A little bit from a Guardian article about The Former Guy's recent troubles: "Significantly, the seizure follows a June visit to Mar-a-Lago by Jay Bratt, the chief of the counterintelligence and export control section at the justice department. The whiff of espionage now hangs in the air."
Upon reflection, I think it would be unlikely that the FBI seized communications between The Former Guy and Russian or North Korean agents/handlers. If they had, and IF The Former Guy had the brains God gave a goose, TrumpForce One would probably have transported him to Moscow by now.
Attoney General Merrick Garland is set to deliver a statement to the media at 2:30 PM ET this afternoon on the FBI search of Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago.
From The Guardian: Attorney general Merrick Garland said the justice department will ask a court to unseal the search warrant allowing it to search Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this week.
“The department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president’s public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances, and the substantial public interest in this matter,” Garland said in a press conference at justice department headquarters.
The Department will move to have the warrant and inventory unsealed since Trump has made the matter public. He will not stand for having his people attacked.
D.O.J.’s motion to unseal was signed by Jay L. Bratt, the chief of the department’s counterintelligence and export control section,
Garland also addressed recent verbal attacks on aspects of the department in the wake of the search. “I will not stand by” during such attacks, Garland says.
D.O.J.’s motion to unseal is seeking to make public the search warrant used at Mar-a-Lago, two attachments to it and property receipt for items taken from the property.
Garland said he had “personally approved” the decision to seek the search warrant. That takes some of the focus off F.B.I. director Chris Wray, who has become a target on the right.
The search warrant and its attachments are unlikely to be unsealed immediately. In its motion, the government said it would follow the judge’s lead in terms of additional briefing if required. Presumably, Trump’s lawyers could file their own papers contesting the release of the materials.
JHC. But he was sharing signals intelligence with the Russians in the very early days of his presidency, which presumably did great damage to US and Israeli intelligence services, as memory serves me.
Nice birthday dinner at Hemingway's Bistro. I consider this fine dining, although prices are only a few dollars above other restaurants in the area. rabbit ragout (Linguine with rabbit and peas in a perfectly seasoned light cream sauce) and a lemon blurbarry tart (free because of the birthday). Two glassed of champagne and coffee americano. Now that I'm home I'm finishing off with malmsey.
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ReplyDeleteA little bit from a Guardian article about The Former Guy's recent troubles:
ReplyDelete"Significantly, the seizure follows a June visit to Mar-a-Lago by Jay Bratt, the chief of the counterintelligence and export control section at the justice department. The whiff of espionage now hangs in the air."
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ReplyDeleteUpon reflection, I think it would be unlikely that the FBI seized communications between The Former Guy and Russian or North Korean agents/handlers. If they had, and IF The Former Guy had the brains God gave a goose, TrumpForce One would probably have transported him to Moscow by now.
ReplyDeleteAttoney General Merrick Garland is set to deliver a statement to the media at 2:30 PM ET this afternoon on the FBI search of Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago.
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From The Guardian:
DeleteAttorney general Merrick Garland said the justice department will ask a court to unseal the search warrant allowing it to search Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this week.
“The department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president’s public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances, and the substantial public interest in this matter,” Garland said in a press conference at justice department headquarters.
The Department will move to have the warrant and inventory unsealed since Trump has made the matter public.
DeleteHe will not stand for having his people attacked.
D.O.J.’s motion to unseal was signed by Jay L. Bratt, the chief of the department’s counterintelligence and export control section,
DeleteGarland also addressed recent verbal attacks on aspects of the department in the wake of the search. “I will not stand by” during such attacks, Garland says.
D.O.J.’s motion to unseal is seeking to make public the search warrant used at Mar-a-Lago, two attachments to it and property receipt for items taken from the property.
Garland said he had “personally approved” the decision to seek the search warrant. That takes some of the focus off F.B.I. director Chris Wray, who has become a target on the right.
Having the counterintelligence and export control chief involved sounds rather ominous to me.
DeleteThe search warrant and its attachments are unlikely to be unsealed immediately. In its motion, the government said it would follow the judge’s lead in terms of additional briefing if required. Presumably, Trump’s lawyers could file their own papers contesting the release of the materials.
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DeleteThe DOJ has requested that the warrant be unsealed
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DeleteAlan…like maybe DT was trying to “export” documents to Russia?
OTOH, simply the fact some of the documents wre classified could be enough to get this part of the FBI involved.
DeleteTrue, but a fellow can dream.
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Authorities are in a standoff with an armed suspect who tried to enter the FBI's Cincinnati office
So the fellow has been liberated. Sounds like some sort of right wingnut.
DeleteYep, Wingnut City.
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The Atlantic: Trump loyalists have reacted to the search of the ex-president’s Mar-a-Lago residence with unhinged fury. [Click]
ReplyDeleteVia politicalwire.com: FBI Searched Trump’s Home for Nuclear Documents [Click] A rumor from the Washington Post.
ReplyDeleteOriginal WaPo column: WaPo: FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents, signals intelligence, and other items, sources say [Click]
JHC. But he was sharing signals intelligence with the Russians in the very early days of his presidency, which presumably did great damage to US and Israeli intelligence services, as memory serves me.
Nice birthday dinner at Hemingway's Bistro. I consider this fine dining, although prices are only a few dollars above other restaurants in the area. rabbit ragout (Linguine with rabbit and peas in a perfectly seasoned light cream sauce) and a lemon blurbarry tart (free because of the birthday). Two glassed of champagne and coffee americano. Now that I'm home I'm finishing off with malmsey.
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