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Former President Trump, 18 Others Charged With Attempt To Overturn 2020 U.S. Election Loss In Georgia

On Monday, former President Donald Trump found himself facing an unprecedented fourth indictment, further complicating his growing list of legal issues. This indictment is centered on his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia, adding a new layer of complexity to his legal challenges. Should he be found guilty, significant fines and even prison time could be in…

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Five things we learned this week about the FBI search of Trump’s home

Former President Trump could be facing mounting legal troubles as new details emerge about the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation that prompted an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Trump has called for the release of more information tied to the search, an effort that corresponds with bashing the agency for what he claims is a politically motivated attack.

Meanwhile, the DOJ has fought to limit how much information will come out about an ongoing investigation with Trump as its target.

Here’s what we’ve learned this week.

Trump eyed for “willful” violations of the Espionage Act

Although the most highly sensitive materials underlying the Mar-a-Lago search warrant remained under seal this week, the judge presiding over the case did make one court record newly available to the public. That document, known as a criminal cover sheet, provided additional insight into the nature of the crime under investigation, according to some legal experts.

It was already known that investigators believed the materials housed at Trump’s residence were linked to a likely violation of the Espionage Act, a WWI-era statute designed to help safeguard the country’s vital national security secrets. What the criminal cover sheet revealed, after it was unsealed Thursday, is that law enforcement had probable cause to think a “willful retention of national defense information” occurred.

That new detail appeared to lend further support to the theory — one that was already widely assumed — that Trump himself is the target of the investigation.

“This aligns with what we know so far from public media reporting, as well as the minimal information we have derived from the unsealed court filings,” Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer and partner in the law office of Mark S. Zaid, told The Hill in an email.

“All indications are that the government’s argument will amount to three things: (1) Trump took the properly marked classified records with him to Florida; (2) he left them in boxes in the basement; (3) when confronted about it, he willfully held onto records despite demands from NARA and later the FBI to return them,” he added, referring to the National Archives and Records Administration, which takes custody of White House records when a president leaves office.

DOJ appears to be investigating Trump’s claims around a “standing order”

In a sign the Department of Justice is not content to have simply secured the return of classified materials, its investigators appear to be contacting former Trump-era officials about his claims of having declassified the contents removed from his Florida home.

According to reporting from Rolling Stone, the FBI has thus far been conducting voluntary interviews with those who could have knowledge of such an order, including former staff on the National Security Council.

Shortly after the warrant was executed, Trump claimed the documents removed from his home were “all declassified.” He later elaborated in a statement to Fox News that he had “a standing order” to declassify any documents.

“If the DOJ was really focused on recovering the classified material and was not criminally investigating the former president, they would not be calling in former NSC officials to question them about Trump’s supposed “standing order” declassifying documents,” Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, wrote on Twitter.

National security law experts who previously spoke with The Hill noted that while Trump would have broad powers as president to declassify documents, such a practice is usually done on a case-by-case basis, and also triggers notification to other agencies that hold classified information, so that they can reclassify them appropriately in their own system.

“Realistically, no one actually believes that Trump had such an order. It was not written down anywhere, doesn’t make a lot of sense (as some of his own appointees have pointed out), and was never raised by Trump’s lawyers during their communications with DOJ,” Mariotti continued.

Even if Trump did declassify documents, that isn’t a defense for the Espionage Act, one of the three statutes cited in the warrant. That law only requires mishandling national defense information to trigger a violation.

Trump wants it all released

Former President Trump and his allies have responded to the government’s desire for redactions with calls for the release of the full document.

“Pres. Trump has made his view clear that the American people should be permitted to see the unredacted affidavit related to the raid and break-in of his home. Today, magistrate Judge Reinhard rejected the DOJ’s cynical attempt to hide the whole affidavit from Americans,” Taylor Budowich, a spokesperson for the former president, said Thursday.

Trump separately posted on Truth Social, his social media platform, calling for the “immediate release” of the unredacted affidavit, citing the need for transparency. He also called for Reinhart to recuse himself from the case without giving a clear reason.

The former president and his allies have attacked the credibility of the FBI and DOJ ever since the search was executed earlier this month, pointing to the handling of the Russia investigation to allege it is the latest politically biased attack on Trump.

By calling for the unredacted affidavit to be released when the government opposes such a move, Trump will likely further fuel distrust in the Department of Justice among his supporters.

DOJ is working through redactions

The Department of Justice, however, does not want its affidavit for the warrant fully released.

The department argued that the affidavit should remain under seal in its entirety, saying the information it contained laid out a “roadmap” to its ongoing investigation, “highly sensitive information about witnesses,” and “specific investigative techniques.”

But a federal magistrate judge on Thursday dismissed efforts by the DOJ to maintain the affidavit entirely under seal.

“I find that on the present record the Government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed,” Judge Bruce Reinhart said in a brief order.

According to The New York Times, Reinhart said there were parts of the affidavit that “could be presumptively unsealed.”

The DOJ has until noon Thursday to submit their proposed redactions, after which Reinhart, who approved the initial warrant, will review them — meaning a redacted version of the affidavit could be released as early as next week.

What it means for Trump and 2024

Casting a cloud over the entire proceeding is the fact that Trump is likely to announce a 2024 White House bid in the coming months, though he may wait until after the midterm elections.

Trump denied in an interview last month with New York Magazine that any presidential run would be a way to insulate himself from criminal consequences as he faces investigations over election interference in Georgia, business dealings in New York, the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots and now his handling of classified information.

read more : https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3608536-five-things-we-learned-this-week-about-the-fbi-search-of-trumps-home/

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سابق صدر ٹرمپ کا نیویارک کے اٹارنی کے سوالات کے جواب دینے سے انکار

سابق صدر ٹرمپ کا نیویارک کے اٹارنی کے سوالات کے جواب دینے سے انکار

سابق صدر ٹرمپ کا نیویارک کے اٹارنی کے سوالات کے جواب دینے سے انکار واشنگٹن، 11اگست ( آئی این ایس انڈیا ) سابق صدر ڈانلڈ ٹرمپ نے بدھ کے روز اپنے کے خاندان کے کاروباری طرز عمل پر سول تفتیش کے سلسلے میں ریاست نیویارک کے اٹارنی جنرل کے سامنے پیش ہو کر سوالات کے جواب دینے سے انکار کر دیا۔ایسا انہوں نے امریکہ کی پانچویں آئینی ترمیم میں دیے گئے تحفظ کا استعمال کرتے ہوئے کیا۔اٹارنی جنرل لیٹیٹا جیمز کی…

[avesseloflanguage]

i know this is old news but like. it is so fucking insane to me that convicted felons — who can qualify in every other way, citizens who are absolutely affected by elections and politics — are not allowed to vote in the united states. like that alone is fucking crazy. and fucked up and VERY intentional and on track for the usa. but still genuinely crazy to actually think about.

but worse is that donald mother god damn fucking trump can still run for president and could be elected while being a convicted felon. like. bro can't vote for himself i guess. but this guy could still legally become the fucking president. HE CANT LEGALLY VOTE IN ELECTIONS ANYMORE. BECAUSE HE IS A CONVICTED FELON.

BUT HE COULD LEGALLY BECOME THE HEAD OF STATE.

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[tanadrin]

I see jury selection is going well

[sher-ee]

Trumps numerous Truth Social postings since this morning.

It should not be a surprise how unhinged he is, but the fact that he was once President of the United States and now a candidate for office again and conducts himself like this is just staggering.

He’s a terrified, sick minded man.

[demented-nightstand]

[secretdonderwolk]

lando really said i will make sure to make this win so unsexy………

[ldagence-celbs]

Ivanka Trump

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Five things we learned this week about the FBI search of Trump’s home

Five things we learned this week about the FBI search of Trump’s home

Former President Trump could be facing mounting legal troubles as new details emerge about the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation that prompted an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump has called for the release of more information tied to the search, an effort that corresponds with bashing the agency for what he claims is a politically motivated attack. Meanwhile, the DOJ has…

[fightingformore]

We were so close to a pride month conviction 😭😭😭

[sbnkalny]

Johnathaniel Madden, formerly Johnathaniel Maddornest and Codenamed third coach Prince, was the Marquess of Oakland–Alameda county Coliseum in Oakland and the husband of the year 1997 has arrived. a herd of fuckin' ugly reds. are Rushing from the former Breitbart CEO's balls, chemically burning the eyes of the larger public?

[drbtinglecannon]

I wonder how the prosecutor hid his raging erection when they got back the verdict

[marlinspirkhall]

Today I helped a nice Irish man who got separated from the ceasefire protest double check his directions to the US Embassy and he nodded to me and said "obviously your president-"

And my mum went "NO! WE'RE FROM YORKSHIRE"

Then they bonded over being beaten up at Catholic school before he continued on his way.