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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Mar-a-Lago Raid => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 12, 2022, 06:03:06 pm
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Published August 12, 2022 1:52pm EDT
FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago during search of Trump residence
According to the property receipt, reviewed by Fox News, FBI agents took approximately 20 boxes of items from the premises
By Brooke Singman | Fox News
FBI agents seized classified records from former President Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago during its unprecedented raid on Monday, including some marked as top secret, according to documents reviewed by Fox News.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart signed the warrant on Aug. 5, giving the FBI authority to conduct its search "on or before August 19, 2022," and "in the daytime 6:00 am. to 10:00 p.m."
"The locations to be searched include the ‘45 Office,' all storage rooms, and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by FPOTUS and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored, including all structures or buildings on the estate," the warrant states, but did not give authority to agents to search areas being occupied by Mar-a-Lago members or not used by Trump and staff.
The warrant gave agents the authority to seize "all physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed" in violation of U.S. Code, including documents with classification markings and presidential records created between Jan. 20, 2017 and Jan. 20, 2021.
According to the property receipt, reviewed by Fox News, FBI agents took approximately 20 boxes of items from the premises, including one set of documents marked as "Various classified/TS/SCI documents," which refers to top secret/ sensitive information.
The property receipt also shows that FBI agents collected four sets of top secret documents, three sets of secret documents, and three sets of confidential documents.
The property receipt does not reveal any details about those records.
The list also includes a "leatherbound box of documents," binders of photos, handwritten notes, miscellaneous documents, miscellaneous top secret documents, miscellaneous confidential documents, and other records.
The former president and his team are disputing the classification, and believe the information and records to have been declassified.
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday, in a rare public statement, said the Justice Department had filed a motion to unseal the warrant and property receipt for the search of the residence of a former president of the United States, "in light of the former president's public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances and the substantial public interest in this matter."
"The public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing," the DOJ’s motion states, noting that Trump should have the opportunity to respond tot he motion and "lodge objections, including with regard to any ‘legitimate private interests’ or the potential for other ‘injury’ if these materials are made public."
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-unseals-warrant-property-receipt-from-fbi-raid-of-mar-a-lago
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FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents in Trump Mar-a-Lago raid: report
By Emily Crane
August 12, 2022
The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents — including some marked top secret and only meant to be available in special government facilities — from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate following its raid earlier this week, according to a new report.
The Wall Street Journal, citing a leaked inventory of what was taken from the Palm Beach resort, reported that agents removed around 20 boxes as well as a handwritten note, binders of photos, and Trump’s clemency grant to his longtime adviser Roger Stone.
Among the classified materials collected were four sets of top secret documents, three sets of secret documents and three of confidential documents, according to the three-page list. Top Secret is the highest level of classification the US government can give information, followed by secret and confidential.
One set was marked “Various classified/TS/SCI documents,” which is the abbreviation for top secret/sensitive compartmented information, while the list of what was taken also included information related to the “President of France”
The inventory did not include any more detail about what each document contained, according to the Journal.
A federal magistrate judge had given the 45th president’s legal team until 3 p.m. Friday to respond to a DOJ motion to unseal the inventory, known as a “property receipt,” as well as the search warrant that was executed Monday.
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Source: https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/fbi-seized-11-sets-of-classified-documents-in-trump-mar-a-lago-raid/
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Ok, so the FBI will now raid Hillary Clinton's residence in pursuit of the classified documents she mishandled, correct?
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They got him now......................../s
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TheLeoTerrell
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I will say it over and over and over again. The warrant is meaningless. I want to see the affidavit , affidavit affidavit , affidavit. Merrick Garland release the affidavit.
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TheLeoTerrell
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The search warrant was overbroad and intrusive. A totally unconstitutional warrant in my opinion.
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Matthew H
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Why are they so terrified of the man who just "lost" an election by "millions" of votes?
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Election Wizard 🇺🇸
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NEW: FBI agents who raided Mar-a-Lago removed 11 sets of classified documents, including some marked as top secret and meant to be only available in special government facilities, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
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Exclusive: Warrant Shows DOJ, FBI Waited Several Days After Judge Approved to Conduct Mar-a-Lago Raid
Matthew Boyle12 Aug 2022Washington, DC1,440
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The warrant that authorized the search of former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago shows it was issued by U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart on Aug. 5, 2022, at 12:12 p.m.—nearly three full days before the Justice Department and FBI conducted a raid to execute it.
The raid did not occur until the morning of Aug. 8, 2022, when federal agents from the FBI arrived at Mar-a-Lago to execute the search warrant.
The document, obtained and reviewed by Breitbart News, shows that the DOJ and FBI waited several days after Reinhart approved the warrant to conduct the raid, something that severely undercuts the talking points issued by Attorney General Merrick Garland in a public statement on Thursday when he broke his silence to discuss the matter in televised remarks.
Why the authorities waited several days to execute service of the warrant if the matter rose to such a serious national security issue is unclear. If what federal agents intended to obtain from the raid was such a risk to national security, the fact they decided to linger and wait for several days before executing is likely to become a major point of contention as this debate plays out in front of the public.
Garland announced in his public remarks on Thursday that the Department of Justice had moved to unseal the warrant and inventory list of documents obtained from the raid. Trump indicated in public statements on Thursday evening that he would support such a move and wants the documents out in public. It is expected these documents, including the warrant that has been reviewed by Breitbart News, will be made public by the court soon, later on Friday or in the coming days.
The documents obtained by Breitbart News include the warrant, two accompanying attachments specifying terms for the warrant, and a property receipt outlining the inventory federal agents seized from Mar-a-Lago.
UPDATE: 1:51 p.m. ET:
The inventory list of what was seized—or the receipt part of the document—is three pages long and constitutes two separate receipts, one that is two pages long and another that is one page long. Both receipts were signed by Trump’s attorney Christina Bobb and dated on Monday Aug. 8, 2022, at 6:19 p.m. The longer receipt was signed by FBI Special Agent Jeremy Linton and the shorter receipt was signed by the name: “L. Grady Gary” and includes the title SSA. It is unclear who that person is, and the handwriting is not the clearest.
UPDATE 2:01 p.m. ET:
The first receipt lists out 28 numbered items, including some that have sub-headers. Some of the items are actually named like item number 1 which says it was an “Executive Grant of Clemency re: Roger Jason Stone, Jr.” or 1A which says it is “Info re: President of France.”
Others like item number 2 are less specific. That item says it is a “Leatherbound box of documents.” Item 2A says it contained “Various Classified/TS/SCI documents.”
Item number 3 says it was a “potential presidential record,” and items numbers 5 and 6 both say they were a “binder of photos.”
Item number 7 says it was a “handwritten note,” and items 8, 9, and 10 were boxes labeled A-1, A-12, and A-15 respectively. Item 10A specifies that that item allegedly contained “Miscellaneous Secret Documents.”
The rest of the receipt document is similar and unspecific—explaining that several boxes, some allegedly containing various documents of various classifications—were among the rest of the items the FBI seized per this receipt.
UPDATE 2:04 p.m. ET:
The second receipt is much shorter, and less specific. The first item on that one just says “documents,” and the rest are just numbered boxes.
UPDATE 2:21 p.m. ET
Another interesting fact from the warrant is that Judge Reinhart gave the Justice Department and FBI a lot of time to execute it. While the DOJ and FBI took their time–waiting three days to do it–technically the document says that Reinhart authorized the feds to wait even longer all the way until next Friday on Aug. 19 to execute it. While we still do not have the underlying affidavits that represent what the FBI and DOJ took to the judge to seek and gain his approval for the warrant, that seems to indicate that the judge did not think this is so serious that immediate or urgent action was needed to be taken as he gave the authorities two full weeks–or 14 full days–in which to execute the warrant.
UPDATE 2:25 p.m. ET:
Attachment B to the warrant delineates the three statutes which agents are pursuing evidence under. They are: 18 U.S.C. § § 793, 2071, and 1519.
UPDATE 2:34 p.m. ET:
Attachment A to the warrant delineates where the agents can search and where they cannot at Mar-a-Lago. Specifically, it says that agents could search the “45 Office,” and “all storage rooms, and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by” the former President of the United States [the document uses the abbreviation FPOTUS] “and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored, including all structures or buildings on the estate.” This attachment does however said agents are not authorized to search areas “currently (i.e., at the time of the search) being occupied, rented, or used by third parties (such as Mar-a-Lago members) and not otherwise used or available to be used by FPOTUS and his staff, such as private guest suites.”
This is a developing story and more information will come soon.
PoliticsBruce ReinhartDOJDonald TrumpFBI
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/12/exclusive-warrant-shows-doj-fbi-waited-several-days-after-judge-approved-to-conduct-mar-a-lago-raid/
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Election Wizard 🇺🇸
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NEW: FBI agents who raided Mar-a-Lago removed 11 sets of classified documents, including some marked as top secret and meant to be only available in special government facilities, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
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:yowsa: And the joke is on them! Trump's fundraising is through the roof!
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These documents..so important, so vital that the FBI waited 3 days to act on the warrant...
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These documents..so important, so vital that the FBI waited 3 days to act on the warrant...
This is ALL just more political theater @mystery-ak these tone-deaf idiots all live in the hive that is Washington D.C. and assume that everyone in the country thinks as they do.
I'm reminded of the old Sun Tzu adage which states:
"If your enemy seems intent on suicide, render all possible aid!"
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A. I don't believe the FBI is telling the truth;
B. If the FBI is telling the truth, I don't care.
For those here who think I should care, F You, and get back to me once the FBI raids Hillary, Obama, or anyone at all on the left. Once the law is applied equally, maybe then I'll start caring.
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https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1558165529613029379
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https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1557391436370395148
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https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1558165529613029379
The FBI’s search warrant lists three crimes, per a new exclusive report from Breitbart News:
18 USC 2071 — Concealment, removal or mutilation
18 USC 793 — Gathering, transmitting or losing defence information
18 USC 1519 — Destruction, alteration or falsification of records in Federal investigations
The search warrant lists “three criminal statutes under which items are to be searched and seized,” Breitbart News reported. “They are: 18 U.S.C. section 793, which deals with defense information; 18 U.S.C. section 1519, which deals with destroying federal documents; and 18 U.S.C. section 2071, which deals with concealing, removing, or damaging federal documents. The first statute is the one that has likely provoked media speculation about so-called ‘nuclear’ documents: it applies to a broad range of defense ‘information,’ from code books to ordinary photographs.”
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The FBI’s search warrant lists three crimes, per a new exclusive report from Breitbart News:
18 USC 2071 — Concealment, removal or mutilation
18 USC 793 — Gathering, transmitting or losing defence information
18 USC 1519 — Destruction, alteration or falsification of records in Federal investigations
The search warrant lists “three criminal statutes under which items are to be searched and seized,” Breitbart News reported. “They are: 18 U.S.C. section 793, which deals with defense information; 18 U.S.C. section 1519, which deals with destroying federal documents; and 18 U.S.C. section 2071, which deals with concealing, removing, or damaging federal documents. The first statute is the one that has likely provoked media speculation about so-called ‘nuclear’ documents: it applies to a broad range of defense ‘information,’ from code books to ordinary photographs.”
So, a pale, milquetoast version of what Clinton did with her infamous DIY email server.
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Donald Trump: All Documents Seized by FBI Were ‘Declassified’ and ‘All They Had to Do Was Ask’
The former president said the documents were secure and the FBI could have asked for any documents that they wanted but accused them of choosing a more political route.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/12/donald-trump-all-documents-seized-fbi-declassified-all-they-had-do-was-ask/
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https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1558171664172699648
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UPDATE 2:01 p.m. ET:
. . . Others like item number 2 are less specific. That item says it is a “Leatherbound box of documents.” Item 2A says it contained “Various Classified/TS/SCI documents.”
Item number 3 says it was a “potential presidential record,” and items numbers 5 and 6 both say they were a “binder of photos.”
Item number 7 says it was a “handwritten note,” and items 8, 9, and 10 were boxes labeled A-1, A-12, and A-15 respectively. Item 10A specifies that that item allegedly contained “Miscellaneous Secret Documents.”
The rest of the receipt document is similar and unspecific—explaining that several boxes, some allegedly containing various documents of various classifications—were among the rest of the items the FBI seized per this receipt.
UPDATE 2:04 p.m. ET:
The second receipt is much shorter, and less specific. The first item on that one just says “documents,” and the rest are just numbered boxes.
That ain't gonna cut it in a court of law. Trump should sue the crap out of them when they fail to return his priceless photo of Abraham Lincoln taken at the the Lincoln-Douglas debate. And when the FBI balks, he can point to "Item # 5 - Binder of photos".
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18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2071)
(a)Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b)Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Two problems here. First, Trump did not remove or carry away these documents. They were shipped to his home by the GSA. Secondly, these documents were not "filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States"
So this statute does not apply.
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Where is the affidavit?
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18 U.S. Code § 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793)
There are several sections here, each dealing with intent or action to disseminate defense info. None of these apply here. Not only is 18 U.S. Code § 793 is a non issue, they should have been laughed out of court for even trying this.
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The affidavit is under seal because it potentially identifies a confidential informant or cooperating witness of an ongoing FBI/DOJ investigation.
There's a rat in Trump's orbit. Maybe more than one.
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18 U.S. Code § 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793)
There are several sections here, each dealing with intent or action to disseminate defense info. None of these apply here. Not only is 18 U.S. Code § 793 is a non issue, they should have been laughed out of court for even trying this.
Which is why they went to a VERY biased Administrative law judge instead of a real one.
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18 U.S. Code § 1519 - Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1519)
Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
This has nothing to do with classified documents. The only thing in this statute that could apply here is the term "conceals" in that Trump was concealing documents with the intent to inhibit a bankruptcy proceeding or other investigative matter. In the spirit of the law, there is nothing here that applies to Trump.
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The affidavit is under seal because it potentially identifies a confidential informant or cooperating witness of an ongoing FBI/DOJ investigation.
There's a rat in Trump's orbit. Maybe more than one.
By law, the President has to have a Secret Service detail around him at all times. So the Dems plant a Secret Service agent to his detail that rats out everything he does including conversations with his legal counsel, cell phone records, whereabouts, etc. Things only a Secret Service agent would have access to. Damn right they need to release the affidavit.
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Secret Service Agents are law enforcement professionals employed by the Federal Government who have a professional duty to report Federal crimes they witness.
If Trump wanted a dedicated security posse of loyal sycophants, he could always pay for his own private security detail.
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@Bigun @DefiantMassRINO The Search Warrant and the Receipt is here provided by Human Events.
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,477659.0.html (https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,477659.0.html)
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Secret Service Agents are law enforcement professionals employed by the Federal Government who have a professional duty to report Federal crimes they witness.
Like they did with Hunter Biden? Hillary Clinton?
Also, what crime did they witness Trump doing?
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Now We Know the Three Crimes Donald Trump Allegedly Committed from the FBI’s Search Warrant
by Kyle Becker August 12, 2022
The three crimes that Donald Trump allegedly committed by reportedly removing classified documents and storing them at his Mar-A-Lago statement have been revealed according to the FBI’s search warrant.
The FBI’s search warrant lists three crimes, per a new exclusive report from Breitbart News:
18 USC 2071 — Concealment, removal or mutilation
18 USC 793 — Gathering, transmitting or losing defence information
18 USC 1519 — Destruction, alteration or falsification of records in Federal investigations
The search warrant lists “three criminal statutes under which items are to be searched and seized,” Breitbart News reported. “They are: 18 U.S.C. section 793, which deals with defense information; 18 U.S.C. section 1519, which deals with destroying federal documents; and 18 U.S.C. section 2071, which deals with concealing, removing, or damaging federal documents. The first statute is the one that has likely provoked media speculation about so-called ‘nuclear’ documents: it applies to a broad range of defense ‘information,’ from code books to ordinary photographs.”
The FBI search warrant affidavit thus shows that Donald Trump is under investigation for potential obstruction of justice and violations of the Espionage Act.
Donald Trump reacted to the accusation that he committed these crimes on Truth Social on Friday afternoon.
“Number one, it was all declassified,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Number two, they didn’t need to ‘seize’ anything. They could have had it anytime they wanted without playing politics and breaking into Mar-a-Lago. It was in secured storage, with an additional lock put on as per their request.”
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https://beckernews.com/now-we-know-the-three-crimes-donald-trump-allegedly-committed-from-the-fbis-search-warrant-46332/
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Now We Know the Three Crimes Donald Trump Allegedly Committed from the FBI’s Search Warrant
No, we do not. There were three statutes listed on the warrant. But no one from the Justice Department has come forward and offered a case explaining how Trump violated any of the three.