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  • ikiT
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    It's US Govt. PROPERTY and does not belong to him. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
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    ikiT said:
    It's US Govt. PROPERTY and does not belong to him. 
    I'm aware of that, but if he took it when he was prez, I'm just asking if it is technically illegal or not. 
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    HughFreakingDillon said:
    ikiT said:
    It's US Govt. PROPERTY and does not belong to him. 
    I'm aware of that, but if he took it when he was prez, I'm just asking if it is technically illegal or not. 
    Yes
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    Someone should walk into a police station in Wilkes Barre, PA and file a theft report and request that POOTWH be arrested and detained for theft of government property. I’d assume that as a citizen and tax payer, you’d have standing. Or show up with zip ties and make a citizen’s arrest.
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  • Merkin Baller
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    HughFreakingDillon said:
    ikiT said:
    It's US Govt. PROPERTY and does not belong to him. 
    I'm aware of that, but if he took it when he was prez, I'm just asking if it is technically illegal or not. 
    I don't know, but on it's face. it doesn't make sense that one would be allowed to hang onto government documents after leaving office & returning to private citizenship. 
  • The Juggler
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    Merkin Baller said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    ikiT said:
    It's US Govt. PROPERTY and does not belong to him. 
    I'm aware of that, but if he took it when he was prez, I'm just asking if it is technically illegal or not. 
    I don't know, but on it's face. it doesn't make sense that one would be allowed to hang onto government documents after leaving office & returning to private citizenship. 
    I love how some of his supporters have used the "well he may have been using these documents to write his memoir." Lol. Everyone knows that is not true. Plus, Trump has not even used that excuse. Plus, if he was using them for that reason, he would not have refused to return them over the last year and a half.

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  • mickeyrat
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    Trump search inventory reveals new details from FBI seizure
    By ERIC TUCKER
    45 mins ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Along with highly classified government documents, the FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate found dozens of empty folders marked classified but with nothing inside and no explanation of what might have been there, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public on Friday.

    The agents also found more than 10,000 other government documents kept by Trump with no classification marked.

    The inventory compiled by the Justice Department reveals in general terms the contents of 33 boxes and containers taken from Trump’s office and a storage room at Mar-a-Lago during the Aug. 8 search. Though the inventory does not describe the content of the documents, it shows the extent to which classified information — including material at the top-secret level — was stashed in boxes at the home and mixed among newspapers, magazines, clothing and other personal items.

    And the empty folders raise the question of whether the government has recovered all of the classified papers that Trump kept after leaving the White House.

    The inventory makes clear for the first time the volume of unclassified government documents at the home even though presidential records were to have been turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration. The Archives had tried unsuccessfully for months to secure their return from Trump and then contacted the FBI after locating classified information in a batch of 15 boxes it received in January.

    The Justice Department has said there was no secure space at Mar-a-Lago for sensitive government secrets, and has opened a criminal investigation focused on their retention there and on what it says were efforts in the past several months to obstruct the probe. It is also investigating potential violations of a law that criminalizes the mutilation or concealment of government records, classified or not.

    Lawyers for Trump did not immediately return an email seeking comment Friday. Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich asserted that the FBI search was a “SMASH AND GRAB” — though the Justice Department had received court-authorized permission to search specific locations in the home.

    FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month found top secret records in an office and storage room, along with folders with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public on Friday. (Sept 2)

    The inventory was released as the Justice Department undertakes its criminal investigation, as intelligence agencies assess any risk to national security caused by mishandling of classified information and as a judge weighs whether to appoint a special master — essentially an outside legal expert — to review the records.

    The inventory had been filed earlier under seal, but the Justice Department had said that given the “extraordinary circumstances,” it did not object to making it public. Trump himself has previously called for the disclosure of documents related to the search. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said on Thursday that she planned to unseal the inventory and did so on Friday.

    All told, the inventory shows, the FBI seized more than 100 documents with classification markings in August, including 18 marked top secret, 54 secret and 31 confidential. The FBI had identified 184 documents marked as classified in 15 boxes recovered by the Archives in January, and received additional classified documents in a single Redweld envelope during a June visit to Mar-a-Lago.

    The Justice Department has said that it searched the property in August after developing evidence that documents were likely “concealed and removed” from the storage room as part of an effort to obstruct its probe.

    The court filings have not offered an explanation for why Trump had kept the classified documents, and why he and his representatives did not return them when requested.

    The inventory shows that 48 empty folders with classified banners were taken either from the storage room or office, along with additional empty folders labeled as “Return to Staff Secretary” or military aide.

    It is not clear from the inventory list what might have happened to any of the documents that apparently had been inside.

    Separately Friday, the Justice Department said in a court filing that it had reviewed the records seized during the recent search and had segregated those with classified markings to ensure that they were being stored according to proper protocol and procedure.

    “The seized materials will continue to be used to further the government’s investigation, and the investigative team will continue to use and evaluate the seized materials as it takes further investigative steps, such as through additional witness interviews and grand jury practice,” the department said.

    It added that “additional evidence pertaining to the seized items,” including the manner in which they were stored, “will inform the government’s investigation.”

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  • mickeyrat
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    House committee reaches deal to get Trump financial records
    By KEVIN FREKING
    Yesterday

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee seeking financial records from former President Donald Trump has reached an agreement that ends litigation on the matter and requires an accounting firm to turn over some of the material, the panel's leader announced Thursday.

    The long-running case began in April 2019, when the House Committee on Oversight and Reform first subpoenaed a wealth of records from Trump’s then-accounting firm, Mazars USA. The committee cited testimony from Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, that it said raised questions about the president's representation of his financial affairs when it came to seeking loans and paying taxes.

    Under the agreement, Trump has agreed to end his legal challenges to the subpoena and Mazars USA has agreed to produce responsive documents to the committee as expeditiously as possible, said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who heads the committee.

    “After numerous court victories, I am pleased that my committee has now reached an agreement to obtain key financial documents that former President Trump fought for years to hide from Congress,” Maloney said.

    Trump is facing investigations on several fronts, including the storage of top-secret government information discovered at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and whether the former president's team criminally obstructed the inquiry. In Georgia, prosecutors are investigating whether he and allies illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. Meanwhile, congressional committees are following through on investigations that began when he was president.

    The settlement over Mazars follows a July decision by a federal appeals court in Washington that narrowed what records Congress is entitled to obtain. The court said the committee should be given records pertinent to financial ties between foreign countries and Trump or any of his businesses for 2017-18.

    The appeals court also ordered Mazars to turn over documents between November 2016 and 2018 relating to the Trump company that held the lease granted by the federal government for the former Trump International Hotel, located between the White House and the Capitol.

    In the decision, the court said Trump's financial records would “advance the Committee’s consideration of ethics reform legislation across all three of its investigative tracks,” including on presidential ethics and conflicts of interest, presidential financial disclosures, and presidential adherence to Constitutional safeguards against foreign interference and undue influence.

    The House investigation dates February 2019, when Trump's former personal attorney, Cohen, testified to the committee that Trump had a history of misrepresenting the value of assets to gain favorable loan terms and tax benefits.

    Cohen served time in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2018 to tax crimes, lying to Congress and campaign finance violations, some of which involved his role in orchestrating payments to two women to keep them from talking about alleged affairs with Trump.

    But his testimony prompted the committee to seek key financial documents from Mazars, and in April 2019, the committee issued a subpoena to Mazars seeking four targeted categories of documents.

    The following month, Trump sued to prevent Mazars from complying with the subpoena. The case has been winding its way through the court system since.

    Mazars earlier this year said it had cut ties with Trump and warned that financial statements the firm had prepared for Trump “should no longer be relied upon” by anyone doing business with him.

    Another House committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, has been seeking Trump's tax returns and waging its own litigation. In that case, a three-judge appellate court panel agreed last month with a lower court's decision in favor of Congress and that the Treasury Department should provide the tax returns to the committee.

    The Justice Department, under the Trump administration, had defended a decision by then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to withhold the tax returns from Congress. Mnuchin argued that he could withhold the documents because he concluded they were being sought by Democrats for partisan reasons. A lawsuit ensued.

    After Biden took office, the committee renewed the request, seeking Trump’s tax returns and additional information from 2015-2020. The White House took the position that the request was a valid one and that the Treasury Department had no choice but to comply. Trump then attempted to halt the handover in court.


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  • mrussel1
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    Halifax2TheMax said:
    Someone should walk into a police station in Wilkes Barre, PA and file a theft report and request that POOTWH be arrested and detained for theft of government property. I’d assume that as a citizen and tax payer, you’d have standing. Or show up with zip ties and make a citizen’s arrest.
    There's no dispute on standing. 
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,873
    mrussel1 said:
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/majority-of-voters-view-fbi-search-of-trumps-mar-a-lago-home-as-justified-wsj-poll-finds-11662024602

    52% believe the search was justified.  That's a solid number.  That number will likely only increase as more information comes out, like that photo from yesterday.  


    I donno , 52% sounds shockingly low, considering he clearly broke the law and lied to investigators.

    At least we know your MSG GAs are getting used since we saw them on trumps floor next to the top secret SCI docs. Not sure if the Camden $1100s were on the floor.
  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    Merkin Baller said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    ikiT said:
    It's US Govt. PROPERTY and does not belong to him. 
    I'm aware of that, but if he took it when he was prez, I'm just asking if it is technically illegal or not. 
    I don't know, but on it's face. it doesn't make sense that one would be allowed to hang onto government documents after leaving office & returning to private citizenship. 
    Especially after the goddamned awful job he did, EVERY DAY he was in office. 
    One douchey thing after another, for four years+, EVERY DAY.

    He's not hanging on to them however.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qBC_IHDvkk

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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    OR


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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,408
    ikiT said:
    OR



    so fucking out of his depth and unprepared
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  • ikiT
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    Top Secret Docs Steps Away From Mar-a-Lago Catering Hall: Michael Cohen (businessinsider.com)

    Top secret documents in Trump's office were stored just steps away from Mar-a-Lago's 'completely open' catering hall, says Michael Cohen

    "It's directly above the catering hall," Cohen said, referring to the office room. "It's not just guests. It's not just members; it's anybody that's there hypothetically for a wedding or a christening, a bar mitzvah — any event they have."
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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    Drunk assed wedding guests NEVER wander around the venue.
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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    https://instagram.com/p/CiDHW5qAyz_/embed/

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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,554
    ikiT said:
    https://instagram.com/p/CiDHW5qAyz_/embed/


    Is that 36 million number correct? He got 74 million votes.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,408
    Go Beavers said:
    ikiT said:
    https://instagram.com/p/CiDHW5qAyz_/embed/


    Is that 36 million number correct? He got 74 million votes.

    he got independents too
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    America's secrets: Trump's unprecedented disregard of norms
    By AAMER MADHANI
    Today

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump isn't the first to face criticism for flouting rules and traditions around the safeguarding of sensitive government records, but national security experts say recent revelations point to an unprecedented disregard of post-presidency norms established after the Watergate era.

    Document dramas have cropped up from time to time over the years.

    Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson's national security adviser held onto explosive records for years before turning them over to the Johnson presidential library. The records showed that the campaign of his successor, Richard Nixon, was secretly communicating in the final days of the 1968 presidential race with the South Vietnamese government in an effort to delay the opening of peace talks to end the Vietnam War.

    A secretary in Ronald Reagan's administration, Fawn Hall, testified that she altered and helped shred documents related to the Iran-Contra affair to protect Oliver North, her boss at the White House National Security Council.

    Barack Obama's CIA director, David Petraeus, was forced to resign and pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor for sharing classified material with a biographer with whom he was having an affair. Hillary Clinton, while Obama's secretary of state, faced FBI scrutiny that extended into her 2016 presidential campaign against Trump for her handling of highly classified material in a private email account. The FBI director recommended no criminal charges but criticized Clinton for her "extremely careless” behavior.

    As more details emerge from last month's FBI search of Trump's Florida home, the Justice Department has painted a portrait of an indifference for the rules on a scale that some thought inconceivable after establishment of the Presidential Records Act in 1978.

    “I cannot think of a historical precedent in which there was even the suspicion that a president or even a high-ranking officer in the administration, with the exception of the Nixon administration, purposely and consciously or even accidentally removing such a sizable volume of papers," said Richard Immerman, who served as assistant deputy director of national intelligence from 2007 to 2009.

    FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month found top secret records in an office and storage room, along with folders with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public on Friday. (Sept 2)

    FBI agents who searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on Aug. 8 found more than 100 documents with classification markings, including 18 marked top secret, 54 secret and 31 confidential, according to court filings. The FBI also identified 184 documents marked as classified in 15 boxes recovered by the National Archives in January, and it received additional classified documents during a June visit to Mar-a-Lago. An additional 10,000 other government records with no classification markings were also found.

    That could violate the Presidential Records Act, which says that such records are government property and must be preserved.

    That law was enacted after Nixon resigned from office in the midst of the Watergate scandal and sought to destroy hundreds of hours of secretly recorded White House tapes. It established government ownership of presidential records starting with Ronald Reagan.

    The act specifies that immediately after a president leaves office, the National Archives and Records Administration takes legal and physical custody of the outgoing administration’s records and begins to work with the incoming White House staff on appropriate records management.

    According to the National Archives, records that have no “administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value” can be disposed of before obtaining the archivist's written permission.

    Documents have been recovered from Trump’s bedroom, closet, bathroom and storage areas at his Florida resort, which doubles as his home. In June, when Justice Department officials met a Trump lawyer to retrieve records in response to a subpoena, the lawyer handed them documents in a "Redweld envelope, double-wrapped in tape."

    Trump has claimed he declassified all the documents in his possession and had been working in earnest with department officials on returning documents when they conducted the Mar-a-Lago search. During the 2016 campaign, Trump asserted that Clinton's use of her private email server for sensitive State Department material was disqualifying for her candidacy; chants from his supporters to “lock her up” became a mainstay at his political rallies.

    James Trusty, a lawyer for Trump in the records matter, said on Fox News that Trump's possession of the sensitive government material was equivalent to hanging on to an “overdue library book.”

    But Trump's former attorney general, Bill Barr, said in a separate Fox News interview that he was “skeptical” of Trump's claim that he declassified everything. "People say this (raid) was unprecedented -- well, it’s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club, OK,” Barr said.

    Trump's attitude about White House records is not so surprising to some who worked for him.

    One of Trump's national security advisers, John Bolton, said briefers quickly learned that Trump often tried to hang onto sensitive documents, and they took steps to make sure documents didn’t go missing. Classified information was tweeted, shared with reporters and adversaries — even found in a White House complex bathroom.

    That approach is out of step with how modern-day presidents have operated.

    Obama, while writing his White House memoir after leaving office, had paper records he used in his research delivered to him in locked bags from a secure National Archives storage facility and returned them in similar fashion.

    Dwight Eisenhower, who left office years before the Presidential Records Act was passed, kept official records secure at Fort Ritchie, Maryland, even though there was no requirement for him to do so.

    Neil Eggleston, who served as White House counsel during the final years of the Obama administration, recalled that Fred Fielding, who held the same position in the George W. Bush administration, advised him as he started his new job to hammer home to staff the requirements set in the records act.

    Similarly, Trump's White House counsel, Donald McGahn, sent a staff-wide memo in the first weeks of the administration underscoring “that presidential records are the property of the United States.”

    “It's not a hard concept that documents prepared during the course of our presidential administration are not your personal property or the president’s personal properties," Eggleston said.

    Presidents are not required to obtain security clearances to access intelligence or formally instructed on their responsibilities to safeguard secrets when they leave office, said Larry Pfeiffer, a former CIA officer and senior director of the White House Situation Room.

    But guidelines issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which oversees the intelligence agencies, require that any “sensitive compartmented information” –- some of the highest-value intelligence the U.S. possesses –- be viewed only in secure rooms known as “SCIFs.”

    The FBI, in a court filing, this past week included a photo of some of the records that agents discovered in the search of Trump's estate. The photo showed cover sheets on at least five sets of papers that are marked “TOP SECRET/SCI,” a reference to sensitive compartmented information, as well as a cover sheet labeled “SECRET/SCI” and “Contains sensitive compartmented information.” The FBI also found dozens of empty folders marked classified, with nothing inside and no explanation of what might have been there.

    A president can keep reports presented during a briefing for later review. And presidents –- or nominees for president during an election year -– aren’t always briefed in a SCIF, depending on their schedules and locations, Pfeiffer said.

    “There’s no intelligence community directive that says how presidents should or shouldn’t be briefed on the materials,” said Pfeiffer, now director of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security. “We’ve never had to worry about it before.”

    People around the president with access to intelligence are trained on intelligence rules on handling classified information and required to follow them. But imposing restrictions on the president would be difficult for intelligence agencies, Pfeiffer said, because “by virtue of being the executive of the executive branch, he sets all the rules with regard to secrecy and classification.”

    President Joe Biden told reporters recently that he often reads his top secret Presidential Daily Briefing at his home in Delaware, where he frequently spends his weekends and holidays. But Biden said he takes precautions to make certain the document stays secure.

    "I have in my home a cabined-off space that is completely secure," Biden said.

    He added: "I read it. I lock it back up and give it to the military.”

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    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
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