More from lying Donald Trump, as to Raid , Kompramat gift to Putin, +Kevin McCarthy , so what is a little espionage between friends? Right ?
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"Guess, what Kevin?" he continued. "Attorney General Merrick Garland and everybody at the Department of Justice of preserves their documents every day. It is what I did for decades inside of the Department of Justice."
"Do you know who does not preserve documents?" he continued. "Donald Trump and his criminal associates. Instead, they steal -- and let's call it what it what it is -- they steal documents from the White House because none of these documents, setting classification aside, should have been taken from the White House and whisked away to Mar-a-Lago. They should have been sent over to the National Archives, be cataloged and held."
"Kevin McCarthy has nothing left but hollow threats, political thuggery
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Wow, Going for the PUTIN GOLD MEDAL and an award from the DUMA , KEVIN McCarthy ?
And how Trump's the DOG ate my homework defense will FAIL
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"Barbara McQuade, let's talk about the word classified," host Coffin prompted. "Trump is already claiming that the papers in question were, quote-unquote, declassified. If that's true with this change anything in terms of the DOJ probe, especially if we are considering the three laws known to be used to carry out the search?"
"No, this defense will fail because the three laws that they selected to put on the search warrant don't require that the documents be classified," McQuade replied. "I think until we saw that unsealed search warrant on Friday, we expected that they would charge the statute that was used for General David Petraeus and [former NSA adviser] Sandy Berger, which does require the mishandling of classified information. Instead, they require only one charge of government records, another charge related to national defense and another concealment of records when the government comes calling for them."
"So none of those require classification or declassification -- that's a defense they will fail,"
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and this beaut
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As president, Donald Trump had a reputation for being?difficult to brief ?and?destroying meeting notes .
During his presidency, Donald Trump developed a reputation for being difficult to brief and may have destroyed meeting notes by flushing them down the toilet but would ask officials to keep documents he received, according to members of his staff.
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OMG, and here is the KOMPRAMAT GIFT
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A former Hillary Clinton aide heavily implied that former President Donald Trump had dirt on the French president and that it could be useful to Russian President Vladimir Putin,?Fox News reported.
Jennifer Palmieri, who was the director of communications for Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, did not mention Trump or Putin by name.
But a tweet, shared on Friday night, suggested that information on French President Emmanuel Macron, which was found during the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, could be maliciously used by a world leader.
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What is a little espionage between friends. Right ?
and for the gold
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Rep. Jim Himes said Trump's claims of a "standing order" to declassify any documents he took are "utter baloney."
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August 13, 2022
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Appearing on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show" with guest host Cori Coffin, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said that it does not appear that Donald Trump has a legal leg to stand on should the Department of Justice file espionage charges against him.
Coming on the heels of the release of the warrant used to enter Mar-a-Lago earlier in the week which allowed FBI agents to retrieve multiple boxes containing highly sensitive documents, the former prosecutor said the former president has no defense that she can see that his lawyers will be able to deploy.
"Barbara McQuade, let's talk about the word classified," host Coffin prompted. "Trump is already claiming that the papers in question were, quote-unquote, declassified. If that's true with this change anything in terms of the DOJ probe, especially if we are considering the three laws known to be used to carry out the search?"
"No, this defense will fail because the three laws that they selected to put on the search warrant don't require that the documents be classified," McQuade replied. "I think until we saw that unsealed search warrant on Friday, we expected that they would charge the statute that was used for General David Petraeus and [former NSA adviser] Sandy Berger, which does require the mishandling of classified information. Instead, they require only one charge of government records, another charge related to national defense and another concealment of records when the government comes calling for them."
"So none of those require classification or declassification -- that's a defense they will fail," she added. "I think this is going to be the incredible shape-shifting defense; we've already seen several iterations of this from first denying that he had them and then accusing the FBI of planting certain evidence and now it's the classification."
"I look forward to what is hearing what's next but it seems likely that this one is going to fail," she concluded.
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Though Trump had a reputation for avoiding briefings and flushing meeting notes, he would ask officials for documents: 'Can I keep this?'
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
Sat, August 13, 2022 at 1:50 AM·3 min read
As president, Donald Trump had a reputation for being?difficult to brief ?and?destroying meeting notes .
During his presidency, Donald Trump developed a reputation for being difficult to brief and may have destroyed meeting notes by flushing them down the toilet but would ask officials to keep documents he received, according to members of his staff.
Trump's reluctance to sit for the Presidential Daily Briefing while in office was well documented. His first briefer, Ted Gistaro,?told CBS News ?the former president "doesn't really read anything," while intelligence officers described him as "far and away the most difficult " new president to brief. The daily briefing was more often delivered to Vice President Mike Pence than the president,?The Guardian ?reported.
Hoping to encourage the president to read more of his briefings, Gistaro's successor, Beth Sanner, included a one-page outline and a set of graphics, former CIA officer John Helgerson?recounted in his book , "Getting to Know the President."
When he did attend meetings, former President Trump is rumored to have destroyed records, including by?flushing written notes down the White House toilets . He also had a habit of ripping and shredding documents,?The Washington Post reported. ?The shredding was so prolific,?Politico reported, ?that an entire team was dedicated to taping documents back together for preservation.
"I have seen Trump tear up papers, not into small, small pieces, but usually twice — so take a piece of paper, rip it once, and then rip it again and then throw it into the garbage pail,"?The Washington Post reported ?Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer, said.
In addition to his habit of destroying meeting notes, several staff members noted that Trump would ask officials if he could keep documents he received.
"From time to time, the president would say 'Can I keep this?'" Trump's former Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, told CNN's Erin Burnett on Friday. Mulvaney added the White House had "entire teams" of people dedicated to preserving official documents.
Though Mulvaney would not draw a direct line between Trump's habit of asking to keep records and the?search of his Mar-a-Lago residence ?in pursuit of classified documents, his comments echoed those of John Bolton, Trump's one-time national security advisor.
"Often the president would say [to intelligence briefers] 'Well, can I keep this?'" Bolton told?CBS News . "And in my experience, the intelligence briefers most often would say 'Well, sir, we'd prefer to take that back,' but sometimes they forgot."
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https://www.businessinsider.com/rep-himes-trump-declassified-mar-a-lago-docs-claim-baloney-2022-8
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Intelligence Committee Rep. rubbishes Trump's claim of a 'standing order' to declassify documents as 'utter baloney'
Alia Shoaib ?3 hours ago
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Rep. Jim Himes said Trump's claims of a "standing order" to declassify any documents he took are "utter baloney."
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Rep. Jim Himes, a Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, said that Donald Trump's claims that he had a "standing order" to declassify any documents he took are "utter baloney."
Himes told?MSNBC ?that while the president is a declassifying authority, there is a "really elaborate documented process for declassification," which can often take months.
"Of course, he's going to say that because it creates a little bit of confusion and throws a bit of mud into the water. But I can tell you as someone who also sees the most sensitive information this country has, that's utter baloney."
The FBI recovered?11 sets of classified records ?from Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, some of which were marked top secret and meant to be stored in special government facilities because of their sensitive nature, according to the inventory of seized items.
In a?statement to Fox News , the former president defended himself by claiming that he had a "standing order" whereby documents were?declassified "the moment" they left the Oval Office.
Himes,?the representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district, dismissed Trump's claims and described the stringent security process for accessing sensitive documents in government facilities.
"If I take documents out of that facility, I have committed a felony. And if a president takes them out of a facility, he too has broken the law," he said.
Himes said he did not believe that Trump thought the documents were declassified and would have been immediately corrected even if he had expressed that belief.
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Ex-Clinton aide implies 'President of France' file found at Trump's home during Mar-a-Lago raid could be valuable to Putin as 'kompromat'
Joshua Zitser ?5 hours ago
The FBI seized "info re: President of France" during the raid on Mar-a-Lago.
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A former Hillary Clinton aide heavily implied that former President Donald Trump had dirt on the French president and that it could be useful to Russian President Vladimir Putin,?Fox News reported.
Jennifer Palmieri, who was the director of communications for Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, did not mention Trump or Putin by name.
But a tweet, shared on Friday night, suggested that information on French President Emmanuel Macron, which was found during the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, could be maliciously used by a world leader.
"Racking my brain here," Palmieri tweeted. "Which world leader would find Kompromat on Macron valuable?"
The hypothetical question appears to be referring to Putin. Palmieri did not immediately respond to Insider's request for clarification.
During the raid on Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Florida home, the?FBI found ?four sets of top-secret documents and seven sets of classified information, per a list of items seized and unsealed by a federal magistrate on Friday.
Among the items seized was "info re: President of France." It is not immediately clear why Trump had this file at Mar-a-Lago or what was included in the file.
Palmieri, in her tweet, appears to suggest that the information is "kompromat" —embarrassing or damaging information that can be used to blackmail or discredit public figures. There is not currently enough information on the seized file to prove or disprove this.
ABC News has noted, however, that ?Russia has a long history of employing?"kompromat."
And Macron, who initially tried to engage in diplomacy with Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine, is reportedly now in Putin's bad books, per?RFI. ?A Kremlin spokesperson told the news agency that France is now considered an "unfriendly" country and Macron and Putin have not spoken via telephone for two months.
Palmieri, in 2017, has?previously accused? Trump allies of "collusion" with Russia and described the former president as having a "pro-Putin bent."
Special counsel?Robert Mueller's 2019 Russia probe report , submitted after Palmieri's claims, did not find sufficient evidence to charge anyone from the Trump campaign with illegally conspiring or coordinating with the Russian government.
Palmieri served as White House Director of Communications from 2013 to 2015.
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August 13, 2022
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Kevin McCarthy (Photo by Nocholas Kamm for AFP)
During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Cross Connection," former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner served notice to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) that he will regret ordering an investigation of Attorney General Merrick Garland should the Republican Party take control of the House in the 2022 midterm election.
Speaking with host Tiffany Cross, Kirschner didn't hold back, accusing the Republican leader of "political thuggery" in the service of former president Donald Trump.
After the MSNBC played audio McCarthy claiming that he intends to go after Garland in light of the search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort which resulted in FBI agents reclaiming stolen documents that could lead to espionage charges, the veteran prosecutor said the California Republican would rue the day.
"Kevin McCarthy is engaged in political thuggery, that's all this is," Kirschner bluntly stated. "He threatened the attorney general by saying you better clear your calendar and preserve your documents."
"Guess, what Kevin?" he continued. "Attorney General Merrick Garland and everybody at the Department of Justice of preserves their documents every day. It is what I did for decades inside of the Department of Justice."
"Do you know who does not preserve documents?" he continued. "Donald Trump and his criminal associates. Instead, they steal -- and let's call it what it what it is -- they steal documents from the White House because none of these documents, setting classification aside, should have been taken from the White House and whisked away to Mar-a-Lago. They should have been sent over to the National Archives, be cataloged and held."
"Kevin McCarthy has nothing left but hollow threats, political thuggery and he has been on the wrong side of every argument since a couple of days after Jan. 6 six when he had a spasm of candor and good judgment. and said Donald Trump is responsible," he concluded
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Andrew Beckwith, PhD