Why do I have a feeling you would still be trying to kiss their asses even as they're lining you up against a blood stained wall?
LOL, Trump conservatives are biggest, gullible chumps running all sorts of defense acting like there was nothing there to raid or the evidence was planted, and the idiot comes right out & admits, "Yeah, I declassified the documents my lawyer argued was planted evidence".
While I think that all politicians are more or less in it just for themselves. I’m not exactly sure how you mean that the GOP hates their constituents and wants to make their life’s hell.
I believe what Northstar is referring to is Chrunch in recent times who has said he's gay, which is completely fine. The weird thing is his constant desire to run defense for the GOP who have not hid their disdain for gays, as recently noted with the Log Cabin Republicans.
www.texastribune.org
The biggest thing IMO, that holds back the GOP, is there unwavering loyalty to the hardcore Bible Belt types. I’m not super religious and rarely go to church, but know a lot of very religious people. I’ve never seen any that are homophobic. Not saying it doesn’t exist because I know it does. Could be just two different hats that they wear…. IdkI believe what Northstar is referring to is Chrunch in recent times who has said he's gay, which is completely fine. The weird thing is his constant desire to run defense for the GOP who have not hid their disdain for gays, as recently noted with the Log Cabin Republicans.
“We failed”: Gay Republicans who fought for acceptance in Texas GOP see little progress
Gay Republicans who have fought for acceptance within the Texas GOP over the past three decades told The Texas Tribune progress has been excruciatingly slow. Many of them have left the party, even as the number of Log Cabin Republicans in Texas continues to grow.
Then, there was that weird attempt with Scaff to argue that the church hates gay sex, not gay people which is such a sad thought to put forth.
The fact that Trump was never convicted of collusion or on his two impeachment charges isn’t because he was innocent. He was guilty. We know because he was doing these things in the open. He never made any effort to hide his corruption. The evidence was irrefutable. He got away with it all because Republicans chose party over nation.
Of course theirs dirt on him. I mean, come on’… the guy has several NDA’s.
I'm not sure that would really have an effect considering he probably figured he was smarter than the FBI so wouldn't get caught. And considering how much time has passed since he was evicted he probably thought he was in the clear. It certainly wouldn't be the first time someone threw away long term prospects for a crime with comparatively little payoff.
There’s nothing ground braking in this theory, but given the very wide parameters of the warrant, I think the “classified documents” was just the FBI’s ‘in’ to look for January 6th stuff. The espionage accusations I think might not have much to them. Just window dressing for public consumption.
The parameters really don't seem all that wide and I'm not really sure how anything from Jan.6 would even fall under the umbrella of it. And going by the receipt it certainly seems like they found quite a few things that Trump should not have had on his personal property.
No semantics needed, if the cover sheet says "CLASSIFIED" it's a safe bet to say it's classified.
Considering how well Trump backed conservatives have done, I'm not so sure on this part. At this point in the game if Trump were to suddenly find himself unable to run the GOP would be in a similar situation to the Democrats with no real figurehead.
I forget the exact wording in the warrant, but its basically reads that if they find anything else illegal, they can pursue those crimes too. Kinda like cops doing an illegal firearms raid and finding a mound of cocaine. As with January 6th stuff, who knows what they’d be looking for. Maybe some correspondence with someone that shows he in fact knew the election wasn’t stolen, but he was saying it to stir things up.The parameters really don't seem all that wide and I'm not really sure how anything from Jan.6 would even fall under the umbrella of it. And going by the receipt it certainly seems like they found quite a few things that Trump should not have had on his personal property.
READ: Search warrant for Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort | CNN Politics
The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach earlier this week.www.cnn.com
No semantics needed, if the cover sheet says "CLASSIFIED" it's a safe bet to say it's classified.
Considering how well Trump backed conservatives have done, I'm not so sure on this part. At this point in the game if Trump were to suddenly find himself unable to run the GOP would be in a similar situation to the Democrats with no real figurehead.
I literally posted a link to the warrant, click on it and read page 4, it's pretty specific about what they can take.
Than there would be paperwork and would be easily provable, yet the Trump camp doesn't seem to be in any hurry to present any such evidence to support such a defense. In fact they seem to be intent to do everything but provide evidence that gives a good reason for Trump to have whatever classified documents he had.
I think that's pretty standard with a warrant so they can do a more detailed investigation of the stuff found with the stuff in question. For example, imagine if a page stuck to another page and it was missed. Taking the whole box means they can go through it more thoroughly. Also, there could be forensic evidence on items not pertaining to the case that could offer information.
I would agree with you that it’s pretty standard stuff too. For the same reasons that police can do a bust for “x” but also persecute for “y” and “z” if they find other crimes
I'm pretty sure the only time that actually works is when the evidence of additional crimes is basically laying in the open or discovered within the limits drawn out in the warrant. In this case any Jan. 6 documents would pretty much have to be stored in the same box as whatever classified stuff he had because it's not like the agents that executed the search are going to read every single word of every document and I doubt he had incriminating evidence about it just laying around 1.5 years after the fact.
I really don't get why you're so hung up on this Jan. 6 thing because at this point that seems like small :censored:ing potatoes compared to what's on the receipt of stuff they removed (I'm pretty sure "Top Secret" isn't thrown around lightly). Plus if that was the real reason I have to imagine they would have said so considering that along with the classified documents would make the whole thing that much juicer as far as the press is concerned.
I agree with your first statement. But the way I read this warrant, any contents within or adjacent to the boxes in question is essentially the same thing as it “being out in the open”. I will add an amendment though. I’d bet my paycheck the FBI is scouring every page of whatever it is they took. They have to come up with big evidence to justify this raid.
Also, I think you underestimate the seriousness of mishandling classified documents. For normal people, mishandling BOXES of classified documents is go to gaol and never come out territory.
What Jan 6th stuff?
It's Donald Trump; of course any sort of declassification process was not followed properly because he's already inadvertently admitted as such. He claims he declassified it, but the general reports seem to indicate that's not how any of that works just because he said so.
Again, what seems to be reported as found looks to be a more serious issue than even Jan. 6th.
www.bbc.com
This is beyond the silliest conspiracy yet. You give Trump way too much intelligence for what little of pea-sized brain he has.
How about ignore all the, "What if this is all just a way to lead in 2024" nonsense for a moment. If this guy is just taking home extremely classified information that reportedly is to only be viewed in a specific, secure location, this starts to elevate above 2024 or Jan 6th levels of concern.
