{"id":4818,"date":"2022-09-13T10:58:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2022-09-13T10:58:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:58:22","slug":"trump-legal-team-puts-dagger-through-dojs-political-charade-this-is-going-to-backfire-badly-on-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=4818","title":{"rendered":"Trump Legal Team Puts Dagger Through DOJ’s Political Charade: ‘This Is Going to Backfire – Badly – on Biden’"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 13, 2022 at 06:50AM Trump Legal Team Puts Dagger Through DOJ’s Political Charade: ‘This Is Going to Backfire – Badly – on Biden’<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The unelected operatives at President Joe Biden\u2019s Department of Justice don\u2019t seem to like the idea of impartial oversight. During the unprecedented FBI raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago clubhouse in Florida, the FBI secured a series of supposedly classified documents.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s team claims the documents were declassified. Additionally, a motion<\/a> filed by Trump\u2019s attorneys on Aug. 22 argued that the DOJ could not be trusted, arguing that, because of this, an impartial \u201cSpecial Master\u201d needed to be appointed to look over the documents \u201cto preserve the sanctity of executive communications and other privileged materials.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Judge Aileen Cannon granted Trump\u2019s request, authorizing the appointment<\/a> of a special master, the DOJ filed<\/a> for the motion to be \u201cpartially stayed,\u201d arguing that the appointment of an impartial third party would cause \u201cirreparable harm\u201d to both the government and the public. Apparently, giving Trump a fair shake is harmful to the American people.<\/p>\n

The ridiculous implications of the DOJ\u2019s argument weren\u2019t lost on the Trump team.<\/p>\n

According to a countermotion filed by Trump\u2019s team, such risks to the public and government are greatly exaggerated. In fact, the one party actually at risk of facing \u201cirreparable harm\u201d in this case is Trump himself if a special master<\/a> is not appointed.<\/p>\n

If not reviewed by a neutral third party, potentially sensitive information could be used by the government to harm Trump, the motion claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIrreparable injury could most certainly occur if the Government were permitted to improperly use the documents seized,\u201d the motion read.<\/p>\n

But the real killing blow was delivered when Trump\u2019s lawyers pointed out how the DOJ is misinterpreting the Presidential Records Act. In essence, Trump always had a right to hold onto the Mar-a-Lago documents Not only does this fact render the DOJ raid<\/a> and subsequent investigation unnecessary, but it also suggests those moves were a huge abuse of power.<\/p>\n

No wonder they\u2019re hoping to avoid facing a neutral third party<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe [Presidential Records Act] accords any President extraordinary discretion to categorize all his or her records as either Presidential or personal records, and established case law provides for very limited judicial oversight over such categorization. The PRA further contains no provision authorizing or allowing for any criminal enforcement,\u201d Trump\u2019s motion read.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is clear regarding all of the seized materials is that they belong with either President Trump (as his personal property to be returned pursuant to Rule 41(g)) or with NARA, but not with the Department of Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multiple experts believe this latest motion completely eradicates the DOJ<\/a> argument.<\/p>\n

According to The Federalist\u2019s senior legal correspondent Margot Cleveland, since the records were likely all \u201cPresidential or personal,\u201d Trump committed no crime.<\/p>\n

\u201c[T]here was no crime, so they had to create one,\u201d Cleveland tweeted.<\/p>\n

Mike Davis, the former Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump clearly has the winning legal arguments. This is going to backfire\u2013badly\u2013on Biden,\u201d Davis tweeted. \u201cThe Presidential Records Act is very clear, as Trump\u2019s legal team points out: \u2018[T]he Presidential records of a former President shall be available to such former President or the former President\u2019s designated representative.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump legal team puts the dagger through the heart of the Biden DOJ\u2019s bogus, political charade. Bottom Line: President Trump had the absolute constitutional and statutory right to take and maintain all of his records at Mar-A-Lago, classified or declassified.<\/p>\n

Another hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

via The Gateway Pundit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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