Posted on Sep 1, 2022
Trump Accuses DOJ of Criminalizing His Possession of Records
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Former President Donald Trump accused the Justice Department of “criminalizing” his possession of personal documents by investigating the presence of hundreds of highly classified White House records at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump made the allegation in a Wednesday night court filing seeking to bolster his case for a neutral third party to review documents seized by the FBI during an Aug. 8 search of the former president’s Florida home. A federal judge who was appointed to the bench by the former president is scheduled to hear arguments on his request Thursday at 1 p.m. in West Palm Beach.
Trump’s lawyers made the broad argument that the Presidential Records Act allows a president to take whatever document he wants.
Trump made the allegation in a Wednesday night court filing seeking to bolster his case for a neutral third party to review documents seized by the FBI during an Aug. 8 search of the former president’s Florida home. A federal judge who was appointed to the bench by the former president is scheduled to hear arguments on his request Thursday at 1 p.m. in West Palm Beach.
Trump’s lawyers made the broad argument that the Presidential Records Act allows a president to take whatever document he wants.
Trump Accuses DOJ of Criminalizing His Possession of Records
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing and offered a variety of reasons for his innocence, including that he had authority to declassify any records. He has also claimed without evidence that the investigation is politically motivated.
The Aug. 8 search resulted in FBI agents carting away about 20 boxes of documents including 11 sets of classified records. Trump in January returned 15 boxes of sensitive White House records sought by the National Archives. An initial review of those documents found hundreds of classified records, prompting the Archives to refer the matter the DOJ for a criminal probe.
“The notion that presidential records would contain sensitive information should have never been cause for alarm,” Trump’s lawyers said in Wednesday’s filing.
The case is Trump v. United States of America, 22-cv-81294, US District Court, Southern District of Florida (West Palm Beach)."...
..."Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing and offered a variety of reasons for his innocence, including that he had authority to declassify any records. He has also claimed without evidence that the investigation is politically motivated.
The Aug. 8 search resulted in FBI agents carting away about 20 boxes of documents including 11 sets of classified records. Trump in January returned 15 boxes of sensitive White House records sought by the National Archives. An initial review of those documents found hundreds of classified records, prompting the Archives to refer the matter the DOJ for a criminal probe.
“The notion that presidential records would contain sensitive information should have never been cause for alarm,” Trump’s lawyers said in Wednesday’s filing.
The case is Trump v. United States of America, 22-cv-81294, US District Court, Southern District of Florida (West Palm Beach)."...
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Funny how dumpy made the law he is accused of breaking. He now says isn’t fair :)
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