""The government seized the contents of a desk drawer that contained
classified documents and governmental records commingled with other
documents," explained prosecutors in the filing. "The other documents
included two official passports, one of which was expired, and one
personal passport, which was expired. The location of the passports is
relevant evidence in an investigation of unauthorized retention and
mishandling of national defense information."

As The Guardian's Hugo Lowell noted on Twitter, by seizing Trump's
passports and cataloguing that they were in the same drawer as
classified information, the Justice Department now has clear evidence
that Trump himself must have been reviewing and holding onto these
documents personally — as opposed to his staffers or lawyers doing so."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-passport/

TB

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On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 7:29:57 AM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:

""The government seized the contents of a desk drawer that contained classified documents and governmental records commingled with other documents," explained prosecutors in the filing. "The other documents included two official passports, one of which was expired, and one
personal passport, which was expired. The location of the passports is relevant evidence in an investigation of unauthorized retention and mishandling of national defense information."

As The Guardian's Hugo Lowell noted on Twitter, by seizing Trump's
passports and cataloguing that they were in the same drawer as
classified information, the Justice Department now has clear evidence
that Trump himself must have been reviewing and holding onto these
documents personally — as opposed to his staffers or lawyers doing so."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-passport/

TB

Sometimes reality is much more interesting than fiction. I'm enjoying the build up to the inevitable denouement...will it be "Lock him up" or just the usual "sound and fury, signifying nothing..."

We're here until Thursday. Try the beef...

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On 8/31/2022 7:42 AM, dm_callier wrote:

On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 7:29:57 AM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:

""The government seized the contents of a desk drawer that contained
classified documents and governmental records commingled with other
documents," explained prosecutors in the filing. "The other documents
included two official passports, one of which was expired, and one
personal passport, which was expired. The location of the passports is
relevant evidence in an investigation of unauthorized retention and
mishandling of national defense information."

As The Guardian's Hugo Lowell noted on Twitter, by seizing Trump's
passports and cataloguing that they were in the same drawer as
classified information, the Justice Department now has clear evidence
that Trump himself must have been reviewing and holding onto these
documents personally — as opposed to his staffers or lawyers doing so."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-passport/

TB

Sometimes reality is much more interesting than fiction. I'm enjoying the build up to the inevitable denouement...will it be "Lock him up" or just the usual "sound and fury, signifying nothing..."

We're here until Thursday. Try the beef...

Even if it's just "sound and fury" I'm expecting a grand show.
Unless they can find a really good excuse not to I expect the DOJ to
indict the idiot. That will push the: whining, wailing, whataboutism,
threats and violence to a whole new level. If nothing else this will
further expose the real #45.

One of the fun things here is that this is just a warmup
performance. #45's legal problems don't begin or end with stolen
documents. Some of the "experts" think that he's laying the groundwork
for an insanity defense with his recent social media posts. I think we
can count on him getting even crazier as we go along.

At this point the Republicans have two big fears. One of them is
that #45 will make the midterm elections about him, which is pretty much guaranteed. The other big fear is that he will never give any of the
millions he has raised to other candidates. That was never going to happen.

TB

The Ferengi first rule of acquisition: "Once you have their money never
give it back."

The tenth rule: "Greed is eternal."

#17: "A contract is a contract....but only between Feringi"

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On 8/31/2022 7:42 AM, dm_callier wrote:

On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 7:29:57 AM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:

""The government seized the contents of a desk drawer that contained
classified documents and governmental records commingled with other
documents," explained prosecutors in the filing. "The other documents
included two official passports, one of which was expired, and one
personal passport, which was expired. The location of the passports is
relevant evidence in an investigation of unauthorized retention and
mishandling of national defense information."

As The Guardian's Hugo Lowell noted on Twitter, by seizing Trump's
passports and cataloguing that they were in the same drawer as
classified information, the Justice Department now has clear evidence
that Trump himself must have been reviewing and holding onto these
documents personally — as opposed to his staffers or lawyers doing so."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-passport/

TB

Sometimes reality is much more interesting than fiction. I'm enjoying the build up to the inevitable denouement...will it be "Lock him up" or just the usual "sound and fury, signifying nothing..."

We're here until Thursday. Try the beef...

I kind of like how the sound and fury is washing over the rest of the retrumplicans:

Democrat Mary Peltola has defeated Republican Sarah Palin in the special election for Alaska’s vacant House seat, a big upset over the former
governor in the state’s first election under ranked-choice voting.

Peltola, a former state legislator who will become Alaska’s first
indigenous member of Congress, defeated a special election field that
included Palin and another Republican, Nick Begich III. The Democrat
finished first in the initial tally and then won enough second-choice
votes from Begich’s supporters to see off Palin, who had former
President Donald Trump’s endorsement and previously won a statewide
campaign in 2006.

Palin was making her first run for elected office since resigning as
Alaska’s governor in 2009, a year after she was nominated as John
McCain’s vice-presidential running mate.

Defeat for Palin closes the door on an immediate political comeback —
but she is also on the ballot in Alaska’s regularly scheduled
congressional election this fall, when the winner will earn a full
two-year term.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/31/democrat-peltola-beats-palin-in-alaska-special-election-upset-00054428

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