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Gaugamela

(2,486 posts)
30. He's setting up a graymail defense.
Wed Aug 31, 2022, 11:30 PM
Aug 2022
Graymail is the threatened revelation of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings. It is distinct from blackmail, which may include threats of revelation against, and manipulation of, any private individual. Graymail is used as a defense tactic, forcing the government to drop a case to avoid revealing national secrets.

Graymail can occur in two ways:

To straightforwardly blackmail the government, forcing it to drop the case using the threat that if the trial proceeds the defendant will reveal classified information he or she already knows.

To request use of classified material, e.g. as evidence, in the trial. The defendant speculates that the government will be unwilling to make the material fully available to the case, and that this will raise the possibility, in the eyes of the judge or jury, that the unreleased material might clear the defendant, making it difficult to prove guilt.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graymail
He just doesn't get it Historic NY Aug 2022 #1
He is creating an alternative reality BootinUp Aug 2022 #3
Because OF COURSE the goverment will make you a quick photocopy of any top secret document requested forgotmylogin Aug 2022 #35
He HAS to act like they are his. underpants Aug 2022 #7
Exactly. ShazzieB Aug 2022 #27
. applegrove Aug 2022 #2
No, they have a responsive judge..... getagrip_already Aug 2022 #4
Yup. That is the problem. She is bending over backwards for Trump. SunSeeker Aug 2022 #26
Exactly! Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #43
Has some customers who will buy copies. Sneederbunk Aug 2022 #5
Um, no. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #6
Straight out of Pootin's playbook. Mockery of our justice system. SheltieLover Aug 2022 #8
What a sense of humor. lpbk2713 Aug 2022 #9
And he's accusing the DOJ of "TEMERITY?!" dchill Aug 2022 #10
You took the tv I stole so give me one just like it!!!! Maeve Aug 2022 #11
ARREST HIM IN PA THIS WEEKEND. fierywoman Aug 2022 #12
STF U You Treasonous POS DT.. Damn Cha Aug 2022 #13
almost seems like that should be a crime. mopinko Aug 2022 #14
Susan Gordon, who served as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Ilsa Aug 2022 #15
And what someone said, he should be trying to help DOJ, honest man theory Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #45
He refused to keep a visitors list at the WH, I think. Ilsa Sep 2022 #52
In this case, I just don't buy it that he doesn't understand. wnylib Sep 2022 #50
He knows it, but can't accept it. His extreme narcissism Ilsa Sep 2022 #51
Fun fact: Local rules limited response to 10 pages. He filed one that's 19 pages. Nevilledog Aug 2022 #16
The first few pages read like one of his online rants Roland99 Aug 2022 #18
Notice the new supposed hotshot lawyer Kise didn't sign it. Nevilledog Aug 2022 #19
Can't help but wonder if that guy is cover for moRon DeFascist Roland99 Aug 2022 #20
Who is the attorney who is willing to sacrifice the rest of their Ilsa Aug 2022 #17
The government's response jmowreader Aug 2022 #21
LOL! n/t EndlessWire Aug 2022 #24
+1,000,000,000,000... Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #47
They are probably already bought and paid for. revmclaren Aug 2022 #22
He still is, and will remain a halfwit for the rest of his life. brush Aug 2022 #23
It always seems to me like EndlessWire Aug 2022 #25
.... orangecrush Aug 2022 #28
Totally ruins his retirement income plan! Aussie105 Aug 2022 #29
He's setting up a graymail defense. Gaugamela Aug 2022 #30
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 #37
Hmmm. Do you think they are smart enough to do that? KPN Sep 2022 #41
Lol. Sorry to poster...but lol KPN Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #49
Sounds more like plain old blackmail to me. calimary Sep 2022 #42
Get a load of this: Ponietz Aug 2022 #31
Maybe he was in the middle of a deal and he's nervous about holding up his end. catbyte Aug 2022 #32
People orangecrush Aug 2022 #33
MAYBE WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER. vapor2 Aug 2022 #34
He's always been an idiot. That hasn't changed. littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 #36
he really doesn't get it Warpy Aug 2022 #38
Link please ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #39
To quote the OP... littlemissmartypants Sep 2022 #44
thread trashed. ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #46
As my mother would have called it: "...more nerve than the guy who ate the first oyster." calimary Sep 2022 #40
I can guess what happened DFW Sep 2022 #48
. empedocles Sep 2022 #53
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