DOJ Torches Trump's Arguments for Impunity in Mar-a-Lago Docs Case

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Mar. 07, 2024 4:55PM EST / Published Mar. 07, 2024 4:11PM EST


Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith argued in court papers on Thursday that the nation’s expansive presidential powers don’t permit Donald Trump to whisk hundreds of classified records away from the White House—and they certainly don’t justify him lying to the feds to cover it up. The special prosecutor investigating the former president over his hoarding of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago finally responded to Trump’s attempts to get his criminal case dismissed, tearing apart arguments that he said would put the billionaire above the law.

“Trump’s claims rest on three fundamental errors, all of which reflect his view that, as a former president, the nation’s laws and principles of accountability that govern every other citizen do not apply to him,” Smith wrote, adding that Trump is now seeking to justify the way he would “lie to the government, conceal records, and obstruct the grand jury’s investigation.”

The much-anticipated court filing lays out a broader version of the DOJ’s investigation, which is currently before a Trump-friendly federal judge that the former president appointed shortly before leaving office. The DOJ court filing spends considerable attention focusing on the way Trump tried to cover up the crime of stealing so many classified documents, with prosecutors justifying their initial criminal inquiry but also putting significantly more weight on the consequences of having Trump try to stymie that very investigation.

Smith’s team had until Thursday to respond to Trump’s four separate motions to dismiss, laid out across 75 pages of court filings in February, which largely seek to justify the way he hoarded classified records at his South Florida oceanside estate.

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Link to court filing (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.373.0_2.pdf

[Marthe48]

1. The rope will break if they try to hang traitor

But sure wish we could still yell 'death to the traitor' with good effect.

I've been crabby lately, and can't wait for people to come to their senses. Find their spine. Understand what side their bread is buttered on. Any aphorism that fits.

[vapor2]

6. You may be waiting for a very long time

as one supporter said trump has "morals".

[NanaCat]

10. Nah

It's about getting a strong enough rope, and no danger of finding that. An 8mm sailing rope would work just fine, and they aren't terribly expensive, either.

[patphil]

2. Might want to change the title. I think you meant Immunity.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Have to use the article headline - this is the "classified docs" case and the term was apparently being used

by DB (if not a typo) as a synonym describing 45's arguments as basically breaking the law with "impunity"...

[patphil]

4. Good 'nuff.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. I'll keep checking in case they update

[TheRickles]

8. Both words work, actually.

[republianmushroom]

7. Thank you, Jack and team.

[slightlv]

9. Trump judge...

Yeah, right. I see this going the same way as the NY criminal trial... going nowhere but delay. I hope I'm wrong, but I think my spirit has been broken for awhile.