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If you're like me, then your TV probably stayed off today, so here's what you need to know
(1) DOJ warrant cites fresh evidence Trump may have moved his documents around to hide them after FBI searches
(link) https://www.rawstory.com/trump-documents-obstruction-evidence/
The Washington Post reported Sunday afternoon that more evidence might have become available to prove obstructions of justice for the theft of the government documents taken back to Mar-a-Lago.
Trump refused to turn the documents over for nearly a year when the Justice Department and FBI got involved. The FBI was then given an envelope with additional documents, but that still wasn't everything. Ultimately, the DOJ got a search warrant and went to Mar-a-Lago to get the documents.
According to the fresh evidence, there is more that has been discovered pointing to former President Donald Trump's obstructions of justice, those familiar told the Post.
"The additional evidence comes as investigators have used emails and text messages from a former Trump aide to help understand key moments last year," the report explained, citing the sources. Special counsel Jack Smith is at work on the documents case as well as anything around the Jan. 6 attack.
Trump refused to turn the documents over for nearly a year when the Justice Department and FBI got involved. The FBI was then given an envelope with additional documents, but that still wasn't everything. Ultimately, the DOJ got a search warrant and went to Mar-a-Lago to get the documents.
According to the fresh evidence, there is more that has been discovered pointing to former President Donald Trump's obstructions of justice, those familiar told the Post.
"The additional evidence comes as investigators have used emails and text messages from a former Trump aide to help understand key moments last year," the report explained, citing the sources. Special counsel Jack Smith is at work on the documents case as well as anything around the Jan. 6 attack.
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(2) Trump’s 'lack of respect' for U.S. security was constantly on display at Mar-a-Lago: reporter
(link) https://www.rawstory.com/trump-documents-national-security-problems/
Revelations being unearthed about the document scandal involving former President Donald Trump show a cavalier disregard for America's national security, experts said Monday
Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Monday, former FBI agent Peter Strzok and Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig voiced concern about who Trump was showing the classified documents that were found inside his Mar-a-Lago home. The Washington Post reported Sunday that he was displaying them to political donors.
Strzok complained that reveals evidence of intent on keeping the documents and obstructing investigations about them. Wallace said the Sunday report gave fresh evidence that Trump knew the documents were at his home, and that he was hiding them from the FBI.
It's an "absolutely harrowing prospect when you think back to all the reporting you and your colleagues have done about what was found there. I mean, the incredibly sensitive nuclear information, other countries' very closely held state secrets," recalled Wallace. "
Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Monday, former FBI agent Peter Strzok and Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig voiced concern about who Trump was showing the classified documents that were found inside his Mar-a-Lago home. The Washington Post reported Sunday that he was displaying them to political donors.
Strzok complained that reveals evidence of intent on keeping the documents and obstructing investigations about them. Wallace said the Sunday report gave fresh evidence that Trump knew the documents were at his home, and that he was hiding them from the FBI.
It's an "absolutely harrowing prospect when you think back to all the reporting you and your colleagues have done about what was found there. I mean, the incredibly sensitive nuclear information, other countries' very closely held state secrets," recalled Wallace. "
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(3) 'Game over' for Trump amid new obstruction evidence: legal expert
(link) https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-obstruction-2659716517/
Donald Trump could be facing "game over" in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, according to one legal expert.
The former president absconded with classified documents to his private resort after leaving the White House, and he then allegedly tried to obstruct authorities from retrieving them, according to MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weismann.
"There are two ways in which I think there are going to be obstruction charges, as you noted with respect to Mar-a-Lago, it's important that you already have a federal magistrate who found probable cause that there was obstruction," Weismann said. "Remember in the search it included evidence of obstruction, the allegation by the government in the search warrant, and that was approved by the magistrate... which was the actions of the former president after receiving a subpoena from the Department of Justice, so I agree with this could be a rock crusher game over, and the Republicans who are following the former president in the Manhattan case could just go over the cliff when and if we see charges in Florida that are really quite strong based on what we know now and then in Manhattan, there could be obstruction charges if the former president continues doing what he has been doing this last week, including last night, and is inciting violence."
"It will be very interesting to see both the district attorney's reaction and whether that leads to additional charges because those things can be charged as additional crimes, and what many people may view as the least serious of the criminal investigations may be quite serious in Manhattan as well and the judge can impose significant restrictions on what Donald Trump says and does if he continues this behavior," Weismann added.
The former president absconded with classified documents to his private resort after leaving the White House, and he then allegedly tried to obstruct authorities from retrieving them, according to MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weismann.
"There are two ways in which I think there are going to be obstruction charges, as you noted with respect to Mar-a-Lago, it's important that you already have a federal magistrate who found probable cause that there was obstruction," Weismann said. "Remember in the search it included evidence of obstruction, the allegation by the government in the search warrant, and that was approved by the magistrate... which was the actions of the former president after receiving a subpoena from the Department of Justice, so I agree with this could be a rock crusher game over, and the Republicans who are following the former president in the Manhattan case could just go over the cliff when and if we see charges in Florida that are really quite strong based on what we know now and then in Manhattan, there could be obstruction charges if the former president continues doing what he has been doing this last week, including last night, and is inciting violence."
"It will be very interesting to see both the district attorney's reaction and whether that leads to additional charges because those things can be charged as additional crimes, and what many people may view as the least serious of the criminal investigations may be quite serious in Manhattan as well and the judge can impose significant restrictions on what Donald Trump says and does if he continues this behavior," Weismann added.
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