The U.S. Department of Justice released a filing Tuesday evening responding to former President Trump's request a special master be appointed to review materials obtained from the FBI's recent Mar-a-Lago raid.
“Politics cannot be allowed to impact the administration of justice. President Donald J. Trump is the clear frontrunner in the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary and in the 2024 General Election, should he decide to run,” Trump's lawyers wrote in their request. “Law enforcement is a shield that protects Americans. It cannot be used as a weapon for political purposes.”
In a harsh rebuke of the former president's request, the DOJ picked apart Trump's arguments that a special master is required beginning with Trump's assertion the documents had been stored in a secure room on the premises.
The DOJ filing predicted the documents were “likely concealed and removed from the Storage Room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government's investigation.”
The filing also noted that the government was able to develop enough evidence to obtain a warrant beyond the storage room.
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It continued, “That the FBI, in a matter of hours, recovered twice as many documents with classification markings as the ‘diligent search' that the former President's counsel and other representatives had weeks to perform calls into serious question the representations made in the June 3 certification and casts doubt on the extent of cooperation in this matter.”
The DOJ filing goes on to accuse Trump's request for a special master as “unnecessary” saying the move would “harm national security interests.”
“Furthermore, appointment of a special master would impede the government's ongoing criminal investigation and—if the special master were tasked with reviewing classified documents—would impede the Intelligence Community from conducting its ongoing review of the national security risk that improper storage of these highly sensitive materials may have caused and from identifying measures to rectify or mitigate any damage that improper storage caused,” the filing said. “Lastly, this case does not involve any of the types of circumstances that have warranted appointment of a special master to review materials potentially subject to attorney-client privilege.”
Following the raid, Trump also accused the DOJ of taking personal items such as passports from Mar-a-Lago. However, in the filing, the DOJ noted that personal effects are not subject to be returned due to the fact their “comingling” with sensitive materials serve as evidence the records were improperly stored.
“Wow! In the raid by the FBI of Mar-a-Lago, they stole three Passports (one expired), along with everything else,” Trump said in a TRUTH Social statement.
“Of most significant concern was that highly classified records were unfoldered, intermixed with other records, and otherwise unproperly [sic] identified.” Id. (internal quotations omitted). The NARA Referral was made on two bases: evidence that classified records had been stored at the Premises until midJanuary 2022, and evidence that certain pages of Presidential records had been torn up.”
The DOJ's filing then goes on to dissect Trump's claim that the seized documents were covered by executive privilege.
“The former President cites no case—and the government is aware of none—in which executive privilege has been successfully invoked to prohibit the sharing of documents within the Executive Branch,” it said.
The DOJ filing comes on the heels of Judge Aileen M. Cannon's statement that she is inclined to grant Trump's request a special master be appointed to independently review the seized materials.
However, until Judge Cannon officially grants Trump's request the DOJ is entitled to continue its review of the materials.
A hearing is scheduled on Thursday to review Trump's motion.
The Department's filing provides the most complete look into the search and seizure of the Trump-related records yet.
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Oh. My. Goodness. This department is declaring war on a US citizen. They’re spouting things they can’t prove and taking pictures of things they could EASILY have set up. Sounding like Cannon has no idea of how evil the rest of the department can be. This just keeps growing. If I was considering voting for someone else for prez, I no longer am.
Welcome aboard, my friend!
President Joe Biden will ask nearly all Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to tender their resignations as early as Tuesday, while allowing two federal prosecutors to continue their politically-charged investigations. According to CNN and other news outlets, Biden will ask for resignations of 55 of the 56 U.S. attorneys currently in office.FEB 8TH 2021 Remember this and know they want you to think the DOJ is not political.
Time is not on the side of the criminal Left. Once the Midterms shake a bunch of them out of the woodwork & the pro Americans take power of Congress in late January, it will be too late for them to take control.
Between now & them, look for Biden 87K Brown Shirts to begin their job of trying to disarm the population. And, if we allow this to happen, we will have lost the country for good.
Prepare yourself, my friends, as we have now finished choosing up sides & very soon we will have a face off across the abyss that separates Evil from Good.
The elections are rigged. It will never happen.
Acting head of DOJ criminal division is a former associate of Hunter Biden’s lawyer, A Justice Department official hired under President Biden and placed in charge of the agency’s criminal division in an acting capacity — is a former close associate of the attorney representing Hunter Biden in his current business deals.. The department revealed on Inauguration Day that it had tapped Nicholas McQuaid as acting assistant attorney general overseeing the criminal division.
Politics for the democrats in never about or for We The People!
rushing to a non-existent judgment.
The USA has a Department of Injustice … it has become a Criminally Political Weapon !
I wonder just how much they doctored up the boxes of paperwork they stole from President Trump ?
No wonder they don’t want a Master to even inspect those boxes of papers because he will surely find the illegal additions ! Garland and Webb both need to be replaced with noncorupted personel .
President Trump is not guilty of doing anything illegal ! The DOJ is so full of EXCREMENT !
There is no way Trump would allow any clutter or unkempt spaces in any of his spaces. He is fastidious in and with all his surroundings, no matter where. For that matter the “storage” area was probably so neat and clean one could lick the floor. An obvious FBI staging.
Trash is as trash does which defines the DOJ.
Obama weaponized the FBI and IRS against conservatives; dopey joe is following suit with the DOJ.
Of course Biden’s personal security force is reliable in checking on itself! No reason to get any pesky investigators to double-check anything!
Remember everyone, all this current corruption started in Obama’s 8 year rule. He weaponized all the DC bureaucracies to rule over us. Insidious.
The documents were declassified and they can be tossed around like dirty Kleenex’s if desired. The President is the ultimate declassification authority by law. No one is above the President.
The US government is a Kakistocracy – run by the worst people imaginable. The Democrat Party is the largest criminal cartel in the world.
Be warned: Mr. Trump has got infinitely more sagacity and horse sense than you progressive FBI hosers with zero cojones. May he wipe up the floor with you traitorous wusses who would subvert the US Constitution!