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Trump lawyers admit he could be charged in latest raid filing
« on: September 20, 2022, 02:20:01 pm »
Trump lawyers admit he could be charged in latest raid filing
by Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter |
September 20, 2022 09:05 AM

Donald Trump's legal team has acknowledged the fact the former president could face criminal charges in its latest legal filing related to the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid.

In a filing late Monday evening, Trump's team told the special master it is hesitant to provide specifics on what may have been declassified because the issue may be a defense against future criminal charges.

Trump’s lawyers wrote that, if they were forced to disclose this specific declassification evidence, “the Special Master process will have forced the Plaintiff to fully and specifically disclose a defense to the merits of any subsequent indictment without such a requirement being evident in the District Court’s order.”

The Justice Department has made it clear that the Mar-a-Lago saga is a serious criminal investigation, and Trump’s team seems to be seriously contemplating the possibility the former president will get indicted. It is not yet known if the Justice Department will pursue criminal charges against Trump, although former Attorney General William Barr has said the evidence seems to be trending in that direction.

It was revealed in unsealed court filings that Trump is being investigated under the Espionage Act as well related to laws regarding obstruction of justice. The ability of the FBI to use the records seized from Mar-a-Lago in its criminal investigation was paused by a federal judge as a special master was appointed.

Trump and some of his allies have claimed in public numerous times that he declassified all of the documents that had been at his Florida resort home of Mar-a-Lago before it was raided by the FBI in August, but those declassification arguments have not made it into Trump’s court filings.

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