Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2

[Rick Plant]

'Fire within the smoke': Former federal prosecutor says judge gave ominous signals in Trump ruling



On Thursday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Shan Wu weighed in on the court ruling that former President Donald Trump and his family can be deposed in New York State's civil investigation of his family businesses.

"The judge said he reviewed thousands of documents for this investigation, [Attorney General Letitia James] did uncover copious evidence of financial fraud, that's a significant thing to say, isn't it?" asked anchor Erin Burnett.

"It's very significant," said Wu. "Frankly, with all these different legal cases that the Trump legal team keeps losing, this one is unique because it's an example of a judge passing on what we talk about as the merits of the case."

Wu then elaborated on why this could be bad news for Trump and his family.

"He has reviewed actual documents here and actually said that the evidence here is damning enough that if the New York AG didn't do anything at all, didn't have investigation, it would be a dereliction of duty," Wu explained. "So there's fire within the smoke."

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Trump's tweets during Capitol riots seemed to be 'ratifying' the violence that took place: judicial ruling



United States District Court Judge Amit Mehta on Friday issued a major ruling against former President Donald Trump's efforts to dismiss civil lawsuits to hold him liable for the January 6th Capitol riots.

As flagged by Politico's Kyle Cheney, Mehta's ruling contained a explosive section in which he made the case that it is plausible that Trump entered into a "tacit agreement" with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to condone their violent activities at the Capitol.

"From these alleged facts, it is at least plausible to infer that, when he called on rally-goers to march to the Capitol, the President did so with the goal of disrupting lawmakers' efforts to certify the Electoral College votes," Mehta argued. "The Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, and other who forced their way into the Capitol building plainly shared in that unlawful goal."

Mehta cited Trump's tweets during the Capitol riot as evidence that he at least tacitly condoned the violence taking place.

"Approximately twelve minutes after rioters entered the Capitol building, the President sent a tweet criticizing the Vice Preisdent for not 'hav[ing] the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country,'" Mehta noted. "Rioters repeated the criticism at the Capitol, some of whom saw it as encouragement to further violence."

Mehta also noted that Trump tweeted after the Capitol had been cleared that "these are the things that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously and viciously stripped away from great patriots... remember this day forever!"

In analyzing the tweet, Mehta wrote that "a reasonable observer could read that tweet as ratifying the violence and other illegal acts that took place."

Read the ruling here:

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-capitol-riot-lawsuit-2656724928/

[Rick Plant]

Lock Him Up!

Classified documents among those Trump removed from White House, Archives confirms

Classified national security documents were in fact among those former President Donald Trump brought with him upon leaving office, the government's chief archivist said Friday, per Bloomberg.

In a letter to the chair of the House Oversight Committee, Archivist David Ferriero said the National Archives "has identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes" recently recovered from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

In January, the Archives got a hold of multiple boxes containing documents and records Trump had "improperly removed" from Pennsylvania Ave and brought with him to his Florida resort. And earlier this month, the government agency expressed concern that classified information appeared to be among the recovered boxes, in what would be a pretty obvious violation of the Presidential Records Act.

Ferriero's letter also said the Archives "has identified certain social media records that were not captured and preserved by the Trump Administration," and that it found "some White House staff conducted official business using non-official electronic messaging accounts that were not copied or forwarded into their official electronic messaging accounts." Such disclosures are required under current presidential record law, Ferriero said.

Because classified information was, in fact, found among Trump's boxes, the Archives staff has been in touch with the Department of Justice, reports The New York Times.

"These new revelations deepen my concern about former President Trump's flagrant disregard for federal records laws and the potential impact on our historical record," House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said in a statement on Friday. "I am committed to uncovering the full depth of Presidential Records Act violations by former President Trump and his top advisors, and using these findings to advance critical reforms and prevent future abuses."

White House records taken by Trump contained classified information, National Archives confirms

The agency told Congress it has "identified items marked as classified national security information" in boxes that were sent to Mar-a-Lago
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-records-taken-trump-contained-classified-information-natio-rcna16890

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In a remarkable, 112-page ruling, MEHTA said Trump essentially entered into a "tacit agreement" with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, sending a rally crowd he knew included violent elements to the Capitol.

This is clear evidence of insurrection and sedition. Lock up Criminal Donald for treason and crimes against the United States.

[Rick Plant]

Trump ends week with yet another court loss as judge refuses to dismiss Capitol riot-related lawsuits

Donald Trump has just lost in court -- again.

Capping off what one legal analyst has described as an "epically terrible legal week" for the former president, United States District Court Judge Amit Mehta slapped down Trump's attempt to dismiss civil lawsuits filed by multiple members of Congress that hold him personally responsible for inciting the January 6th riots at the United States Capitol building.

While Mehta granted Trump's attempt to dismiss certain aspects of the lawsuits, including accusations of intentional infliction of emotional duress, he refused to dismiss claims in the lawsuits that Trump aided or abetted the assault on the Capitol.

This ruling is just the latest in a string of legal defeats for Trump that, in the last week alone, have included being forced to testify in the New York Attorney General Office's civil lawsuit alleging fraud at the Trump Organization; a failed effort to keep White House visitors logs hidden from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots; the reinstatement of the Trump Organization as a defendant in Washington, D.C. AG's civil lawsuit over alleged fraud at the Trump Inaugural Committee; and the announcement that longtime accountant Mazars USA could no longer vouch for the validity of Trump's financial statements.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-capitol-riot-lawsuit-2656724792/


Trump took classified material from White House to Florida, National Archives says

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.

"NARA has identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes," David Ferriero, the archivist of the United States, said in a letter to Democratic U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House of Representatives oversight committee.

Maloney's committee has been looking into Trump's handling of records by the Republican president, who left office in January 2021.

"These new revelations deepen my concern about former President Trump’s flagrant disregard for federal records laws and the potential impact on our historical record," Maloney said in a statement.

The letter from Ferriero also said that some White House staff conducted official business using nonofficial electronic messaging accounts that were not copied or forwarded into official electronic messaging accounts and that it was in the process of obtaining some of those missing records.

The Washington Post reported last week that some of the documents taken to Trump's home were marked as classified, which could intensify the legal pressure Trump or his aides could face.

The Presidential Records Act requires the preservation of memos, letters, notes, emails, faxes and other written communications related to a president's official duties.

Claiming executive privilege, Trump sued unsuccessfully to stop the release of records from his White House, including to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-took-classified-material-white-house-florida-national-archives-says-2022-02-18/

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Trump's 'whole house is crumbling' — and there are 'no good answers': Former federal prosecutor



Donald Trump is left with no "good answers" as his legal troubles pile up, according to former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne.

Appearing on MSNBC, Alksne said a federal judge's decision Friday allowing Jan. 6 civil lawsuits against Trump to go forward was like "another concrete block falling down from the ceiling."

"He's going to have to give a deposition in this case," Alksne said.

"They're going to have to give depositions in the attorney general's case in New York," she added, referring to Trump and two of his adult children, Don Jr. and Ivanka.

"They have major business problems because of the accounting issues and Mazars pulling out," Alksne said. "Their whole house is crumbling on top of them, and the pressure has got to be intense."

"There's so much pressure with no right answer," she added. "Like, for example, they're going to have to give discovery in the New York case, they're going to have to answer questions in the New York case, and if they have to answer questions it can be used against them in criminal cases. So do they take the Fifth Amendment? Well, they don't really want to do that, because Trump has already said anyone who takes the Fifth Amendment must be a mobster and must be guilty, and if they take the Fifth Amendment it can be used against them in the (criminal) case. All these things are crashing down on top of them, and there aren't good answers. It's all crumbling."

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Trump is 'reaching the end of his rope': legal experts



Appearing on MSNBC's "Last Word" on Friday night, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said a week's worth of legal setbacks for Donald Trump has all the appearances of the former president reaching the end of his rope as investigators close in.

Speaking with host Jonathan Capehart, the prosecutor was asked whether "Trump will face any consequences?"

"How could he not, Jonathan?" Kirschner replied. "You just went through the trifecta of really crushing legal stories for Donald Trump. And it's not that he's just losing these cases, but what some of the judges are saying."

Quoting from a judge's ruling that the former president appears to be complicit in the Jan 6th insurrection, the attorney bluntly stated, "Those are the words of federal crimes. Things are getting really bad as the investigative circle is tightening around Donald Trump."

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"Donald Trump may be reaching the end of his rope," he later added. "I predict, once the first brave prosecutor who has the evidence to indict Donald Trump brings that indictment, everybody is going to want to be the second prosecutor to indict Donald Trump."

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-legal-problems-2656729259/