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  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

    @Mik said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

    Don't hold your breath.

    Seems to me there's a long history of the FBI being a law unto themselves, going back to the 1920's, so breath-holding might be unwise.

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    #101

    @Doctor-Phibes said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

    @Mik said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

    Don't hold your breath.

    Seems to me there's a long history of the FBI being a law unto themselves, going back to the 1920's, so breath-holding might be unwise.

    It's gotten worse. Or maybe not. Maybe it's just that we know more than we used to.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

      Put up or shut up, bitch.

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      #102

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

      Put up or shut up, bitch.

      If I heard correctly, the FBI did not inventory anything on-site.

      I guess that gives them a better opportunity to forge the documents they need.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        #103

        Of course to his cult members his innocence is unfalsifiable.

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          #104

          Are you telling me no false documents have ever been used by the FBI against Donald Trump?

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • Catseye3C Catseye3

            @Jolly said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

            He sent them the 15 boxes they requested.

            If he did, he did. What's your source?

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            #105

            @Catseye3 said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

            @Jolly said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

            He sent them the 15 boxes they requested.

            If he did, he did. What's your source?

            February. Taken back by the National Archives.

            You want the exact date, you'll have to look it up.

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              LuFins Dad
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              #106

              Lock him up! Just make sure you lock her up at the same time. Hunter as well, then have a full investigation into the current administrator.

              The Brad

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              • MikM Offline
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                #107

                They had better find something. If not, they have strongly buttressed his chances in 24.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • MikM Mik

                  They had better find something. If not, they have strongly buttressed his chances in 24.

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                  #108

                  @Mik said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

                  They had better find something. If not, they have strongly buttressed his chances in 24.

                  Third possibility: they absolutely find something that justifies the search. But it's so boring that it plays into Trump's hands anyway.

                  Please love yourself.

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                    #109

                    Remember when the Clintons didn’t stop at boxes of classified documents? They took furniture, paintings, all the Ws from the keyboards and just about anything not tied down. The FBI doesn’t remember either.

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                    • CopperC Copper

                      Remember when the Clintons didn’t stop at boxes of classified documents? They took furniture, paintings, all the Ws from the keyboards and just about anything not tied down. The FBI doesn’t remember either.

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                      #110

                      @Copper said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

                      Remember when the Clintons didn’t stop at boxes of classified documents? They took furniture, paintings, all the Ws from the keyboards and just about anything not tied down. The FBI doesn’t remember either.

                      There's been controversy as to whether that actually happened.

                      However, furniture, paintings and keyboard Ws are not classified.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        George K
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #111

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                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          George K
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #112

                          Related, LOL.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • CopperC Copper

                            Remember when the Clintons didn’t stop at boxes of classified documents? They took furniture, paintings, all the Ws from the keyboards and just about anything not tied down. The FBI doesn’t remember either.

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                            @Copper said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

                            Remember when the Clintons didn’t stop at boxes of classified documents? They took furniture, paintings, all the Ws from the keyboards and just about anything not tied down. The FBI doesn’t remember either.

                            China. You forgot the china (dishes, that is).

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • JollyJ Jolly

                              @Catseye3 said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

                              @Jolly said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

                              He sent them the 15 boxes they requested.

                              If he did, he did. What's your source?

                              February. Taken back by the National Archives.

                              You want the exact date, you'll have to look it up.

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                              #114

                              Jolly: He sent them the 15 boxes they requested.

                              Cats: If he did, he did. What's your source?

                              Jolly: February. Taken back by the National Archives.

                              I did some checking. Below are excerpts from various media; only two specifically claimed that Trump "sent them back": Fox and Trump himself. All the others used phrases like "NARA retrieved" or "recovered" the boxes, leaving out how it was done.

                              So the media were throughout coy about explaining how they acquired the boxes. Obviously not by search warrant, but then how?

                              (For those interested in digging deeper into this story, I recommend you read the accounts of the Post and NYT that I cite below. I restricted my excerpting to the issue of NARA's acquisition of the documents to counter Jolly's claim that Trump sent them voluntarily. Maybe he did and maybe he didn't, but the question remains of how NARA got the boxes, and if Trump gave them up, why didn't the sources say so?

                              And no, it wasn't because Politico, the Post, NYT, CBS, Reuters and CNN all were conspiring against Trump.)
                              ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

                              “The raid followed reporting earlier this year that the Justice Department had been asked by the National Archives to look into the former president’s handling of records after more than a dozen boxes, including some containing classified information, were recovered by Archives officials that Trump should have turned over.” – Politico: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3593896-eric-trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-search-focused-on-documents-sought-by-national-archives/

                              “NARA notified Congress in February that the agency recovered the 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago and "identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes . . . "The National Archives did not ‘find’ anything, they were given, upon request, Presidential Records in an ordinary and routine process to ensure the preservation of my legacy and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act," Trump said in a statement at the time, adding that Democrats "are in search of their next Scam." Then: “The matter was referred to the Justice Department by NARA.” -- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-raid-linked-doj-national-archives-probe-into-classified-docs-allegedly-taken-mar-a-lago

                              “Sources confirmed to CBS News the search by federal law enforcement is connected to an investigation by the Justice Department of claims by the National Archives and Records Administration that it retrieved 15 boxes of records, some of which contained classified material, from Mar-a-Lago in mid-January . . . But Trump has maintained his records were turned over to the National Archives "in an ordinary and routine process to ensure the preservation of my legacy and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act." -- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-look-at-the-law-governing-presidential-records/

                              “The National Archives and Records Administration last month [Jan 2022] retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence because the material should have been turned over to the agency when he left the White House, Archives officials said Monday . . . Archives officials confirmed the transfer, which occurred in mid-January, following publication of a version of this story by The Washington Post earlier Monday. The National Archives and Records Administration said in a statement that “these records should have been transferred to NARA from the White House at the end of the Trump Administration in January 2021,” and that Trump representatives are “continuing to search” for additional records.” -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/trump-records-mar-a-lago/

                              “Last month, the archives retrieved 15 boxes that Mr. Trump took with him to his Mar-a-Lago home from the White House residence when his term ended. The boxes included material subject to the Presidential Records Act, which requires that all documents and records pertaining to official business be turned over to the archives . . . The items in the boxes included documents, mementos, gifts and letters. The archives did not describe the classified material it found other than to say that it was “classified national security information.” . . . Because the National Archives “identified classified information in the boxes,” the agency “has been in communication with the Department of Justice,” said the letter . . . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/us/politics/trump-archives-white-house.html

                              “Former President Donald Trump took classified information to his Florida home after leaving the White House, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration said in a letter to Congress on Friday about the 15 boxes of documents it recently recovered . . . The Archives said it had informed the Department of Justice, which would handle any investigation.” -- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-took-classified-material-white-house-florida-national-archives-says-2022-02-18/

                              “The Archives arranged for the transport of about 15 boxes of records from Trump's Florida resort last month after the agency sought them from the former President's team.” -- https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/politics/national-archives-trump-department-of-justice/index.html

                              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                Of course to his cult members his innocence is unfalsifiable.

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                                #115

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

                                Of course to his cult members his innocence is unfalsifiable.

                                It's pretty bizarre. As corrupt as the FBI may be, the thought that DJT couldn't possibly be up to his neck in dodgy shit seems a tad naive.

                                I was only joking

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                                • Catseye3C Catseye3

                                  Jolly: He sent them the 15 boxes they requested.

                                  Cats: If he did, he did. What's your source?

                                  Jolly: February. Taken back by the National Archives.

                                  I did some checking. Below are excerpts from various media; only two specifically claimed that Trump "sent them back": Fox and Trump himself. All the others used phrases like "NARA retrieved" or "recovered" the boxes, leaving out how it was done.

                                  So the media were throughout coy about explaining how they acquired the boxes. Obviously not by search warrant, but then how?

                                  (For those interested in digging deeper into this story, I recommend you read the accounts of the Post and NYT that I cite below. I restricted my excerpting to the issue of NARA's acquisition of the documents to counter Jolly's claim that Trump sent them voluntarily. Maybe he did and maybe he didn't, but the question remains of how NARA got the boxes, and if Trump gave them up, why didn't the sources say so?

                                  And no, it wasn't because Politico, the Post, NYT, CBS, Reuters and CNN all were conspiring against Trump.)
                                  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

                                  “The raid followed reporting earlier this year that the Justice Department had been asked by the National Archives to look into the former president’s handling of records after more than a dozen boxes, including some containing classified information, were recovered by Archives officials that Trump should have turned over.” – Politico: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3593896-eric-trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-search-focused-on-documents-sought-by-national-archives/

                                  “NARA notified Congress in February that the agency recovered the 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago and "identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes . . . "The National Archives did not ‘find’ anything, they were given, upon request, Presidential Records in an ordinary and routine process to ensure the preservation of my legacy and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act," Trump said in a statement at the time, adding that Democrats "are in search of their next Scam." Then: “The matter was referred to the Justice Department by NARA.” -- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-raid-linked-doj-national-archives-probe-into-classified-docs-allegedly-taken-mar-a-lago

                                  “Sources confirmed to CBS News the search by federal law enforcement is connected to an investigation by the Justice Department of claims by the National Archives and Records Administration that it retrieved 15 boxes of records, some of which contained classified material, from Mar-a-Lago in mid-January . . . But Trump has maintained his records were turned over to the National Archives "in an ordinary and routine process to ensure the preservation of my legacy and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act." -- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-look-at-the-law-governing-presidential-records/

                                  “The National Archives and Records Administration last month [Jan 2022] retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence because the material should have been turned over to the agency when he left the White House, Archives officials said Monday . . . Archives officials confirmed the transfer, which occurred in mid-January, following publication of a version of this story by The Washington Post earlier Monday. The National Archives and Records Administration said in a statement that “these records should have been transferred to NARA from the White House at the end of the Trump Administration in January 2021,” and that Trump representatives are “continuing to search” for additional records.” -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/trump-records-mar-a-lago/

                                  “Last month, the archives retrieved 15 boxes that Mr. Trump took with him to his Mar-a-Lago home from the White House residence when his term ended. The boxes included material subject to the Presidential Records Act, which requires that all documents and records pertaining to official business be turned over to the archives . . . The items in the boxes included documents, mementos, gifts and letters. The archives did not describe the classified material it found other than to say that it was “classified national security information.” . . . Because the National Archives “identified classified information in the boxes,” the agency “has been in communication with the Department of Justice,” said the letter . . . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/us/politics/trump-archives-white-house.html

                                  “Former President Donald Trump took classified information to his Florida home after leaving the White House, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration said in a letter to Congress on Friday about the 15 boxes of documents it recently recovered . . . The Archives said it had informed the Department of Justice, which would handle any investigation.” -- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-took-classified-material-white-house-florida-national-archives-says-2022-02-18/

                                  “The Archives arranged for the transport of about 15 boxes of records from Trump's Florida resort last month after the agency sought them from the former President's team.” -- https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/politics/national-archives-trump-department-of-justice/index.html

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                                  @Catseye3 said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

                                  Jolly: He sent them the 15 boxes they requested.

                                  Cats: If he did, he did. What's your source?

                                  Jolly: February. Taken back by the National Archives.

                                  I did some checking. Below are excerpts from various media; only two specifically claimed that Trump "sent them back": Fox and Trump himself. All the others used phrases like "NARA retrieved" or "recovered" the boxes, leaving out how it was done.

                                  So the media were throughout coy about explaining how they acquired the boxes. Obviously not by search warrant, but then how?

                                  (For those interested in digging deeper into this story, I recommend you read the accounts from the Post and NYT that I cite below. I restricted my excerpting to the issue of NARA's acquisition of the documents to counter Jolly's claim that Trump sent them voluntarily. Maybe he did and maybe he didn't, but the question remains of how NARA got the boxes, and if Trump gave them up, why didn't the sources say so?

                                  And no, it wasn't because Politico, the Post, NYT, CBS, Reuters and CNN all were conspiring against Trump.)
                                  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

                                  “The raid followed reporting earlier this year that the Justice Department had been asked by the National Archives to look into the former president’s handling of records after more than a dozen boxes, including some containing classified information, were recovered by Archives officials that Trump should have turned over.” – Politico: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3593896-eric-trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-search-focused-on-documents-sought-by-national-archives/

                                  “NARA notified Congress in February that the agency recovered the 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago and "identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes . . . "The National Archives did not ‘find’ anything, they were given, upon request, Presidential Records in an ordinary and routine process to ensure the preservation of my legacy and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act," Trump said in a statement at the time, adding that Democrats "are in search of their next Scam." Then: “The matter was referred to the Justice Department by NARA.” -- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-raid-linked-doj-national-archives-probe-into-classified-docs-allegedly-taken-mar-a-lago

                                  “Sources confirmed to CBS News the search by federal law enforcement is connected to an investigation by the Justice Department of claims by the National Archives and Records Administration that it retrieved 15 boxes of records, some of which contained classified material, from Mar-a-Lago in mid-January . . . But Trump has maintained his records were turned over to the National Archives "in an ordinary and routine process to ensure the preservation of my legacy and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act." -- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-look-at-the-law-governing-presidential-records/

                                  “The National Archives and Records Administration last month [Jan 2022] retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence because the material should have been turned over to the agency when he left the White House, Archives officials said Monday . . . Archives officials confirmed the transfer, which occurred in mid-January, following publication of a version of this story by The Washington Post earlier Monday. The National Archives and Records Administration said in a statement that “these records should have been transferred to NARA from the White House at the end of the Trump Administration in January 2021,” and that Trump representatives are “continuing to search” for additional records.” -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/trump-records-mar-a-lago/

                                  “Last month, the archives retrieved 15 boxes that Mr. Trump took with him to his Mar-a-Lago home from the White House residence when his term ended. The boxes included material subject to the Presidential Records Act, which requires that all documents and records pertaining to official business be turned over to the archives . . . The items in the boxes included documents, mementos, gifts and letters. The archives did not describe the classified material it found other than to say that it was “classified national security information.” . . . Because the National Archives “identified classified information in the boxes,” the agency “has been in communication with the Department of Justice,” said the letter . . . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/us/politics/trump-archives-white-house.html

                                  “Former President Donald Trump took classified information to his Florida home after leaving the White House, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration said in a letter to Congress on Friday about the 15 boxes of documents it recently recovered . . . The Archives said it had informed the Department of Justice, which would handle any investigation.” -- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-took-classified-material-white-house-florida-national-archives-says-2022-02-18/

                                  “The Archives arranged for the transport of about 15 boxes of records from Trump's Florida resort last month after the agency sought them from the former President's team.” -- https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/politics/national-archives-trump-department-of-justice/index.html

                                  Show me the word "voluntarily" in the sentence I wrote.

                                  But it's nice you're doing research. I'm working off of memory.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    #117

                                    The Dersh speaks:

                                    https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3594412-justice-department-should-have-subpoenaed-documents-not-raided-trumps-home/amp/

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    • JollyJ Jolly

                                      The Dersh speaks:

                                      https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3594412-justice-department-should-have-subpoenaed-documents-not-raided-trumps-home/amp/

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                                      @Jolly

                                      Yet every criminal defense lawyer knows that search warrants are issued routinely and less critically than candy is distributed on Halloween; judges rarely exercise real discretion or real supervision.

                                      Ken White disagrees, saying that a federal judge signing off on a warrant is nothing like that of a local/state judge.

                                      I posted popehat's thread above.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #119

                                        And Turley says that even if convicted, there may not be a Constitutional basis to deny Trump the right to run for President.

                                        Buy popcorn....

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        • JollyJ Jolly

                                          @Catseye3 said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

                                          Jolly: He sent them the 15 boxes they requested.

                                          Cats: If he did, he did. What's your source?

                                          Jolly: February. Taken back by the National Archives.

                                          I did some checking. Below are excerpts from various media; only two specifically claimed that Trump "sent them back": Fox and Trump himself. All the others used phrases like "NARA retrieved" or "recovered" the boxes, leaving out how it was done.

                                          So the media were throughout coy about explaining how they acquired the boxes. Obviously not by search warrant, but then how?

                                          (For those interested in digging deeper into this story, I recommend you read the accounts from the Post and NYT that I cite below. I restricted my excerpting to the issue of NARA's acquisition of the documents to counter Jolly's claim that Trump sent them voluntarily. Maybe he did and maybe he didn't, but the question remains of how NARA got the boxes, and if Trump gave them up, why didn't the sources say so?

                                          And no, it wasn't because Politico, the Post, NYT, CBS, Reuters and CNN all were conspiring against Trump.)
                                          ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

                                          “The raid followed reporting earlier this year that the Justice Department had been asked by the National Archives to look into the former president’s handling of records after more than a dozen boxes, including some containing classified information, were recovered by Archives officials that Trump should have turned over.” – Politico: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3593896-eric-trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-search-focused-on-documents-sought-by-national-archives/

                                          “NARA notified Congress in February that the agency recovered the 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago and "identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes . . . "The National Archives did not ‘find’ anything, they were given, upon request, Presidential Records in an ordinary and routine process to ensure the preservation of my legacy and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act," Trump said in a statement at the time, adding that Democrats "are in search of their next Scam." Then: “The matter was referred to the Justice Department by NARA.” -- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-raid-linked-doj-national-archives-probe-into-classified-docs-allegedly-taken-mar-a-lago

                                          “Sources confirmed to CBS News the search by federal law enforcement is connected to an investigation by the Justice Department of claims by the National Archives and Records Administration that it retrieved 15 boxes of records, some of which contained classified material, from Mar-a-Lago in mid-January . . . But Trump has maintained his records were turned over to the National Archives "in an ordinary and routine process to ensure the preservation of my legacy and in accordance with the Presidential Records Act." -- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-look-at-the-law-governing-presidential-records/

                                          “The National Archives and Records Administration last month [Jan 2022] retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence because the material should have been turned over to the agency when he left the White House, Archives officials said Monday . . . Archives officials confirmed the transfer, which occurred in mid-January, following publication of a version of this story by The Washington Post earlier Monday. The National Archives and Records Administration said in a statement that “these records should have been transferred to NARA from the White House at the end of the Trump Administration in January 2021,” and that Trump representatives are “continuing to search” for additional records.” -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/trump-records-mar-a-lago/

                                          “Last month, the archives retrieved 15 boxes that Mr. Trump took with him to his Mar-a-Lago home from the White House residence when his term ended. The boxes included material subject to the Presidential Records Act, which requires that all documents and records pertaining to official business be turned over to the archives . . . The items in the boxes included documents, mementos, gifts and letters. The archives did not describe the classified material it found other than to say that it was “classified national security information.” . . . Because the National Archives “identified classified information in the boxes,” the agency “has been in communication with the Department of Justice,” said the letter . . . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/us/politics/trump-archives-white-house.html

                                          “Former President Donald Trump took classified information to his Florida home after leaving the White House, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration said in a letter to Congress on Friday about the 15 boxes of documents it recently recovered . . . The Archives said it had informed the Department of Justice, which would handle any investigation.” -- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-took-classified-material-white-house-florida-national-archives-says-2022-02-18/

                                          “The Archives arranged for the transport of about 15 boxes of records from Trump's Florida resort last month after the agency sought them from the former President's team.” -- https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/politics/national-archives-trump-department-of-justice/index.html

                                          Show me the word "voluntarily" in the sentence I wrote.

                                          But it's nice you're doing research. I'm working off of memory.

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                                          @Jolly said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

                                          Show me the word "voluntarily" in the sentence I wrote.

                                          Come on, Jolly. You wrote, "He sent them the 15 boxes they requested." That strongly implies it was voluntary.

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