Trump Lawyers Seek Meeting With Garland Over Special Counsel Inquiries

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Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump sent a letter on Tuesday requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick B. Garland related to the special counsel investigations into Mr. Trump’s conduct.

The letter cited no specifics but asserted that Mr. Trump was being treated unfairly by the Justice Department through the investigations led by the special counsel, Jack Smith. Mr. Smith is scrutinizing Mr. Trump’s handling of classified material that was discovered at his private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, after his presidency, as well as his efforts to retain power after he lost the 2020 election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/politics/trump-lawyers-meeting-garland-special-counsel.html
 
"There are indications that Mr. Smith is approaching the stage of the investigation where he could start making decisions about whether to seek indictments of Mr. Trump and others in the documents case. The status of his other line of inquiry, into Mr. Trump’s efforts to reverse his election loss and how they contributed to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by his supporters, is less clear."
 
Fearing indictment is imminent in classified docs probe, Trump team requests meeting

Former President Donald Trump's legal team has formally requested a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland, amid fears from his attorneys that the coming weeks could bring a possible indictment of Trump regarding his alleged efforts to retain materials after leaving office and to obstruct the government's attempts to retrieve them.

The letter, though thin on details, presents arguments that Trump should not be charged in the investigation related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fea...ified-docs-probe-trump-team/story?id=99506836
 
BidenPresident said:
Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump sent a letter on Tuesday requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick B. Garland related to the special counsel investigations into Mr. Trump’s conduct.

The letter cited no specifics but asserted that Mr. Trump was being treated unfairly by the Justice Department through the investigations led by the special counsel, Jack Smith. Mr. Smith is scrutinizing Mr. Trump’s handling of classified material that was discovered at his private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, after his presidency, as well as his efforts to retain power after he lost the 2020 election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/politics/trump-lawyers-meeting-garland-special-counsel.html
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Trump was POTUS and he could declassify anything he wanted to. Jack Smith on the other hand may need to face the gallows.
 
floridafan said:
The intent just begins with his failure to return documents when requested, and then lying about them being returned. Then we possibly have the espionage act in play.
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That is not intent.

What was his intent to use the documents for?

That is what they have to show

Unless you believe his intent was to keep them simply because he likes paper
 
Tinkerpeach said:
That is not intent.

What was his intent to use the documents for?

That is what they have to show

Unless you believe his intent was to keep them simply because he likes paper
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Here you go my dear:
Law enforcement was investigating Trump for three main possible infractions: the concealment, mutilation or removal of records; obstruction of justice, including the destruction, alteration or falsification of records in federal investigations; and violations of the Espionage Act, which can include the refusal to turn over documents relating to national security upon request as well as transmitting or losing such information.
 
Guille said:
Trump was POTUS and he could declassify anything he wanted to. Jack Smith on the other hand may need to face the gallows.
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Why? Because he's investigating the theft of classified materials?

There is a process that has to be done in order to declassify secret documents. There is no indication or evidence that Trump did any such thing. Just thinking about it doesn't work, despite his claims.

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Tinkerpeach said:
That is not intent.

What was his intent to use the documents for?

That is what they have to show

Unless you believe his intent was to keep them simply because he likes paper
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Trump will be indicted in the next month or so. It is a lock. They have him dead to rights. Fortunately you won’t care and will support him anyway. His lawyer has given the DOJ indisputable evidence of intent. Enjoy your sacking of the Republican Party. America thanks you.,
 
floridafan said:
It's far more serious than just taking the documents, my dear. My how you change!
Who did trump show them to, who did he discuss them with, who did he give them to?
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Changed? Hmm. I've maintained all along that he should be arrested and put on trial for espionage, obstruction, lying/perjury, and possibly treason connected to the documents. In that NBC link I provided, when asked if he showed the documents to anyone, he didn't outright deny it. From the link: "Asked if he showed classified documents to others, he answered, “Not really…I would have the right to,” later adding, “not that I can think of.”
 
BidenPresident said:
Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump sent a letter on Tuesday requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick B. Garland related to the special counsel investigations into Mr. Trump’s conduct.

The letter cited no specifics but asserted that Mr. Trump was being treated unfairly by the Justice Department through the investigations led by the special counsel, Jack Smith. Mr. Smith is scrutinizing Mr. Trump’s handling of classified material that was discovered at his private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, after his presidency, as well as his efforts to retain power after he lost the 2020 election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/politics/trump-lawyers-meeting-garland-special-counsel.html
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Fuck garland and anything you leftist babies whine about.
 
Tinkerpeach said:
That is not intent.

What was his intent to use the documents for?

That is what they have to show

Unless you believe his intent was to keep them simply because he likes paper
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You either did or did not defy a subpoena and refuse to return materials while swearing you had returned them all, rather than return them.


In this case Trump DID defy the subpoena and he did lie in a sworn deposition, and that is the crime even if he says 'but i did not intend to do it'.


You need to understand the law he broke before commenting again.
 
Guille said:
Trump was POTUS and he could declassify anything he wanted to. Jack Smith on the other hand may need to face the gallows.
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the problem is Trump did not declassify the materials he took.


So saying 'he had the power to' while true, does not mean he can take and keep them even if he did not, which he didn't.

By not declassifying them and going thru the proper procedure to seek to get permission to keep them he broke many laws. Because even if declassified (which they were not) they are still government documents he cannot keep.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Changed? Hmm. I've maintained all along that he should be arrested and put on trial for espionage, obstruction, lying/perjury, and possibly treason connected to the documents. In that NBC link I provided, when asked if he showed the documents to anyone, he didn't outright deny it. From the link: "Asked if he showed classified documents to others, he answered, “Not really…I would have the right to,” later adding, “not that I can think of.”
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When I said change my dear, you move so effortlessly from a right wing radical to a Democrat. All the more reason that anything you post is pure garbage.
 
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