Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 02:59 PM Aug 2022

Trump's own lawyer blows up his 'planted' evidence claims

.

"The FBI and others from the Federal Government would not let anyone, including my lawyers, be anywhere near the areas that were rummaged and otherwise looked at during the raid on Mar-a-Lago," Trump ranted on Truth Social on Tuesday. "Everyone was asked to leave the premises, they wanted to be left alone, without any witnesses to see what they were doing, taking or, hopefully not, 'planting.' Why did they STRONGLY insist on having nobody watching them, everybody out?"

Bobb acknowledged on Thursday that while surveillance cameras at Mar-a-Lago were shut off for a "very short period of time" while FBI agents spoke to Trump's legal team, the former president and his family were able to view the entire raid through surveillance video.

"I think the folks in New York — President Trump and his family — they probably had a better view than I did. Because they had the CCTV, they were able to watch," Bobb told the right-wing outlet Real America's Voice.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-own-lawyer-blows-up-his-planted-evidence-claims/



Hmm.

.
7 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Trump's own lawyer blows up his 'planted' evidence claims (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Aug 2022 OP
It's not that they didn't want them to see it. They didn't want them grabbing stuff Walleye Aug 2022 #1
They also asked that the CCTV cameras be turned off Jarqui Aug 2022 #2
I'd bet money Mar-a-Lago is bugged and the CCTV is compromised NickB79 Aug 2022 #5
I would not bet against you. Jarqui Aug 2022 #6
No, the lawyer is making the argument that the Trumps know evidence was planted because they RockRaven Aug 2022 #3
Yea, right. Chainfire Aug 2022 #4
No decent attorney will work for TFG LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #7

Jarqui

(10,130 posts)
2. They also asked that the CCTV cameras be turned off
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 03:08 PM
Aug 2022

Why?

Because they were searching for classified documents.

They wanted no unauthorized eyes or cameras on those documents - which is precisely how it should have been done.

Trumps CCTV will show them arriving without the 20 (reports increased from 12) boxes they took away so that is going to be a problem for the planting story. Empty handed agents plant 20 boxes of stuff?

NickB79

(19,265 posts)
5. I'd bet money Mar-a-Lago is bugged and the CCTV is compromised
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 04:03 PM
Aug 2022

Chinese or Russian, take your pick.

Jarqui

(10,130 posts)
6. I would not bet against you.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 04:45 PM
Aug 2022

Though I bet Doj/FBI/law enforcement had them under surveillance for some time before the search

RockRaven

(14,998 posts)
3. No, the lawyer is making the argument that the Trumps know evidence was planted because they
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 03:13 PM
Aug 2022

were watching, and therefore they know things that the naysayers and FBI defenders do not. Her claim, while likely bullshit in every which way, doesn't blow up their claims at all.

Chainfire

(17,641 posts)
4. Yea, right.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 03:44 PM
Aug 2022

Every perp since the beginning of time has made that kind of claim. The vast majority of them ended up in jail.

So is he going to go with "planted evidence" or that the documents were declassified and were his personal property?

I say we lock his ass up to give him time to develop his defense without undue distractions.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Trump's own lawyer blows ...