FBI Executed a Warrant at Mar a Lago; the Investigation Continues

So in effect, his defense team will include the US House of Representatives. Just the way the founders intended.

 

So the emails released yesterday have some new revelations, none of which should be found surprising. Many people are focusing on the fact that he spending crew accurately saw Justice Thomas as the most unprincipled hack on the court. I say that because they were saying they thought he was their best shot at the same time they were a acknowledging they had no valid legal case.

Thomas is certainly a hack, but they are stiff competition on this court as to who is the most unprincipled purely political actor in a robe.

In an email from Chesebro to Eastman and several others sent on Dec. 31, 2020, Chesebro argued that Thomas would “end up being key” to asking the high court to overturn then-President-elect Joe Biden’s win in contested states, and that they should “frame things so that Thomas could be the one to issue some sort of stay or other circuit justice opinion saying Georgia is in legitimate doubt.”

“Realistically, our only chance to get a favorable judicial opinion by Jan. 6, which might hold up the Georgia count in Congress, is from Thomas — do you agree, Prof. Eastman?”


But what I also found interesting is the profound sense of victimization which infects the modern right wing, the perception that any ordinary consequences to egregious actions is somehow unfair to them, as evidenced by Eastman here talking about the fact that it would require some aggressive DA to prosecute Trump for very knowingly lying under oath to try to subvert democracy and overturn election. Such unfairness.

In another Dec. 31, 2020, email, Eastman expresses concerns about legal issues Trump might face in signing a new verification for a lawsuit that had already been filed regarding voter fraud, given that he has “since been made aware that some of the allegations (and evidence proffered by the experts) has been inaccurate.”

“And I have no doubt that an aggressive DA or US (Attorney) someplace will go after both the President and his lawyers once all the dust settles on this,” Eastman wrote to Alex Kaufman and Kurt Hilbert, two Georgia-based lawyers who were working on Trump’s legal challenges to the election.


By the way, Trump did sign under oath a verification of facts he knew were false.



Emails: Trump lawyers saw Thomas as key to halt electoral count
Emails: Trump lawyers saw Thomas as key to halt electoral count - Tampa Bay Times

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Do you think that maybe Patel was the inside source all along?

 

Trump Mar-a-Lago special master review overturned, appeals court rules

Appeals court overturns special master review of records found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago

The ruling clears the way for federal investigators to use the records in its investigation of Trump's unauthorized transfer of classified documents to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

 

So the special master circus bought him a couple of months, and now back to your regular criminal investigation.

 

Great opening:
“This appeal requires us to consider whether the district court had jurisdiction to block the United States from using lawfully seized records in a criminal investigation. The answer is no.”

 

You know the answers to each of your questions. The hand-picked judge was repaying a debt to the guy who gave her the job. Period. There will be no repercussions, her cronyism will be forgotten in a few years, except that she will forever be a hero to the MAGA cult.

 

Blistering...

 

Trump lawyers hire outside team to search four properties for classified info | CNN Politics

 

Just checking in. This fell apart weeks ago, right ?

 

Nope. Sorry.

 

No, but several far-right outlets did publish stories with headlines that made it sound like it all fell apart. Those who looked past the headline would find that what fell apart was the speculation that Trump was trying to sell nuclear secrets. There was no evidence found that he was trying to sell nuclear secrets. But the headlines were written to mislead those who didn't want to know the truth.

 

Sounds more to me like he may have hired a team of lawyers to look over documents that somebody else could claim are classified. If he knew he had classified information he wouldn't have to search for it. Think of it as sort of a hunt before the witch hunt.