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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...

The cases made for impeachment were strong too, but they did not succeed because the trials were conducted in the U.S. Senate, which at the time was a political body controlled by Republicans who were willing to put the interests of their party leader Trump ahead of the interests of the country...

It makes no difference to DOJ if Trump becomes an official candidate for president or not. That became instantly clear when the decision was made to take the unprecedented step of obtaining a warrant and searching his house.

If it sounds that way to you, it's because you are making it up. I have no such expectation and you have no rational basis to believe I do. Every one of us hears the songs that play in our heads. Yours simply happens to be out of tune in this case.

I'm not going to argue with you about what the Secret Service protects and does not protect. They opened the door to the FBI who came in to search Trump's home and office. They did not thing to control the traffic around the places where the documents are said to be stored. Enough said. Trump's...

My work day is not yet over but I did take a moment to check the political shows for info about the Trump response that was filed with the court this evening. No claim is made that Trump declassified the documents. I know he's making that claim in public, but in court, where facts matter and...

If the former president had a stash of cocaine at Mar-a-Largo, would the Secret Service be obligated to protect that too? If asked to do so, it is highly unlikely that the Secret Service would testify that their duties included protecting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago; especially those...

Preview of where I'm going with this: "Since the Aug. 8 search at Mar-a-Lago, Trump, his lawyers, and Fox News commentators have repeatedly incanted the refrain that there can be no crime because Trump had “declassified” everything anyway. "As one Fox “legal commentator” asserted: “If Trump...

You have mentioned this several times and I have not responded to your point until now. There is an argument that counters yours and that will likely be made in court at a future date. I don't have time to go into it now. More to follow. For now, kindly note that not everyone agrees that the...

Irony "When Trump himself was President, he signed a law beefing up the penalties for mishandling classified material—increasing the crime for inappropriately moving classified material from a misdemeanor to a felony, and the maximum penalty from one year to five years in prison. The importance...

The Desk Drawer and the Mouth Had Trump not gone to court to request a special master, one thing would not have led to another such that the DOJ filed the response it filed last night, as the judge ordered. But from that response it is now known that some the the classified documents in...

I said nothing about Trump posting too much. I'm simply looking to gauge the level of posting in a 24 hour period. I'm not on Truth Social but I'm reading reports about a large number of posts on a number of wide-ranging topics. Just curious how this compares to previous times. Is Trump losing...

I'm reading today that Trump has posted over 50 times on Truth Social in the last 24 hours (still counting). Does anyone know what his 24-hour tweet-storm record was when he was on Twitter?

"In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law." Donald Trump at an August 18, 2016, Charlotte NC rally

Actually, it's Donald J. Trump v. The United States. Once again, you can state whatever alternative facts you wish, or redefine any reality. But those do not matter. In the real world, the case has a name and it is as i stated above.

Donald J. Trump v. United States of America That's the actual name of the matter before the court. An appropriate name, I think.

I would expect that and encourage that, if not in this court, which may not have jurisdiction, in the next court where Trump will square off against DOJ attorneys there. If Trump is indicted, the DOJ's case will have to be strong and well argued. If Trump does not have the best people...

What if this? What if that? The investigation is not "about what if?" It's about "who did what and when?" You can try to change the subject or diminish the grand jury, the investigators and law enforcement all you want with "what if" questions. It does not matter. "What is" trumps "what if?"