DBP66 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 DOJ asks federal judge to hold Trump team in contempt over classified documents KATHERINE FAULDERS, ALEXANDER MALLIN and JOHN SANTUCCI Thu, December 8, 2022 at 5:37 PM The Department of Justice has urged a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to hold former President Trump’s team in contempt of court for failing to comply fully with a May subpoena for all documents with classification markings in his possession, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. DOJ's urging is part of sealed court proceedings in Washington, where DOJ and Trump lawyers have battled for weeks over compliance with grand jury subpoenas, sources have told ABC News. The Trump team has also not wanted to identify an official custodian of records to attest that all records have been handed over. What's apparent is that no one from Trump's team wants to designate themselves as a custodian of records and potentially make themselves more vulnerable legally. The Department of Justice declined to comment. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolebull813 Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, DBP66 said: DOJ asks federal judge to hold Trump team in contempt over classified documents KATHERINE FAULDERS, ALEXANDER MALLIN and JOHN SANTUCCI Thu, December 8, 2022 at 5:37 PM The Department of Justice has urged a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to hold former President Trump’s team in contempt of court for failing to comply fully with a May subpoena for all documents with classification markings in his possession, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. DOJ's urging is part of sealed court proceedings in Washington, where DOJ and Trump lawyers have battled for weeks over compliance with grand jury subpoenas, sources have told ABC News. The Trump team has also not wanted to identify an official custodian of records to attest that all records have been handed over. What's apparent is that no one from Trump's team wants to designate themselves as a custodian of records and potentially make themselves more vulnerable legally. The Department of Justice declined to comment. No mas! No mas! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 7 hours ago, Nolebull813 said: No mas! No mas! LOL....no sympathy for you clowns!......complain to Trump....he keeps making the headlines...not me!.....😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DBP66 Posted December 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 The federal judge who appointed Trump's special master just threw out his lawsuit against the FBI's raid of Mar-a-Lago Jake Epstein,Kimberly Leonard Mon, December 12, 2022 at 10:40 AM Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on November 7, 2022 in Vandalia, Ohio.Drew Angerer/Getty Images A federal judge officially dismissed Trump's Mar-a-Lago lawsuit. The judge, Aileen Cannon, dismissed the case over "lack of jurisdiction." Cannon, 41, was a Trump nominee. A US federal judge in Florida who appointed the special master for former President Donald Trump just tossed his lawsuit against the FBI's raid of his Mar-a-Lago estate. Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in a Monday one-page order that she was dismissing the case because of a "lack of jurisdiction." The ruling comes after a three-judge federal appeals court on December 1 wrote a scathing opinion overturning Cannon's initial decision to side with Trump and grant him a special master to review documents taken in the FBI's search. Less than week later, a federal appeals court in Atlanta formally ended the review. Trump's team had the option to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, but didn't do so. Cannon's ruling on Monday officially dismisses the case on the special master, an outside arbiter who had been tasked with reviewing documents that were recovered at Mar-a-Lago with the goal of determining whether any were protected by attorney-client or executive privilege. The higher court's ruling was a victory for the Justice Department, which had appealed Cannon's decision and argued that the special master would slow down the investigation amid national security concerns and cause "irreparable harm" to the government and the public. After Cannon's Tuesday ruling the Justice Department can once again be able to fully access records it seized from Mar-a-Lago, Trump's post-presidential residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump's legal team did not immediately reply to an email from Insider seeking comment. Two of the three judges on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the panel that ruled December 1, were Trump nominees and the third was appointed by President George W. Bush. Cannon, too, was a Trump nominee. During a search of Mar-a-Lago on August 8, the FBI seized boxes of materials, which included 11,000 general records and 100 documents marked as classified. The appeals court said defendants can challenge the findings in search warrants once they've been charged, but Trump hasn't yet faced any charces. The Justice Department is investigating potential violations of laws related to handling and theft of government documents, obstruction of justice, and criminal retention of national security secrets. Trump has without evidence accused the FBI of planting materials at his home, and the special master, Senior Judge Raymond Dearie, said Trump's team must provide evidence to support their claims. Dearing was a longtime federal judge from Brooklyn, New York. Initially Cannon asked Dearing to complete his review by November 30 but then extended the deadline to December 16. The Justice Department is also investigating Trump's role in the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, aimed at overturning the 2020 election results. US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in November that special prosecutor Jack Smith would oversee both criminal investigations into Trump, given that the former president has formally announced he would seek another White House run. Last week, a Manhattan jury found that Trump's real-estate empire is criminally liable for the admitted tax frauds of its two top financial executives. Trump himself was not on trial for that case and defense lawyers have pledged to appeal the verdict. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted December 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 Trump probe subpoena served on Georgia secretary of state FILE - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference in Atlanta, Dec. 14, 2020. The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has received a subpoena related to special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of former President Donald Trump. Smith was appointed last month to oversee the Justice Department investigation into the presence of classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and aspects of a separate probe involving the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) More KATE BRUMBACK Mon, December 12, 2022 at 1:36 PM ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has received a subpoena related to special counsel Jack Smith's investigation of former President Donald Trump, who focused strongly on the state as he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss. Smith was appointed last month to oversee not only the Justice Department's Mar-a-Lago investigation but also aspects of Trump's scramble to stay in power — including his effort in Georgia — and the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In a Jan. 2 phone call, Trump had suggested that Raffensperger “find” the votes needed to give him a win in Georgia. The subpoena, which is dated Friday and was received by Raffensperger's office Monday, follows others served last week in several states and counties. Like those other locations, Georgia was a target of Trump and his allies as they sought to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. The special counsel is seeking “any and all communications in any form” between June 1, 2020, and Jan. 20, 2021, “to, from or involving” Trump, his campaign, lawyers and aides, including former campaign officials such as Bill Stepien and Justin Clark and lawyers John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, L. Lin Wood, Sidney Powell and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, according to the subpoena, which was obtained by The Associated Press. Efforts by Trump and his associates to reverse his loss in Georgia are currently the subject of a separate investigation led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in Atlanta. A special grand jury seated to aid that investigation has heard from dozens of witnesses, including a number of high-profile Trump allies, over the past six months and is expected to wrap up its work soon. Among other things, Willis is investigating the Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Raffensperger. It was not immediately clear whether any counties in Georgia had also received subpoenas from the special counsel. In the weeks following the 2020 election, Trump focused in part on Fulton County, which includes most of the city of Atlanta, making unsupported allegations of election fraud. But the county had not received a subpoena by Monday morning, a spokesperson said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 Trump in trouble: Republican support for his 2024 bid falls amid political, legal setbacks Susan Page, USA TODAY Tue, December 13, 2022 at 5:00 AM Former President Donald Trump after announcing a third run for president at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 15, 2022. Republican support for Donald Trump's presidential bid in 2024 has cratered, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, as the former president is beleaguered by midterm losses and courtroom setbacks. By 2-1, GOP and GOP-leaning voters now say they want Trump's policies but a different standard-bearer to carry them. While 31% want the former president to run, 61% prefer some other Republican nominee who would continue the policies Trump has pursued. They have a name in mind: Two-thirds of Republicans and those inclined to vote Republican want Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president. By double digits, 56% to 33%, they prefer DeSantis over Trump. - ADVERTISEMENT - "Republicans and conservative independents increasingly want Trumpism without Trump," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center. Stay in the conversation on politics: Sign up for the OnPolitics newsletter The findings are a red flag for Trump, whose core support has held remarkably solid through firestorms over his personal behavior, his provocative rhetoric, and his most controversial actions in the White House. But he has become increasingly embattled over his role in fueling the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, his alleged mishandling of sensitive documents when he left the White House, and investigations into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Some Republican strategists blame Trump and his influence for the GOP's failure to win control of the Senate in November. Candidates he helped recruit and support in Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania lost races that independent analysts thought might have been won by more traditional candidates. The poll of 1,000 registered voters, taken by landline and cell phone Wednesday through Sunday, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. The sample of 374 Republicans and independents who lean to the Republican Party has an error margin of 5.1 points. Trump's legal fights: Judge tosses Trump's lawsuit, ending special master review of Mar-a-Lago documents Biden's lead widens over Trump in a head-to-head race Enthusiasm for Trump's third bid for the White House within the GOP has significantly ebbed in recent months, the USA TODAY/Suffolk survey finds. In July, 60% of Republicans wanted Trump to run again. In October, that number had dipped to 56%. Now it has fallen to 47%, an almost-even split with the 45% who don't want him to run for a third time. The polls taken in July and December were of registered voters. The poll in October was of likely midterm voters. Trump is viewed less favorably by his partisans as well. The percentage of Republicans who see him favorably has dropped from 75% in October to 64% in December. His unfavorable rating has risen to 23% from 18%. Among all voters, Trump has fallen further behind President Joe Biden in a hypothetical head-to-head. Now, Biden would win a general-election matchup by 47% to 40%. (Because of the effects of rounding, Biden's margin is a bit wider than that indicates, at 7.8 points.) In October, Biden also led but by a narrower margin, 46%-42%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DBP66 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 hour ago, concha said: is that any way to treat your Pres. Don?.......🤡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolebull813 Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 * Trump cures cancer * 66: Trump puts cancer doctors out of a job!!! Orange man bad!!!!! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Nolebull813 said: * Trump cures cancer * 66: Trump puts cancer doctors out of a job!!! Orange man bad!!!!! He tried his hand at being a Dr....remember when he wanted us to drink bleach to get rid of Covid?...he's a genius!..🤡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nolebull813 Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 35 minutes ago, DBP66 said: He tried his hand at being a Dr....remember when he wanted us to drink bleach to get rid of Covid?...he's a genius!..🤡 He said that? He said to drink bleach? Can you post the video showing him saying that and not in jest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DBP66 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 Just now, OldTerrapin said: a twice impeached LOSER ^....who also lost 2 popular votes.....😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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