Donald Trump‘s ongoing battle with the Justice Department just took another totally ridiculous yet completely unsurprising turn.
Logs detailing the contents of hundreds of the documents seized by FBI agents from Mar-a-Lago back in August were briefly published online this week in an apparent slip up by a court employee who we’re guessing has since been fired.
Reporter Zoe Tillman at Bloomberg was the first to notice the logs on Tuesday afternoon in a legal docket that was posted as part of the ongoing battle between ex-president Donald Trump and the Justice Department.
Newly unsealed DOJ filing offers more details on what exactly the special filter team did during the Mar-a-Lago search, what they found, and what they determined might be privileged (tldr: not much) or returned to Trump for other reasons https://t.co/dWe9OaaKNZ
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 4, 2022
According to the logs, which were quickly removed, among the documents seized by the feds were government records and communications from outside parties, including handwritten notes by Trump, as well as medical records, notes about discussions of presidential pardons, and records from the ex-president’s various legal entanglements.
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In total, FBI agents took more than 200,000 pages from Mar-a-Lago. Of them, investigators determined 520 of them merited closer attention.
Trump has offered a range of outrageous excuses for why he took government documents with him to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House, including accusing FBI agents of planting the papers in his home office, blasting the DOJ for engaging in a political witch hunt, and even claiming he declassified large swaths of top-secret documents with his mind.
His lawyers haven’t repeated any of these excuses in court, however, and have instead claimed the records are shielded under executive privilege rules. But the accidental release of the logs this week appears to have thrown cold water on that defense as well.
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All this comes at the same time Trump’s team of legal clowns has filed an emergency request asking the Supreme Court to overrule an appellate court decision blocking a special master from reviewing several of the seized documents.
The request, filed late Tuesday, is being handled by far-right, anti-LGBTQ Justice Clarence Thomas, whose far-right, anti-LGBTQ wife, Ginni, was questioned just last week by the January 6 committee about her alleged involvement in Trump’s failed coup.
So far, Thomas has ignored all calls to recuse himself from the case, despite his obvious conflict of interest. He has given the Department of Justice until next Tuesday to respond.
Now, some tweets…
🔥 The Mar-a-Lago receipts are here! https://t.co/RQO1isdpQs
— 🌻Kim (@kim) October 5, 2022
BREAKING: Logs detailing some of the 200,000 documents seized from Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago appear to accidentally leak — they include a potential pardon for a convicted Taliban supporter, legal bills, and tons of handwritten notes. RT TO DEMAND THAT TRUMP BE PROSECUTED!
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) October 5, 2022
The United States Code also provides that a person attempting to communicate with any foreign government about the United States’ national defense will be punished by death or by imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. §794. pic.twitter.com/ClRWk3lr1R
— elo3852 (@elo3852) October 6, 2022
If it wasn’t already clear how concerning it is that Ginni Thomas thinks the election was rigged, Trump is now trying to get HER HUSBAND to stop the mar-a-lago investigation.
— Davram (@davramdavram) October 5, 2022
I don’t believe he will ever be prosecuted. He should have ben a long time ago and no one has the balls to do it. I want to be wrong more than anything.
— DMC (@DMCPittsburgh) October 5, 2022
The People need to know what top secret and classified documents Jared Kushner and Ivanka had access to at Mar-a-Lago. $2 billion a pop is a very lucrative business.
— 888 Good Troubles (@LebergerDavid) October 6, 2022
Trump says the FBI gave Mar-a-Lago millions in free publicity. The brochure already boasts:
“So many white people!”
“Proud Boy breakfast buffet!”
“Pay $15 to see Melania robot which might really be her!”
“Watch Lindsey Graham fetch a tennis ball!”
“Discount for Saudi royals!”— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) October 5, 2022
If The Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump on the Mar-a-Lago case, it will completely lose the last remaining shred of credibility it is clinging to.
— Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) October 5, 2022
It wasn’t just classified documents. It wasn’t just nuclear documents. Trump may also have stolen the White House call logs from January 6 — and hidden them at Mar-a-Lago.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) October 4, 2022
“If my uncle gets indicted, America is going to run out of beer.”
—Mary Trump— QuoteDigger (@QuoteDigging) October 6, 2022
abfab
Swamp master.
Shit head.
Fat pig.
Rat bastard.
whereshouldistart
C’mon abfab. That’s not right.
You owe apologies to swamps and shit and pigs and rats…
and bastards.
Shame on you!
ZzBomb
Like the one tweet said, he should be indicted and imprisoned already. Anyone else would be.
gregg2010
As always, nothing will happen. I’ve become such a cynic in all of this . . .
GayEGO
Trump will try anything to try and delay his conviction, but like everything else, he will fail!
bachy
Exactly. And that is why it’s taking so long. The DOJ needs an airtight case because they know the lengths to which Failure 45 will go to slither out from under indictment. We are witnessing a pulse-pounding chess game: Justice vs Lies.
Jimmynj
Trump, his lawyers and anyone who enabled him in any of his crimes (including those evil spawns of his) need to be locked up for years. Trump is the head of a crime family and they are all garbage.
johncp56
Truly Popcorn time, i,m not holding my breath but damn would be fun to see his little world uncovered big time