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In reply to the discussion: Trump attorneys haven't found classified document former president referred to on tape [View all]BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)60. I give you credit for reading through all that
But regarding Bedminster - yeah -
Trump documents investigation examined New Jersey club from outset
Exclusive: Prosecutors developed evidence early on of classified documents at Trumps Bedminster golf club
Hugo Lowell in Washington
@hugolowell
Thu 22 Jun 2023 07.00 EDT
Last modified on Thu 22 Jun 2023 10.18 EDT
Federal prosecutors investigating Donald Trumps retention of national security material were examining evidence within weeks of the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago last year that he might have handled classified documents at his Bedminster club in New Jersey, according to two people close to the matter.
The indications of classified documents at Bedminster so alarmed prosecutors that they focused part of the investigation on whether Trump might have transported the materials or disclosed their contents there in addition to refusing to return them to the government, the people said.
Trump was charged this month with retaining national defense information and obstruction of justice, in an indictment that also notably alleged that Trump discussed a military plan to attack Iran and waved a classified map of Afghanistan in front of a staffer in 2021 at the New Jersey property.
The suspicion that Trump travelled with classified documents between Mar-a-Lago, his winter residence, and Bedminster, his summer residence, started early in the criminal investigation that intensified after the FBI search and culminated in Trump being accused of violating the Espionage Act.
(snip)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/22/trump-new-jersey-bedminster-club-documents-mar-a-lago-search
Exclusive: Prosecutors developed evidence early on of classified documents at Trumps Bedminster golf club
Hugo Lowell in Washington
@hugolowell
Thu 22 Jun 2023 07.00 EDT
Last modified on Thu 22 Jun 2023 10.18 EDT
Federal prosecutors investigating Donald Trumps retention of national security material were examining evidence within weeks of the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago last year that he might have handled classified documents at his Bedminster club in New Jersey, according to two people close to the matter.
The indications of classified documents at Bedminster so alarmed prosecutors that they focused part of the investigation on whether Trump might have transported the materials or disclosed their contents there in addition to refusing to return them to the government, the people said.
Trump was charged this month with retaining national defense information and obstruction of justice, in an indictment that also notably alleged that Trump discussed a military plan to attack Iran and waved a classified map of Afghanistan in front of a staffer in 2021 at the New Jersey property.
The suspicion that Trump travelled with classified documents between Mar-a-Lago, his winter residence, and Bedminster, his summer residence, started early in the criminal investigation that intensified after the FBI search and culminated in Trump being accused of violating the Espionage Act.
(snip)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/22/trump-new-jersey-bedminster-club-documents-mar-a-lago-search
I remember when Jack Smith's team was attempting to get 45's team charged with "contempt" (and some of it was probably related to the Bedminster stuff), and the Judge said no. So in that case, this is why we saw these initial "stipulations" by 45's team, to brnging in someone to do "searches", which pretty much put them on the hook for what they found or didn't find (and as we know later, they all quit after the indictments came down).
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Trump attorneys haven't found classified document former president referred to on tape [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2023
OP
Saying he couldn't show it to them (in the tape) was a tease to jack up the price.
NH Ethylene
Jun 2023
#13
i dont understand how the trove at mal isnt probably cause to search every damn 1 of his properties.
mopinko
Jun 2023
#37
Might be why DOJ asked for his Saudi biz records A MONTH AFTER THEY ASKED FOR THE IRAN DOC...
wiggs
Jun 2023
#21
How is this fucker walking free? If that were ANYONE ELSE they'd be locked up long ago.
onecaliberal
Jun 2023
#23
There's no telling whether the document mentioned in the recording even exists.
ShazzieB
Jun 2023
#30
2.5 billion lets bring in Kusher.....and the gang.....and ask some questions....
turbinetree
Jun 2023
#33
"Trump on Thursday said he didn't know anything about the summer 2021 meeting...."
riversedge
Jun 2023
#39