Mar-a-Lago raided

[Horace]

So who won the nothing burger prediction competition on this one? My guess is, nobody on the left.

[Mik]

One more in a long line of nothingburgers.

[Jolly]

It's all a strategy to politically wound Trump.

[jon-nyc]

It’s always the coverup.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

It’s always the coverup.

Dunno, ask Hunter...

[xenon]

A nothingburger in terms of implications - but at the core, none of this would have happened if Trump wasn't acting like a man child.

What's the saying - play stupid games win stupid prizes.

[Jolly]

See, if Barry didn't have boxes of stuff he shouldn't have, I might concede your point. The fact is that all former Presidents have taken all sorts of papers.

What you're getting is hyper-scrutiny of all things Trump, from government bureaucrats to the MSM. Then folks like you come along and hear the constant drumbeat of Bad Trump, Bad Trump, Bad Trump and then you're conditioned to always think the worst.

You've been manipulated...

[Copper]

Clinton took the furniture

and the Ws

But that wasn't gold plated so the Trumps wouldn't want it

[taiwan_girl]

@Jolly said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

See, if Barry didn't have boxes of stuff he shouldn't have, I might concede your point.

I think you have to concede the point. LOL

From National Archives
"NARA moved approximately 30 million pages of unclassified records to a NARA facility in the Chicago area where they are maintained exclusively by NARA," the archives said in a statement. "Additionally, NARA maintains the classified Obama Presidential records in a NARA facility in the Washington, DC, area. As required by the PRA, former President Obama has no control over where and how NARA stores the Presidential records of his Administration."

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

See, if Barry didn't have boxes of stuff he shouldn't have, I might concede your point.

No you wouldn't, because your views are based on your feels, not on any evidence or facts.

What other president refused to cooperate with the national archives? What other president lied to them repeatedly, both verbally and in writing?

As I said months ago, if the fat man had simply cooperated, he wouldn't be in any trouble right now. At least for this.

[Jolly]

Who else has been hounded for documents that other Presidents had?

There is a standard for Trump. Then, there is a standard for everybody else.

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly

1). Surely they aren't the same documents. And other presidents (and Secretaries of State!) have been asked to return materials and have cooperated and done so.

2). We can't judge double standards, no other presidents that I'm aware of have refused to cooperate and publicly and in writing lied to the federal government about documents they've taken. If you are aware of counter examples, do let me know.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

and Secretaries of State

Presumably after their lawyers determined what was classified and what was not.

[Jolly]

And they got through with Bleachbit and hammering hard drives.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

and Secretaries of State

Presumably after their lawyers determined what was classified and what was not.

Which Trump had, what, a year and a half to do while he was feigning cooperation with the Feds?

[Axtremus]

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/18/garland-to-appoint-special-counsel-for-trump-criminal-probes-00069451

Garland appointed Jack Smith as Special Counsel for Trump criminal probe.

[Jolly]

Yep, done after the announcement. Nothing political about it.

[jon-nyc]

Makes perfect sense. It will delay things but it’s better to firewall it from the administration.

[jon-nyc]

[Jolly]

They'll have time. Friday afternoon drops can do that for you...