| sundin13 said: The warrant has been released with a list of what has been confiscated: gov.uscourts.flsd.617854.17.0_10.pdf (courtlistener.com) Not a ton of new information, but this confirms all the reports stating that top secret information was obtained. I don't see how this wouldn't just be an easy guilty verdict at this point. I suppose Trump could try to make argue that he declassed this information, but "I secretly declassed stuff when I was President" isn't a very compelling argument given that there is a process for these things. |
From what I gather there are some docs that cannot just be declassified because of National security. The thing is the investigation does not seem to be concentrating so much on classification then that these documents were kept illegally. Since Trump does not own those documents and the NARA even subpoena him for these documents shows a willfulness to keep those documents. Investigators even went on his property to confirm he does not have these docs which put Trump in serious legal risk because he had a chance to turn them over before this whole thing blew up. Now Trump is hoping the GOP stand behind him which for the GOP could actually put the whole party at risk.
Looking how this all unfolded, it would seem that Trump has given the Dems and Garland a golden egg as he moves from one lie or defense to another. If we remember he was first trying to claim the FBI planted evidence. Now he is trying to say that what they found he auto declassified but that defense actually doesn't work because the FBI isn't really going that route. He lied himself in a corner as a private citizen without the protection of the president office and I believe he has seriously played himself this time.
Last edited by Machiavellian - on 14 August 2022
