The cracks in Team Trump are starting to show.
. Instead, it’s mostly Trumpian gibberish doing an unconvincing impression of legalese.
The result has been a net negative for Trump, both in terms of crafting a media narrative and presenting an actual legal defense.May letter from National Archivist Debra Wall to Trump’s attorney. The goal appears to have been to demonstrate that the Biden White House had meddled in the decision to investigate Trump. In actuality, the letter shows that, for months, the National Archives and Records Administration and the FBI treated Trump with the patience of a saint despite the former president’s stubbornness and the magnitude of risk he’d ignored in taking the documents in the first place.
In both instances, the result has been a net negative for Trump, both in terms of crafting a media narrative and presenting an actual legal defense. Normally, a special master is appointed when documents obtained may possibly be beyond what prosecutors are allowed to review, mostly those that fall under attorney-client privilege. But in this case Trump’s lawyers argue that it would be necessary to “preserve the sanctity of executive communications and other privileged material.
Wall patiently explained in her letter to Trump attorney Evan Corcoran that despite Trump’s assertions, the documents that were seized belong to the executive branch. It also laid out months ago why Trump’s attempt to invoke executive privilege on Monday makes no sense.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
PolitiFact - No, Trump is not representing himself in case against the US governmentA screenshot of a court docket showing former President Donald Trump acting as his own lawyer in a case against the U.S. government spread across social media. It was a filing error. Trump does have lawyers representing him.
Read more »
Did the FBI “Raid” or “Search” Mar-a-Lago? Major New...Differences and inconsistencies in how news sources use 'raid' vs 'search' to describe the FBI's trip to Mar-a-Lago may reflect media bias by word choice. More from hbrechter:
Read more »
Judge Orders Unsealing of Redacted Affidavit in Trump Mar-a-Lago SearchThe directive from U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart came hours after federal law enforcement officials submitted under seal the portions of the affidavit that they want to keep secret as their investigation moves forward. The judge set a deadline of noon Friday for a redacted, or blacked-out, version of the document.
Read more »
Poll: Mar-a-Lago search boosts Trump among GOP, but may damage him with most votersAccording to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, a majority of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents now prefer Trump (54%) over “someone else” (34%) for the 2024 nomination. Right before the Mar-a-Lago search, those numbers were 47% and 38%, respectively.
Read more »
Mar-a-Lago search: Judge orders release of redacted affidavitThe redacted document will be released by noon Friday.
Read more »
Justice Department Ordered to Release Redacted Affidavit in Mar-a-Lago Search by FridayIt remains unclear what the affidavit will reveal as it could be heavily redacted.
Read more »