Federal prosecutors notified the former commander-in-chief he is a target of a criminal probe FILE PHOTO © AP / Evan Vucci
The US Department of Justice has informed ex-President Donald Trump that he is under criminal investigation linked to alleged mishandling of classified material, multiple news outlets reported on Wednesday.
Trump’s legal team received a letter from prosecutors this week stating that the former leader is the target of a grand jury probe into whether he illegally retained secret files at his private residence after leaving office in 2021, unnamed sources told CNN, Fox News, Politico and other outlets.
The move could indicate that special counsel Jack Smith is preparing to make a charging decision on the case. He was tapped for the role not long after federal agents raided Trump’s Florida estate in August 2022, ultimately turning up thousands of pages of government records, including over 100 classified documents. Around 200 other files were voluntarily handed over by Trump’s attorneys prior to the raid.
Smith has reportedly called in several Trump associates in recent weeks to testify before the grand jury, including one of his lawyers, Evan Corcoran, as well as Taylor Budowich, a former spokesperson, and ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
In an interview with the New York Times on Wednesday, Trump declined to confirm whether he had been notified of the investigation, but said he had not been told that he would be charged. The ex-president has denied all wrongdoing in his handling of documents, and even filed a lawsuit in Florida to contest the materials seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence last year. While the DOJ’s access to the documents was briefly suspended, the government was later authorized to use the files for its investigation following an appeal.
DOJ procedures state that “target letters” can be sent to those for whom there is “substantial evidence linking him or her to the commission of a crime,” allowing them to testify in their own defense ahead of an indictment. They are often sent not long before charges are handed down. (RT)
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The Dumbocrats are like Teddy Roosevelt in the movie “Arsenic and Old Lace”
He’s Pixelated.
Democrats repeatedly charging Trump!
The DOJ has already predicated the baseline of their claim by saying they cannot tell anyone, even the court, what the nature of the documents are that underpin their assertion. Remember, they wouldn’t even let a court appointed “special master” review the documents.
Stop and think about that for a moment. NO ONE knows what the documents are, and the DOJ has stated they will never say what the documents are. The DOJ is filing a case about the mishandling of documents, in whatever legal construct they put forth, while simultaneously saying they are under no obligation to tell anyone what the documents are.
DOJ: Trump violated USC 793 in his discussion and/or handling of documents.
Trump Lawyers: What documents?
DOJ: We can’t say, and we won’t tell you.
I think the biggest shocker for the fed was finding the blow up sex dolls at Mar-a-Lago. Wait , the fed does not care about blow up sex dolls. Feds have lots of the dolls themselves. NM.
They’re just covering all the bases
@EmeraldRobinson
The truth is: the 2024 election is being stolen right now.
Why do you think
@GaSecofState
just got caught at a Zuckerberg-funded CEIR event in DC?
Why do think Stacey Abrams was invited to attend the Bilderberg meetings last month?
She was at Bilderberg in 2020.
She’s such a hog she can physically be multiple places at once.
She was at Hindenberg, not Bilderberg.
Overheard at Muumuus For Less:
“Hindenburg, IS the largest muumuu we make, Lizzo.”
She is the Hindenburg. FIFY
you guys cut out the big girl talk or you will get nkit & the ghost of flea aroused —
Different strokes for different folks, and doing her would be “different.”
To clean-up the buffet bar so there is less dish washing?
You don’t jump in front of Lizzo in a buffet line. Several have died trying.
Just more BS from the criminal cabal called the Uniparty.
Trump to face more charges. In other words, it’s Thursday.
Biden’s daily planner:
Thursday, June 8, 2023 “Nothing Important Happened Today “
Donald Trump had the opportunity to clean house – drain the swamp as he said he was going to do ( with majorities in the House and Senate) and went, instead, for LOCKING-FUCKING-DOWN the USSA and “Big Beautiful Vaccines”.
He worked tirelessly for Israel so there’s that.
He hired the worst crew that Baghdad-on-the-Potomac and Wall Street could offer, among them Barr, Bolton and Mnuchin, plus made nepotism a centerpiece of his administration. Oops.
Mr Trump should not be surprised by this, the continual attack of the dangerous rogue Deep State upon his person, one tiny bit.
Trump stated he declassified the documents found at Mara Lago before leaving office, and he has that authority as President. The documents must be remarked to the new classification. Were they? We’ll see.
Dumbass Biden also has the power to classify / reclassify, as allowed by Obama’s politicized executive order (Gee, why do you think he issued that order?). But Biden did not declassify the documents he kept in his garage, has never stated that he did so, so they were still classified. Classified documents must be properly secured in a locked and controlled vault. Biden’s garage is not a secure vault. This is a deliberate crime.
Criminal Hillary does not have that power as Sec of State, and yet she had classified documents on her personal server and email. This is a deliberate crime.
No charges for either Biden or Clinton shows without a doubt that the DOJ is illegally weaponized against Trump, and justice is pursued only against those who question those holding power. This DOJ is beyond corrupt. All can see it, even those that are engaged in the process. It will be used against them if they ever decide to no longer support the weaponized activity.
We are back to pre-Magna Carta. The Democrats have taken us back 800 years.
Don’t forget about Mike Pence
Meanwhile, in Delaware, there’s a garage full of “classified documents”. No one seems to care. I’d say the what was the United States of America has become a banana republic, but that would be an insult to banana republics.
It is all theater, to provide a distraction from other events, to boost Trump’s poll numbers, and to provide hopium for the Left. It is possible that he will be indicted, but it will be tied up in court indefinitely. Trump is not going to go to jail. It will probably strengthen his campaign for 2024.
More never ending reality show garbage.
“DOJ procedures state that “target letters” can be sent to those for whom there is “substantial evidence linking him or her to the commission of a crime,” allowing them to testify in their own defense ahead of an indictment. They are often sent not long before charges are handed down.”
Notice to agent is notice to principle.
Notice to principle is notice to agent.
I do not consent to do business.
I decline your offer to contract.
Trump behind bars makes him a more appealing candidate. He may get a fire in the belly to do something besides watch his media coverage and post on social media.
and, as a bonus, get a feel for Julian Assange’s situation.
Whom should’ve been pardoned by him.
Maybe Mr.”I saved millions of lives” fabvaxx should have locked her up ?????????
Trump may face more criminal charges until the day he dies, and then even a few months more. The Dem’s just can’t get Trump out of their heads.
What’s ON the documents!……asks nobody!