that President Trump and others “filed dozens of electoral challenges and my understanding is they lost all but one” in the courts following the 2020 election. He continued, “There was an appropriate way to challenge things through the courts with evidence, if you lose, if you accept the results, that has been the nation’s experience. I think the court is well familiar with that.”
Alito rebutted those assertions on whether there are enough legal safeguards to handle prosecutors acting politically. Dreeban and Jack Smith's team have said that prosecutors must go to grand juries for securing indictments as a check against prosecutions that are politically motivated. The justice responded by saying, "prosecutors could convince a jury to indict a ham sandwich."
Trump's lawyers also argued that their client was merely performing his duties as president while looking to uncover voting fraud during the 2020 election.
This week in New York, the former President, in reference to the Supreme Court case, told reporters the following. “If you don’t have immunity, you’re not going to do anything. You’re going to become a ceremonial president, you’re not going to be taking any of the risks, both good and bad.”
Chief Justice John Roberts, along with at least four other justices didn't seem to support the claim that absolute immunity would stop Trump from being prosecuted on charges of supposedly conspiring to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. Roberts was also with several of the other justices who indicated that the case might need to go back to the lower courts previous to the start date of any trial.
Roberts also showed his dismay with the reasoning brought by the Washington appeals court who gave the ruling against President Trump. During the hearing, the chief justice said this. “You know how easy it is in many cases for a prosecutor to get a grand jury to bring an indictment and reliance on the good faith of the prosecutor may not be enough in some cases.”
So, it appears to me that it's likely they will uphold limited presidential immunity, not absolute immunity. As such there's a good chance that it will go back to the lower courts to determine if he was actually performing his official duties while he was questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election results. If it's determined that he was, then immunity would apply, if not then it won't.
Oh, and by the way, there's something I forgot to mention. In the framer's wisdom they installed an important mechanism should the POTUS (President of the United States) engage in severely unlawful, egregious acts; Impeachment, - Duh! (I can't believe I forgot that and it's so important that I had to change the title of this post from, SCOTUS Hearing on Presidential Immunity.) Under impeachment it would require a 2/3rds majority vote in the senate to convict the President or one of his office holders. So, in deference to a famous Johnnie Cochran line, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit;" although with the opposite intention: "If nefarious breach, you must impeach."
#scotus#trump#donald trump#president trump#former president#former presidents#courts#court#lower courts#immunity#presidential immunity#chief justice#justice alito#john roberts#2020#2020 election#michael dreeban#jack smith#jack smiths team#smiths team#washington appeals court#hearing#democracy#voting fraud#indictment#official duties#jury#trial#indict#ham sandwich
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