One point TPM Readers have asked again and again is this: why did Trump court all this trouble when he could have just xeroxed the documents and given the originals back? There are a lot of good and not good potential answers to that question. But as the Times notes here, DOJ investigators aren’t convinced he didn’t. The attestation that Trump and his lawyers had turned over all classified information also included a promise that no copies had been made of them. So those claims are in doubt now too.
Continue reading “Why Not Make Copies?”Damaged Goods!: Trump Underbusses Two Top Lawyers as Feds Circle
A new article in the Post suggests that Trump lawyers Christina Bobb and Evan Corcoran both now face significant legal jeopardy in their own right and are now off the case. The article gets to this point in a somewhat meandering way. But the gist is pretty clear. Notably and in character for Trump, his attorneys appear to be in more imminent legal jeopardy than he is.
Continue reading “Damaged Goods!: Trump Underbusses Two Top Lawyers as Feds Circle”History Made As Congress’ First Alaskan Native Wins Partial House Term
Former state lawmaker Democrat Mary Peltola made history Wednesday night, as she won the remainder of the late Rep. Don Young’s (R-AK) term. She’ll be the first Alaskan native to ever serve in Congress.
Continue reading “History Made As Congress’ First Alaskan Native Wins Partial House Term”Where Things Stand: Eastman’s Probably A Target
In other Trump investigation-adjacent news today, election steal scheming attorney John Eastman’s lawyers think that he is “probably a target” of the Fulton County probe led by District Attorney Fani Willis, who is looking into Trump team efforts to overturn the election results in her state of Georgia.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Eastman’s Probably A Target”A New York City Rug Expert Weighs In On Mar-a-Lago’s Flooring
When the FBI released the photo of records allegedly taken by former President Trump strewn around a floor in Mar-a-Lago, it suggested not only haphazard keeping of the government’s secrets, but also an incredibly tasteless rug underneath.
Continue reading “A New York City Rug Expert Weighs In On Mar-a-Lago’s Flooring”GOP In Disarray Over Picture Proof Of Classified Docs At Trump’s House
Faced with photographic evidence of top secret material recovered at a private citizen’s home, a Twitter account representing Republican members on the House Judiciary Committee focused on… a TIME Magazine cover.
Continue reading “GOP In Disarray Over Picture Proof Of Classified Docs At Trump’s House”Trump Attorney, Former OAN Host Christina Bobb In Spotlight Over Mar-a-Lago Trouble
For years, attorneys for former President Donald Trump have come and gone.
‘T=Why The Content Of Key Trump Officials’ Missing Texts Matters
Over the past few weeks, we’ve learned that text messages from former top political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, the Department of Defense, and the Army were all deleted toward the end of the Trump administration — a process the various departments and agencies said was carried out through different data wipes and system migration projects.
Continue reading “Why The Content Of Key Trump Officials’ Missing Texts Matters”‘Why Did He Have All Of That Stuff At Mar-a-Lago?’
Even Fox & Friends is struggling with the classified document fiasco at Mar-a-Lago.
Steve Doocey confronted Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) about it on this morning’s show and managed to sound momentarily reasonable:
Continue reading “‘Why Did He Have All Of That Stuff At Mar-a-Lago?’”Phew! Luckily, Trump Declassified All Those Documents The FBI Found, Trump Says
In a raid earlier this month, the FBI recovered dozens of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and resort, months after Trump’s lawyers swore they’d turned everything over to the government. Federal prosecutors filed a startling photo of some of those documents in court Tuesday, and said they’d found evidence of a likely effort to obstruct their investigation into missing federal records.
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