Politicalwire has several looks at how the Big Guy seems to be twisting in wind in response to be caught with stuff he wasn’t suppose to be in possesion of…..
Trump seems to not understand that he’s playing against the Federal Law Enforcement Varsity that got beat down back in 2016/2017 and ain’t gonna let THAT happen again….
Judge Orders Trump to Give Details About His New Lawsuit
“A federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump ordered him to answer several key questions about his new lawsuit related to the FBI raid on his Florida home, including why her court should be the one hearing the case and what exactly he wants her to do,” CNBC reports.
“Judge Aileen Cannon also ordered Trump to tell her how his suit affects another pending case involving the same search warrant before a federal magistrate judge in the same court, and whether the Department of Justice has been served with his lawsuit yet.”
Trump Struggles for a Strategy
New York Times: “The documents investigation represents the greatest legal threat Mr. Trump has faced in years, and he is going into the battle shorn of the protective infrastructure and constitutional armor of the presidency. After years of burning through lawyers, he has struggled to hire new ones, and has a small group of lawyers of varying experience.”
“He is facing a Justice Department he no longer controls, run by a by-the-book attorney general, Merrick B. Garland, who has pursued various investigations into Mr. Trump methodically and quietly.”
“Mr. Trump is serving as his own communications director and strategic adviser, seeking tactical political and in-the-moment public relations victories, sometimes at the risk of stumbling into substantive legal missteps.”
Trump Wants ‘My’ Top Secret Documents Back
Rolling Stone: “In the weeks after the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid, former President Donald Trump repeatedly made a simple-sounding but extraordinary ask: he wanted his lawyers to get ‘my documents’ back from federal law enforcement.”
“Trump wasn’t merely referring to the alleged trove of attorney-client material that he insists was scooped up by the feds…. The ex-president has been demanding that his team find a way to recover ‘all’ of the official documents that Trump has long referred to as ‘mine’ — including the highly sensitive and top secret ones.”
Asha Rangappa: “I’m increasingly of the opinion that Trump’s best defense may be that he’s delusional — some analog to insanity — because he clearly does not appear to understand the central legal issues and controlling law in his case.”
FBI Search Followed Months of Resistance by Trump
Washington Post: “Some of Trump’s allies have blamed the rushed and haphazard packing process during Trump’s final days in office for the presence of documents the FBI found in Trump’s bedroom, office and a first-floor storage room at Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8.”
“But the key events that led to the FBI search took place only this year, after months of slow-rolling conflict between the former president and law enforcement agencies.”