I find it quite interesting that the same people who were chanting ‘lock her up,’ when the existence of Hillary Clinton’s private email server came to light, are running to Donald Trump’s defense in spite of the fact that there is mounting evidence of multiple crimes having been committed by Trump which are far more egregious than anything Clinton did. The hypocrisy is astounding, particularly from the party that claims to be the ‘law and order’ party!
I watched Attorney General Merrick Garland’s address yesterday and I thought it was particularly brilliant when he said that the Justice Department was seeking a court order to unseal the search warrant and inventory of materials seized. Trump and his attorneys have those documents and could make them public if they wished. However, instead of dealing with facts, Trump prefers to bloviate and insinuate to get his base all riled up.
It is quite likely that the judge will approve Garland’s request to unseal the documents. However, if Trump and his attorney’s object, that would either stall or completely stop the process. I’m betting that is exactly what will happen. I suspect the documents would not be favorable to Trump so it will be in his best interests to continue to blow smoke up everyone’s butt about them, rather than have them available to the public. As history has proven, facts are generally not kind to Trump.
If, as is alleged, some of the documents he had in his possession are, in fact, classified at the SAP/SAR level (Special Access Required), that is a huge deal. People keep talking about classified documents that may be labelled Top Secret. I suspect, that is the least of the problem. SAP/SAR documents are highly classified documents and access to those documents is highly restricted and controlled. Documents that are labelled with SAP/SAR caveats generally contain classified information that, if revealed, can gravely compromise national security. The Washington Post is reporting that the documents in question contain nuclear information, which would surely fall into the SAP/SAR category.
So, the question is, if these are the types of documents that were transported to Mar a Lago, why was that done? Secondly, who had access to these documents and why? Having worked in the SAP/SAR arena for many years, my gut tells me that there is something bigger going on here than just a record keeping violation driven by the National Archives.
I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but I will just say, there are many foreign entities that would pay very handsomely for access to SAP/SAR information, particularly information on nuclear technology. We know how much Donald Trump likes money. We know how little disregard he has for the rule of law. We know he has a lot of very wealthy foreign contacts – Russian oligarchs, Saudis, etc. We know how little regard Trump has for the United States and its institutions. I just can’t wrap my head around any other reason why information like this, if that is the case, would be transported outside of secure channels and kept at Mar a Lago. Which is exactly why I believe that there is something much bigger here than meets the eye. I hope I’m wrong. However, if I’m correct, this will make Hillary’s email server look like a mole hill sitting next to Trump’s Mount Everest.
Another thing I find extremely interesting is the report that the FBI actually acted on a tip. That would mean that someone very close to Trump ratted him out. That must be driving Trump nuts. He is getting more and more isolated and now he has to be wondering who ratted him out. Mob bosses hate that kind of thing!! If he was paranoid before, this certainly can’t help.
Trump has so many legal problems now, his teams of attorneys must be getting very rich. He is virtually forced into the box of having to run for the 2024 presidency to continue to fund raise to pay his legal bills and to hopefully provide some kind of legal shield against prosecution. I can’t wait for the first time he tries to stiff one of his attorneys (and history says that will only be a matter of time). That will be fun sideshow to watch during this ongoing circus surrounding Trump.
If Trump were smart, he would move to some place like Indonesia which does not have an extradition treaty with the United States and also has some very nice golf courses. He would sell all of his properties, built a big, swanky hotel/ golf course in Indonesia and live happily ever after. However, his ego is way too big to do that. So, we will likely see him stick around to become the first former president in the history of the country to be indicted on multiple felonies. The noose is tightening! And all of those idiots who were chanting “Hang Mike Pence” are going to have egg all over their faces when their boy, DJT, is showered with indictments brought on by his own arrogance. He won’t be the first person brought down by hubris! And for me, it can’t come soon enough!
Most folks I know have placed their bets Trump will flee to Dubai – one person thinks perhaps, without knowing more, maybe docs in that safe were for his safe passage – valuable collateral to purchase his entry – if need be.
Who knows. NAZIs are capable of any and everything. As I mentioned yesterday – scary when his / our top military leader called him a NAZI and wanted to resign but decided to fight him internally from within instead of resigning. Not a single word from Trump can be trusted.
I am actually wondering now – is he literate ? Did he craft / draft a single written document when he was in office ?
There is not a single speech of his where two sentences are logically interconnected, coherent, or consistent – he babbles and wanders.
I ask because of his habit of never writing anything down – never leaving an evidence trail. Perhaps the problem is larger than that.
i.e. his book – “The Art of the Deal (Scam)” – written by his ghost writer. Most people of his personality type – can’t stop writing about themselves.