Trump tries to swap stolen documents for info he wants; FBI investigates Trump Tower and Bedminster

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In two related stories, we now know that former president Donald Trump tried to strike a "deal" with the National Archives, "to return boxes" of government documents he had stolen when he left the White House in exchange for information about the Trump-Russia criminal investigation. As my friend Joyce Vance said today on MSNBC, that "sounds a little extortion-y." And this video discusses a real-world example of why Trump's conduct is, indeed, a little extortion-y.

In a related story, Rolling Stone reports that FBI agents have been interviewing witnesses about whether Trump was also keeping sensitive government documents at his Trump Tower, NY, and Bedminster, NJ, properties.

Folks often ask why the FBI didn't search those properties at the same time they searched Trump's Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. The answer can be found in the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, as this video discusses. - Glenn Kirschner - 10/8/22.

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1. Someone, ANYONE, please lock this MFer up.

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8. Exactly what

Michael Cohen said. That he would use the docs for extorsion of the Government. BAM

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2. Trump pushed DOJ beyond 'tipping point' as Garland considers indictments: legal expert

TFG has in effect admitted to obstruction and other crimes. This may push AG Garland to bring charges

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https://www.rawstory.com/doj-trump-indictments/

Donald Trump has created nightmares for his legal team and may have pushed the Department of Justice beyond the tipping point as Attorney General Merrick Garland considers indictments.

"Tonight, what is he still hiding?" asked MSNBC anchor Ayman Mohyeldin. "New allegations that Trump might have kept more documents from the National Archives."

He explained the difficult situation facing Trump's lawyers, "because it's not just the mess he's in right now, it's that, as we learn on a near daily basis with this guy, there is always more with Trump. More scandal, more illegality, and more pain for his lawyers.".....

"This is the very kind of activity, of obstruction, that is the tipping point, many times, for the Justice Department, after they already accumulated the evidence sufficient for indictment, as to whether or not to prosecute," Goodman said. "I think this is just outrageous and outlandish that he would still have documents."

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3. Twitter replies:

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4. This is astoundingly...

NUTS.

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5. And yet he's still out there, free to hold more of his lie-fest "rallies!"

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6. If it feels "extortiony" then charge the SOB with EXTORTION.

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7. When he was on with Lawrence O'Donnell last week, Laurence Tribe said he thinks he's going to be

Indicted for obstruction of justice. And for mishandling/stealing highly classified documents and keeping them in an insecure place - and violation of the Espionage Act. Now he was Merrick Garland's law professor, so I'm counting on him to be right!

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9. "This deserves the highest level of scrutiny from the Justice department."

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10. Laurence Tribe:

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