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The Pollyanna Reports, IV
Finally! Good news on the Mar-a-Lago obscenity!
A Federal Judge has ordered the appointment of a Special Master to assume the task of inspecting the materials seized from President Trump’s residence, and maybe even from Mrs. Trump’s lingerie drawer and closet, and to determine the validity vel non of the various privilege defenses made by the former President. In other words, the [In}Justice Department and its Stasi appendage, a/k/a the Federal Bureau of Intimidation, will have to release their corrupt hold on these materials and we may finally find out what is in them. To which I say: Hallelujah! Here is an excerpt from an article on Just The News; it can be found here:
A federal judge on Monday handed Donald Trump a significant win, ordering a special master to review evidence seized by the FBI during its raid of the former president’s Florida estate last month.
U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon said the independent master can “review the seized property, manage assertions of privilege and make recommendations thereon, and evaluate claims for return of property.”
Can we treat ourselves to a glimmer of hope due to this development? Absolutely!
God Bless America!
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Jim, I heard somewhere that the DOJ would appeal this ruling. Can they still do that?
Susan, this would certainly fit their usual pattern of making everything as agonizingly slow as possible — just ask the poor unfortunate souls in the Jan. 6 DC Concentration Camp; as to whether, from the standpoint of legal procedure, they can appeal, my assumption would be there is no reason they could not file an interlocutory appeal from this ruling, as this decision is not dispositive of the entire case. However, I welcome the views of those attorneys who might have followed this particular case more closely than I have.
Here is a most interesting passage from the Order from Daily Mail; I have searched for the original document but it is not available yet:
Clearly, she is not the Judge the [in]Justice Department was hoping for!
Link to entire order: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.64.0_2.pdf
It’s definitely a win for Plaintiff, but really the damage is done, and never mind what DoJ claims re: dispo of the items seized, every stinkin’ thing has been copied a hundred different ways, probably fingerprinted, including the insides of the boxes, tested, analyzed, etc. The judge could order every piece of paper, typewriter ribbon (I know, nobody uses typewriter ribbon anymore) every thing, be returned to Trump, and the judge can order that any records of the items taken be destroyed. And no doubt DoJ will sign affidavits saying they have done just that. They will never actually do it.
You can’t un-see something, and they have made sure that they have seen e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g.
Someone on twitter reported they seized Trump’s financial and medical records. This would escalate this to a level of corruption we can’t let pass.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there is collusion between some in executive departments and some in Congress. It is indeed year 7 of the coup.
There is nothing Trump has done or said that should warrant this level of hatred and lawlessness against one man. We are truly in a fight to the death for the survival of one party or the other. Our side better wake up and figure out what the game is. We have allowed over opponents to gain control of almost all institutions and seats of power. They know it. That is why they can be so brazen. Two critical elections are ahead.
Another reason not to give NR money.
The only problem I see is if James Comey is appointed Special Master . . .
Now THAT would be a real threat to the soul of the Republic!
The FBI/DOJ is in possession of all the documents. The FBI did not allow Trump’s lawyers to observe the search of Mar a Lago. Everything we know about the inventory of items seized in the search is based on what the FBI tells us. The FBI has lied in the past about Trump in Crossfire Hurricane. They lied to the FISC Judge about affidavits they supplied to obtain highly obtrusive two bump search warrants on wireless devices starting with Carter Page.
I have to ask. Why should anyone believe that just because a Federal Judge orders a special master to review the documents the FBI won’t lie about what documents they have and what documents they have already copied for later use? Why was the FBI/DOJ so reluctant to establish an independent arbiter in the first place? It certainly wasn’t because they were concerned about playing fair or how the optics were perceived.
The other thing is, should anything stand in the way of this happening, Trump has the deep deep pockets to make sure things occur as he wants them to.
If the (In)Justice Dept and FBI prevail in lower courts, Trump can take the matter up to SCOTUS.
Unfortunately the Jan6th group did not have such deep pockets. (For the most part.)
I noticed on the inventory they didn’t list anything taken from Barron’s room or Melania’s closet.
Peter Strzok and Lisa Page will be appointed Co-Special Masters. And everyone will know not to go into their offices without knocking first and pausing until . . . well never mind, until what.
Truly a nest of snakes–if I may be excused for logically following your thought–writhing around!
Susan, they filed an appeal this afternoon, claiming that to stop their
harassmentinvestigation would pose a serious danger to the Republic.Good grief …
The DOJ is being completely transparent. They believe that only they get to call the shots. If they say something is classified, even if it’s your personal tax Returns, then they can say you cheated and you cannot defend yourself because it’s classified. This is just too stupid to believe. Unfortunately however, it is true.