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Nothing New So far, news reports are sketchy regarding today's Donald J. Trump v. The United States hearing. From what is available so far, it seems little if anything new was argued by the Trump and DOJ attorneys. What was in the briefs seems to be what was argued in court. That means the...

Nothing requires transparency while an investigation is underway. The courts themselves have assisted DOJ by keeping a great deal of information under seal. Judge Cannon did so when she required the revised inventory list to be submitted under seal. Even if the DOJ wanted to release the updated...

A New Detail RE Privileged Documents "Justice Department officials also told [Judge] Cannon that their own filter team has already done a thorough review of the material, and had set aside 64 sets of documents — comprising some 520 pages — that might be considered protected by attorney-client...

From CNN minutes ago: -------------------------------------- Federal judge will rule later on Trump’s special master request after hearing concludes The hearing on former President Donald Trump's bid for a special master to review documents seized from Mar-a-Lago has concluded. US District...

The evidence photo (which is the proper name for it) came into the public domain only after the DOJ included it in the response required by the judge. And crime scene photos are commonly and often proudly posted by law enforcement agencies after significant busts or searches are done. We've seen...

Police themselves for what? Executive privilege does not apply since the DOJ and the White House are part of the same executive branch. Attorney client privilege may only marginally apply to a tiny number of documents if it applies at all. Trump's attorney's office was not searched. Trump's...

True, but it is highly unusual for a judge to signal a bias before even hearing from the other side.

It has to do with the inference made by danthewolf00 that the location of a jury matters in a trial's outcome.

Fair point. I had an open mind at first. After reading that item, my view swayed a bit to one side. I'm still open minded about this judge acting properly in today's hearing and hopeful she does.

Being tried in Texas did not do Alex Jones much good, did it?

Whether she got over that or not, the point she makes remains valid.

It's an entertaining question. Having worked in a prison as a staff person (not a corrections officer), I can tell you they are not happy, colorful, scenic, uplifting places. On this topic, my first thoughts go to the Secret Service agents who may be forced to hang out in that environment all...

Legal analyst Glenn Kirschner makes a good point regarding Judge Cannon: In 30 years of prosecuting cases, I never saw a judge make up her mind on an issue BEFORE the other party had an opportunity to respond to the request. This is dead wrong.

Closer and Closer Regarding Trump's passports found in his desk drawer with classified documents, note this: “'In most searches you look for identity documents to tie a suspect to the evidence you’re looking for — photographs, IDs, utility bills. If you find the contraband in the same room as...

Interesting. And it will be interesting to see who shows up in court today to argue Trump's case. I have not yet had time to carefully read the DOJ and Trump filings in this case but I have skimmed them. Having done that, it seems to me that those who are laughing at or criticizing the low...

I agree. If this judge (U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon) decides to proceed with today's hearing and make a ruling on the questions at hand, and if the ruling(s) go against the DOJ, I think it's certain the DOJ will instantly appeal. In fact, I think the DOJ probably already has it's...

If Biden is impeached, the effort will fail for the very same reason the efforts to impeach Trump failed. Lack of a 2/3 majority in the U.S. Senate.

Again, they did nothing to control traffic in and around the rooms where the classified documents were found. They did nothing to make sure the documents remained in one place that would meet the government's rules of "secure." They did not do this because that is not their job.

We will likely learn more about the particulars in good time. HUNDREDS of classified documents ended up in Mar-a-Lago, stored in ways no classified document is stored when in government custody (in vaults, signed in and out, etc.). For the sake of national security, we need to learn how exactly...

You often bring up Biden when I'm talking about the DOJ and Trump. In this conversation on this topic, Biden is of zero interest to me. As president, he is of little interest to me. I do not see him as a strong leader and I spend very little time thinking about him as I go through my day. In...