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| Justice Department opposes release of affidavit justifying FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home |
| 2022-08-16 |
| [Fox News]I have to think they didn't believe he would fight back. They were wrong Prosecutors argued that releasing the affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for Trump's home would 'harm the government's ongoing criminal investigation' The Department of Justice filed a motion on Monday opposing the release of the affidavit that was used to justify the search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. "If disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a roadmap to the government’s ongoing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course, in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps," the 13-page filing says. "The fact that this investigation implicates highly classified materials further underscores the need to protect the integrity of the investigation and exacerbates the potential for harm if information is disclosed to the public prematurely or improperly." |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #8 Discussions of this latest kerfluffle somehow never mention that Biden is free to fire AG Garland and FBI director Wray at any time for any reason. |
| Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 2022-08-16 19:54 |
| #7 They will definitely drag it out through the midterms with occasional 'leaks' and 'gotchas' that will all prove false after the midterms. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-08-16 18:49 |
| #6 They will block disclosure with the "ongoing investigation" scam. In the end impeachments will be tried, but there will probably not enough votes to convict. Americans have to be prepared to remove politicians until the FBI can be squeezed by progressive levels of defunding up until 2024 where Trump can do actual firings. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-08-16 13:49 |
| #5 Integrity? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-08-16 13:22 |
| #4 The affidavit will be totally wide-open to allow for a fishing expedition and everyone will freak because although the do this all the time, not to Presidents which should require extra scrutiny. If Biden truly did not know, it was because they wanted him to have deniability because they knew what they were doing was borderline if not outright criminal. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-08-16 10:31 |
| #3 protect the integrity of the investigation Double Secret Probation ala Dean Wormer... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-08-16 09:20 |
| #2 protect the integrity of the investigation Translation: "We need more time to make up BS/stuff we can use against Trump". |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-08-16 08:27 |
| #1 What they did was unprecedented, they better well be prepared to publicly and openly explain every step of why they did it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-08-16 07:03 |