Trump lawyer said no classified material was at Trump's home before FBI search, sources say

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Published 2022-08-14
One of former President Donald Trump's attorneys signed a letter in June asserting that there was no more classified information stored at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, according to two sources familiar with the matter. #CNN #News

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  • @Leonaza7
    If an attorney knowingly lies to law enforcement, he or she should be disbarred
  • @quell4812
    amazing to me how indifferent Republicans were to Jan 6, and how indignant they are about a lawful search warrant on a private citizen
  • Ah, Mr. Turner, what are "all the other actions they could have taken"? Could they have asked for the materials? (yes - and they did, multiple times, quietly) Could they have subpoenaed the materials? (yes - and they did) What else could they have done, Mike? Maybe quietly and calmly served a legal, lawfully obtained search warrant? (yes, and they did that, again - quietly) It was only Donald and his bloviating bluster that called attention to the retrieval. Mike, what else should they have done? What did I miss? Seems to me they covered the bases quite well. They attempted MANY actions to quietly and calmly retrieve highly classified material ... stored inadequately ... in a basement ... at a country-club ... where they should NEVER have been ... from a person who did NOT have clearance or authority to have them. If it had been ME, or ANYONE ELSE, who had squirreled-away classified government documents in our basements, the DOJ and FBI would have skipped right to a no-knock search warrant, busted down our door without ANY warning, and we would be sitting in a jail-cell right now, likely without bail, awaiting trial for espionage and treason against the United States. Pray tell, Mr. Turner - what else should they have done? What were those other avenues and actions? Mike? We can't hear you. Speak up, please.
  • @SN-sz7kw
    A federal employee busted with this material in their basement would have been arrested at work while the search warrant was in progress. No subpoena, no polite request. This is insane.
  • Have them say that in court, then charge them with perjury.
  • @scooterbaby1
    Holy shit, just throw the whole kit and caboodle in prison already. America is exhausted from this bullshit.
  • @vonsuthoff
    Those who post FBI members personal information online should be treated as traitors giving aid to the enemy! It places agents (and their families) lives in immediate danger!
  • So you're trying to tell me that the guy who once tweeted out a highly classified photo of an Iranian missile explosion could have mishandled classified documents and kept them when he shouldn't have? Get outta here!
  • The DOJ should go after these "lawyers". They have lied for their client in writing, by making these false statements.
  • Lmfao bs. His story is changing by the hour. Just put him in cuffs already
  • These lawyers had no need to know based to handle that material anyway . Amazing how people compromise their ethics for this criminal goon
  • @charley408
    Reminder, Reality Winter took one classified document out and recieved 4 years in prison, no negotiations!
  • It doesn't matter if the documents were classified or not. Under Presidential records acts it was illegal for Donald Trump to remove any federal records from the White House period.
  • @MadMike_X
    "all the other actions they could have taken" You mean the other two times they tried to get everything but were lied to both times?
  • My question is: Who is leaking the officers home addresses, and who knows who went to pick up the classified documents from Mar-lago?
  • I thought the DOJ got the search warrant BECAUSE they had already exhausted "all the other actions they could have taken"?! That was the whole point.
  • This is a prime opportunity , arrest EVERYONE making threats charge them as domestic terrorists and get them off the voter rolls
  • Why do I get the feeling that he was going to bargain these documents to another country for personal enrichment?
  • @gordengibson1
    Saying there were no classified documents doesn't prove that it's true. It doesn't matter whether the Federal documents were classified or not. It's against the law to remove federal documents. Do I need to draw you a picture of it? Besides, there is no evidence that Trump de-classified the Federal documents. Where is the proof?