NEW: Unsealed Docs in Trump Mar-a-Lago Case Further Reveal Just How Ludicrous the Raid Was
By Susie Moore | 4:55 PM on May 24, 2024
Like many, I was appalled when the FBI raided former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in August of 2022. While it was difficult in the fog of the ordeal to get a solid fix on what exactly the feds were after, the notion that the raid and subsequent prosecution were highly political in nature was inescapable — particularly when President Joe Biden's own classified document imbroglio came to light...and then was allowed to shuffle off into oblivion due to Biden's being deemed a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
With the multiple criminal cases pending against Trump — and particularly with the ongoing soap opera trial over falsified business records in Manhattan — it's been a mite challenging to keep up with all of the developments. Recently, Judge Aileen Cannon postponed the trial in the case involving the classified documents, in light of the Department of Justice's mishandling of the evidence.
However, the parties have continued to file pleadings and argue motions before Cannon, leading to some interesting revelations after certain pleadings were unsealed:
Around the same time that mishandling came to light, it was revealed that Smith's top prosecutor, Jay Bratt, met with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain back in September 2021, almost a year before any classified documents were discovered at Mar-a-Lago. That revelation came about compliments of a newly unsealed motion.
Now, Cannon has issued an order further clarifying certain pleadings to be filed and redactions she's granting (and denying) in them as to both parties. The full order may be viewed below, but one key takeaway from Cannon's ruling is that she's concerned about the Special Counsel's representations in relation to the redactions for which they were advocating.
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