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prodigitalson

(2,399 posts)
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:57 AM Sep 2022

Designated control officer....from the WP regarding the nuclear secrets Trump stole

“kept under lock and key, almost always in a secure compartmented information facility, with a designated control officer to keep careful tabs on their location.”

Clearly this document's "control officer" didn't do that great a job controlling. So how did that happen?

Someone knows who this person is, right? Had a casual talk? Asked a few random questions?

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Designated control officer....from the WP regarding the nuclear secrets Trump stole (Original Post) prodigitalson Sep 2022 OP
In the detailed timeline that the DOJ released yesterday Cheezoholic Sep 2022 #1
which of those guys other than Cipollone (Engles?) has testified to a grand jury prodigitalson Sep 2022 #2
Philbin (federal grand jury) BumRushDaShow Sep 2022 #4
Somebody knows something. All should testify under oath. brush Sep 2022 #3

Cheezoholic

(2,014 posts)
1. In the detailed timeline that the DOJ released yesterday
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 03:11 AM
Sep 2022

I noted this on Jan. 19th...

"Jan. 19: Trump tells the Archives that he has designated Mark Meadows, Pat Cipollone, Pat Philbin, Scott Gast, Steven Engel and Michael Purpura, who served in his administration either within the White House or Justice Department, as his representatives to handle matters pertaining to records from his presidency."

I find that very interesting.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/timeline-the-government-s-efforts-to-get-sensitive-documents-back-from-trump/ar-AA11kuqu

BumRushDaShow

(128,699 posts)
4. Philbin (federal grand jury)
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 06:00 AM
Sep 2022
https://abcnews.go.com/US/cipollone-philbin-expected-friday-federal-grand-jury-probing/story?id=89163658

Engel (J6 Committee) - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-steven-engel-and-why-is-he-testifying-in-the-jan-6-hearings

Purpura is apparently Cipollone's attorney - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/former-trump-white-house-lawyer-134204861.html

That 3rd link above has a major (for me) revelation about the frequency of one of the grand jury's sessions -

Former Trump White House attorneys appear before grand jury probing Jan. 6

Sarah N. Lynch
Fri, September 2, 2022 at 9:42 AM

(snip)

Pat Cipollone, the former White House counsel, and his attorney Michael Purpura arrived at the federal courthouse shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Friday, where they were greeted in the hallway by Thomas Windom, the lead prosecutor investigating a failed bid by former President Donald Trump's allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election by submitting alternative slates of fake electors to the U.S. National Archives.

They proceeded to the third floor, where the grand jury meets each Friday, according to a Reuters witness.

(snip)

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/former-trump-white-house-lawyer-134204861.html


I knew that federal grand juries in general only get together periodically (often just once a month - perhaps for 1 or more consecutive days). But it's good to know what the frequency is for any of those associated with the 2020 election. So they are meeting "once a week each Friday" - at least the one for the "Fake Electors" grand jury.

brush

(53,758 posts)
3. Somebody knows something. All should testify under oath.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 03:58 AM
Sep 2022

Those docs got out of the WH and/or scifs and on to the country club in Florida...where weddings, and bar mitzvahs are held with hundreds of people in and out, not to mention all the employees and member guests traipsing around...and spies, one in particular posing as a Rothchild.

Needless to say security was not the tightest.

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