Michael Cohen believes Trump is likely keeping copies of top-secret documents at his children's home

[bucolic_frolic]

Source: Business Insider

Michael Cohen believes Trump is likely keeping copies of top-secret documents at his children's homes, Bedminster, and Trump Tower

"Michael Cohen, who was once former President Donald Trump's lawyer, believes Trump likely has copies of the classified documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago stashed in other locations.

Cohen was reacting on Twitter to an article from The Washington Post on the Department of Justice's recent court filing, in which the DOJ suggested that Trump's team may have concealed or moved top-secret files when officials were probing the matter.

"I believe Trump has copies, potentially other documents as well, at other locations including his children's homes, Weisselberg's florida home, Bedminster, NJ golf course, Fifth Avenue apartment, etc…" Cohen tweeted.

Cohen was referring to Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's former CFO, who in August admitted to orchestrating a payroll tax-dodge scheme at the organization.

During its search of Mar-a-Lago on August 8, the FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents, including some marked "top secret" and files that may have concerned nuclear weapons. According to the warrant for the search, the DOJ is looking into whether Trump broke any of three federal laws — including the Espionage Act — by keeping the documents at his Florida residence. "

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohen-trump-copies-top-secret-files-at-other-homes-2022-9

[randr]

1. i'd be digging up that coffin

[KPN]

7. And I'd be seizing all of his and their devices

and emails for photos, scans and pdfs of docs. Who knows how many of and how many times these docs have been reproduced and sold!

[2naSalit]

36. Yeah...

That whole deal was highly suspicious all around.

[Richard D]

2. I still wonder . . .

. . . about Ivana's coffin.

[JI7]

3. Maybe but I can see a selfish reason he would not be doing it

because he doesn't want his kids to be able to use it to their own benefit and he knows they would do the same as him .

[Farmer-Rick]

32. I think his kids are too afraid of him

To go against what he wants. Even Kushner kowtows to the psychopath.

[2naSalit]

37. And they probably think...

He actually has something to leave them when he finally croaks. Joke's on them.

They all need to have their own grand juries, but I would wager that they are holding stuff that isn't theirs too.

[Polybius]

4. Pure speculation

Could turn out to be true, but Cohen is guessing.

[William Seger]

12. Yes, but I'd certainly guess the same thing

And given TFG's character and behavior, it would only be prudent to assume it's true.

[Johnyawl]

31. I have my doubts about this...

...that much forethought and planning isn't really his style. And if he had copies, why is he so insistent on getting the originals back?

Though it would not hurt to search Jared's properties. I think he's got more brains then all the trumps put together, and less morals.

[flying_wahini]

34. An educated guess based on the fact he worked with him for years, tho.

[2naSalit]

38. Yup.

A decade of being his fixer is long enough to know the whole game with a one trick pony. -45's whole game is to keep his money, the smaller amount that is actually traceable, moving from one account of holding to another so that nobody knows where it is and how much there actually is.

That whole con is likely the same strategy he's using with illegally obtained documents.

I have had the same suspicions as Cohen on this, there's more in many places. Shit, they should go over all his properties with LIDAR and make sure there's nothing buried in the woods.

Oh, and don't forget his international properties!

[imacsal007]

5. Bedminster and Trump Tower?

why Bedminster and Trump Tower aren't being searched right now, I have no fucking clue

[Rebl2]

10. That has

been my thought too.

[jgo]

21. They need probable cause

For Mar a Lago they have insiders, and other evidence, that have provided probable cause. They would need evidence for the other locations that such documents are there, in order to search.

[Hekate]

35. Call me naive, but when a drug lord has $2M in meth stashed in his home & club, isn't that...

… probable cause for checking out his other properties? Wouldn’t you think so?

[Irish_Dem]

46. Exactly. If the raid results didn't give probable cause nothing will.

[marble falls]

49. Not necessarily. Search is a tool, not a punishment. Jurisdiction. $2M of speed charged in FL ...

... won't get you a search warrant in Ohio.

[Hekate]

50. A shovel is also a tool, and if bodies keep being dug up, don't you check elsewhere?

[marble falls]

51. Randomly, on a hunch, or legally? You don't get search warrants on a hunch. Ever hear of ...

... the expression, "fishing expedition"??

How long has it taken just to get the Parkland HS shooter in front of a jury? Three or four years.

45 is going down in a legally, water tight manner. Instant justice will benefit only 45 in the end.

[thecrow]

42. What about Doral and the club in Scotland?

Search ‘em all…

[marble falls]

48. Probable cause. Suspician doesn't meet that requirement. A search warrant is for specific things ...

... based on claims of a reasonable witness or other evidence.

An insider (like what apparently happened at Mar a-Lago) or if monitoring cameras capture something (like at Mar a-Lago), there's a cause for a warrant.

[dalton99a]

6. It's foolish to think the criminal doesn't have other hiding places for his stash

of stolen national secrets

[slumcamper]

8. Copy machines have memory storage. I'd think FBI would have a copy of that...n/t

[prodigitalson]

41. I doubt they used a copy machine, but who knows with this bunch

It's just easier to take pics with a cell phone.

[Traildogbob]

9. "IF" it was discovered

I hope that the Feds, as they do in major drug busts, would confiscate and sell all the places used to hold the illegal “substance” at a quantity to distribute. Or use the properties for FBI regional headquarters. Or, house homeless black people.

[mopinko]

17. i've been praying the chgo tower is turned over to the cha.

it's got some sweatheart financing, so mere bankruptcy wont go far. but asset forfeiture? oh hell yes.

[Traildogbob]

23. Hazmat

Cleaning required. Can ya imagine the size of cockroaches scurrying across that casino Carpet in MAGA-Loco? Or in those underground tunnels?

[mopinko]

25. fersher. maybe we can get fema to do that.

i'd specifically love fully supportive housing for addicts, cuz if he gets help for his coke problem in the 80's, none of this happens. none of it.

but mixed income so teachers, firefighters, social workers, and all the people he thinks of as losers end up living in his shiny tower.
btw, the tower was planned as a new world's tallest, but he cut it back after 9/11.
i dont think enough ppl know that fact. i'm not sure he has the city council in his pocket like he did w/o that brag.

[Torchlight]

11. Given what we know about Trump already, Cohen's assertion seems likely.

Heck, it's something I would bet money on; I'd think the sucker's bet is on Trump having no more documents stashed for a rainy day of browbeating, extorting and threatening his 'friends.'

[nattyice]

13. Seize all of his assets

[Lasher]

14. He could have made soft copies.

And this being the case, we must assume that he did.

[BlueIdaho]

15. I'm sure he's thought of that

I’m not sure “the kids” are willing to participate in this treason.

[patphil]

16. I thought they should have seized all the copiers at MAL and examined all their storage devices.

Modern copiers keep an image of all the items they scan on internal memory devices.
I think it would be a pretty safe bet that some of those classified documents were copied and possibly even faxed.

[Justice matters.]

19. Street businesses have copiers where you can make copies...

for 5¢ per sheet No way to know which street shop has been used. They're all over the country.

[FakeNoose]

18. Are you kidding? The documents have all been scanned by now

They've been stored on somebody's laptop, probably Jared's.

[Jakes Progress]

24. Yep. He's all set to threaten a Wiki drop if they indict.

He probably has paper copies too. He's that guy.

[cbabe]

20. Now that the documents have been retrieved,

the government can counter any info with new strategies, info, etc. making stolen docs worthless or misleading.

Set a trap and watch adversaries fall into it.

Like the WWII ghost army that sent Nazis to totally wrong battlefield to distract from Normandy invasion.

That’s what I would do.

[RAB910]

22. Since Trump wasn't expecting a search of his home

I have to think if Trump was making photocopies, the FBI now has evidence as there would very likely be copies at Mar-a-Lago as Trump thought that was his safe space

[FakeNoose]

26. He still has properties (condos) in New York that he visited this year

While nobody was looking, he could have hidden a lot of stuff in the New York condos. Or Ivanka and Jared could have gone there and hidden stuff too. I believe they sold their place in NYC but they can still go visiting "family" and stay at Chump's condo.

[RAB910]

27. I am not saying he didn't do it. I am just saying if he was, odds are good the FBI found some

copies at MAL

[FakeNoose]

30. Sure, but it would be easier to hide a thumb drive

I mean, these documents have all been scanned by now, don't you think?

Chump can give away the paper copies, or they can be confiscated. But he has the information in the scanned digital files, and it's a threat to the country's security. Jared had a lot of free time to do the scanning after he returned from Saudi Arabia.

Even when Chump was in the White House, it was recognized by our intelligence organizations that HE was a security risk. The intelligence chiefs went out of their way to avoid telling him stuff, and to not giving him secret documents. What does that tell us? They knew it was going to be trouble before Chump left the White House.

[RAB910]

33. That is a frightening alternative

[DENVERPOPS]

28. Many many more documents

could be anywhere........They have only had, what, almost two years to stash them where ever. I would suspect that Ivanka and Jared took a big chunk of their own for their future use. It is pretty certain that Jared has already cashed some of them in with the Saudi's.....
And of course, a copy of anything and everything was delivered to Putin for free for the entire four years, and after.....

[Tree Lady]

29. I would bet the FBI has people watching

all his properties to see who goes in and out and what they are carrying. They only went into his place in Florida because they had absolute proof what they wanted was there. No way will they go to a different property unless they know for sure more documents are there, the news media would be all over it if they found nothing and they want a tight case.

[Baggies]

39. Why keep them at houses, golf clubhouses, or business buildings?

Why not download them onto several thumb drives and distribute them to different locations all over the world? Why not safety deposit boxes in Dubai?

I mean if you’re gonna guess, then guess big.

[Bayard]

40. I'm confused

I thought he had stolen COPIES. Were these original documents? How would he even have gotten his hands on originals???

[LiberalFighter]

43. They might be at Lindsey Graham's home or office.

[LiberalFighter]

44. What about Michael Flynn?

[Turbineguy]

45. Never underestimate trump's stupidity.

When Archives asked for the documents, he could have turned them over and that would have been the end of it. Now they are being inspected by the top crime lab in the World for prints, DNA and clues. Anybody who handled these material is subject to be charged under the Espionage Act. If he has any documents at his kids houses, they should ask to have their places searched, that way there is no chance they can get rolled up in this If they did not handle the evidence.

Now repeat after me, Don, Eric, Ivanka, "My Dad is a Fuck-up."

[Irish_Dem]

47. If he had been smarter he could have gotten away with it

He could have gotten away with all of his crimes.

Even being stupid he may walk away a free man.