A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.
A late night for Justice Department reporters awaiting the government’s filing in the one of the two cases arising from the Mar-a-Lago raid. It finally came in around 11:30 p.m. ET, and packed a bit more punch than I had expected.
Donald Trump: “Donald Trump? He might have gotten me water once, didn’t really know him.”
Gonna be a helluva day folks.
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Kristol said in ten years you won’t find anyone who admits to voting for him, I think it’s likely to be months.
Say JEEZE!
It had not occurred to me how damning that “passport” episode was.
Excerpt:
Some of these personal effects were Trump’s own passports:
The location of the passports is relevant evidence in an investigation of unauthorized retention and mishandling of national defense information; nonetheless, the government decided to return those passports in its discretion.
The passports and their location are solid evidence that Trump himself illegally retained top secret information.
He never use the word “obstruction” in certain company…
…this might cause a problem with his “reinstatement.” “So Mr. TFG, it says you stole lots of documents. That makes you ineligible for rehire. Sorry. Security will see you out.”
Isn’t Diet Coke fake coke?
So when does DJT start “negotiating” with the DOJ?
I would like to believe that window of opportunity has already closed…
Watching this on GMA on ABC and it looks waaaay worse than bad.
Oh what are we hearing from Republicans?
Gosh they’re still talking about Hunter’s Laptop non-stop!
He’ll try it, just to infuriate me.
Yeah, it’s his SOP. Except it’s hard to negotiate with a partner who refuses to play the game.
We’ll see.
Errands to run but I’ll be back, I wouldn’t miss this for the world!
WaPo–another snippet from this a.m.'s article:
The filing traces the extraordinary saga of government officials’ repeated efforts to recover sensitive national security papers from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and club, centered on a storage room where prosecutors came to suspect that “government records were likely concealed and removed … and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation.”
The agents also came to doubt claims by Trump’s team that the storage room was the only place where such documents might be found.
I am on a much needed 2-week retreat with family by the sea. I just checked the news for the first time since Saturday and was instantly sickened. I had a Secret clearance for years because I was working on veterans health issues so we needed to know about exposures overseas and troop movements. Any time we needed to review classified material we went to a SCIF, usually in the Pentagon, where we had to turn over our phones and be locked into the room. There was a guard outside the door. I am beyond disbelief that this happened. It’s not just the crime, it’s the potential victims in terms of sources and methods. What is the penalty for treason?
Is Ms. Lindsey still planing on starting a riot in Donald’s defense? Enquiring minds want to know?