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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 12:29 PM Aug 2022

Trump aides think a family member informed on him to the FBI because agents knew where to find a spe

specific leather case



Aides to former President Donald Trump believe that a member of his family may have tipped off the FBI about the presence of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, The Guardian reported.

Multiple sources close to Trump told the publication that after the August 8 search of Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida, aides began speculating about who could have been speaking to the agency.

In the search, agents took more than a dozen boxes of items, as well as highly classified information. They appeared to have specific information about what to look for.

Speculation initially focused on Trump's political aides, and resort staff at Mar-a-Lago, the outlet's sources said, before shifting to those closer to Trump.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-aides-think-a-family-member-informed-on-him-to-the-fbi-because-agents-knew-where-to-find-a-specific-leather-case-report-says/ar-AA10NqTQ

Ivanka, Jared or both?
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Trump aides think a family member informed on him to the FBI because agents knew where to find a spe (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2022 OP
Et tu, Jared? Ray Bruns Aug 2022 #1
Jared is a vile snake. Baitball Blogger Aug 2022 #15
absolutely! blueknight73 Aug 2022 #23
Melania Mike_in_LA Aug 2022 #2
Ivana. intheflow Aug 2022 #12
Lol Mike_in_LA Aug 2022 #13
The FBI should look in Ivana's casket for the missing docs. Srsly! OMGWTF Aug 2022 #21
I don't think Ivana has ever been to Mar A Lago FakeNoose Aug 2022 #24
Ivanka could have mentioned it to her mom. intheflow Aug 2022 #45
Agree homegirl Aug 2022 #32
Maybe moniss Aug 2022 #36
Barron. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #3
............... Tommy Carcetti Aug 2022 #11
My guess would be Tiffany cstamm53 Aug 2022 #4
Bwa ha ha! This whole thing is like a crazy over-the-top movie, Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #9
I like it moniss Aug 2022 #33
Perfect! Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #38
lol -- let's get barron in that scene too: orleans Aug 2022 #42
Oooh, last-minute plot twist! Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #43
They had the surveillance tape. They knew exactly where everything was Walleye Aug 2022 #5
That's my line of thinking blogslug Aug 2022 #14
The Slobfather is so sloppy.It's possible the FBI had already tapped into the system remotely Walleye Aug 2022 #40
Surveillance tape homegirl Aug 2022 #34
Aha Walleye Aug 2022 #37
I just posted something similar. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #59
On my Who Informed? Bingo card I have....MAL worker who saw too much, and had enough! Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2022 #6
I'm betting the source also knew what was in the leather bound case and that's one of the Vinca Aug 2022 #7
The case moniss Aug 2022 #31
The mob boss' Black Book.I never thought of that Walleye Aug 2022 #41
My money's on the rat being Malignia Pluvious Aug 2022 #8
Jared Kushner and the two billion dollars from the Saudi's might Emile Aug 2022 #10
Very astute observation moniss Aug 2022 #30
I have a feeling that $2 billion was only partial payment. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #60
Ivanka Renew Deal Aug 2022 #16
I hope he is paranoid as hell GuppyGal Aug 2022 #17
It was obviously Jared and ivanka, I read that they are washing their hands of Donald Trump Heather MC Aug 2022 #18
Looking to blame; ignoring what was found! Grins Aug 2022 #19
According to the motion to deny publishing the affidavit, Jarqui Aug 2022 #20
They won't be singing this at the Largo packman Aug 2022 #22
Maybe it was a collective effort! Evolve Dammit Aug 2022 #25
I really want to know what was in that leather case! herding cats Aug 2022 #26
What does it say about a person's character gratuitous Aug 2022 #27
It was the maid, in the bedroom, with a bruised soul.... getagrip_already Aug 2022 #28
TFG gave info to the Saudi's. Mr. Evil Aug 2022 #29
Exactly! AntiFascist Aug 2022 #39
As if they care. Mr. Evil Aug 2022 #47
Popcorn ready Fritz Walter Aug 2022 #35
I am sure many are hoping it is Jared. Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 #44
Jared gave Trump credibility in his Middle East dealings... AntiFascist Aug 2022 #46
If? You mean "when". Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 #48
It was Melanie with the pool boy in the spa. scarletlib Aug 2022 #49
Either Don Jr did it for coke, or Ron DeSantis did it to eliminate competition. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #50
Okay. Make EVERYONE take a lie detector test. If they fail, take them fishing dalton99a Aug 2022 #51
Pass the popcorn Deminpenn Aug 2022 #52
Hope Hicks. Ahhh...you forgot about her, right. She knew the details on everything. Samrob Aug 2022 #53
Going oddball here and guessing all of them? Brainfodder Aug 2022 #54
Trump always likes to shoot his mouth off. lpbk2713 Aug 2022 #55
It is a certainty that Trump bragged about all the intel he had. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #61
My $$ is on Mailorder dweller Aug 2022 #56
I'm going with Melania Skittles Aug 2022 #57
The FBI, CIA, military intelligence, didn't know Trump was stealing classified documents? Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #58

FakeNoose

(32,332 posts)
24. I don't think Ivana has ever been to Mar A Lago
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 02:58 PM
Aug 2022

Certainly not since Chump lost the election, and not before either. However Ivanka and Jared probably both knew where his stuff was hidden.

I'd think that Jared has a stake in keeping this stuff quiet because he's just as guilty as Chump in some of it. Not the coup though, he made sure he was out of the country when it happened.

Tommy Carcetti

(43,080 posts)
11. ...............
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 01:24 PM
Aug 2022



The Vaccinated Trucker @John_the_L

Scene: Mar-A-Lago, interior, morning.

Barron: (not looking up from his X-box)

"The safe's in the back."

6:49 PM · Aug 9, 2022·Twitter for Android

Sky Jewels

(6,848 posts)
9. Bwa ha ha! This whole thing is like a crazy over-the-top movie,
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 01:17 PM
Aug 2022

and Tiffany getting her long overdue revenge on Daddy Trump would be the best ending ever.

*Camera slowly zooms in on Tiffany's face. Her mouth draws up into a knowing smirk. Breaking the 4th wall, she winks at the camera. End scene and blackout. Roll credits.*

moniss

(3,949 posts)
33. I like it
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:35 PM
Aug 2022

and I would only add to that shot the Orange Ruski being dragged away in shackles in the background. While an audio clip of The Bobby Fuller Four doing "I Fought the Law" plays over the credits with a loop of Hillary laughing throughout the audio.

orleans

(33,986 posts)
42. lol -- let's get barron in that scene too:
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:49 PM
Aug 2022

tiffany's mouth draws up into a knowing smirk as she enters the living room where we see barron seated on the couch, focused on his x-box. as she crosses through the living room she passes barron who looks up at her with the same smirk on his face. they high-five as she continues through the room and exits and barron's attention returns to the x-box.

cut to tiffany walking down the driveway where her secret service boyfriend is waiting for her by the passenger side of her car. she happily walks up to him, gives him a quick kiss, and turns to get in the car. we hear a gunshot and she collapses.

secret service boyfriend walks up the driveway and enters the house. moments later we hear another gunshot. we see him exit the building and hop into the passenger side of a car that pulls up out of nowhere.
we do not see the driver. the car speeds away. roll credits.

Walleye

(30,701 posts)
5. They had the surveillance tape. They knew exactly where everything was
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 12:59 PM
Aug 2022

I haven’t heard how they got the surveillance footage, but I imagine they subpoenaed it directly from the security company and perhaps the trumps didn’t even really know about it

blogslug

(37,955 posts)
14. That's my line of thinking
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 01:43 PM
Aug 2022

Maybe TFG thought he had the cameras placed so unobtrusively the FBI wouldn't notice they were there when they visited back in January or whenever it was they first came to collect the papers n stuff.

"That camera was behind a potted plant! How could they know it was there? Somebody snitched!"

Walleye

(30,701 posts)
40. The Slobfather is so sloppy.It's possible the FBI had already tapped into the system remotely
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:45 PM
Aug 2022

I love armchair detective work

homegirl

(1,419 posts)
34. Surveillance tape
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:36 PM
Aug 2022

should have been part of Secret Service materials produced when Trump was spending time there. Identifying points of entry and vulnerability sites, in order to provide protection for #45.


Irish_Dem

(45,619 posts)
59. I just posted something similar.
Fri Aug 19, 2022, 10:05 AM
Aug 2022

We are supposed to believe the FBI, CIA, Military Intelligence had absolutely no idea that a POTUS was stealing and selling classified intel to our enemies? Or at the least was stockpiling them for later sale?

And didn't know Trump loaded the secret docs in open view onto a truck as he left the WH?

And that they were sitting in the basement of MAL?

It was only until some hapless Trump family member informed them that they knew.

Good God.

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
6. On my Who Informed? Bingo card I have....MAL worker who saw too much, and had enough!
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 01:12 PM
Aug 2022

More intriguing it’s family member, but that’s down on my list.

tRump doesn’t know…sleepless nights, a wire on everything coming in and out of his circle of fascists.

Vinca

(50,168 posts)
7. I'm betting the source also knew what was in the leather bound case and that's one of the
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 01:15 PM
Aug 2022

tidbits in the affidavit.

moniss

(3,949 posts)
31. The case
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:30 PM
Aug 2022

may contain a "ledger" of sorts about who is bidding or has paid how much for which documents. It's also possible that the total quantity of boxes and documents were meant to purposely be so voluminous in the hopes that the confidential/top secret ones would be overlooked mixed in with thousands of folders/documents of non-classified stuff.

moniss

(3,949 posts)
30. Very astute observation
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:22 PM
Aug 2022

and it would be typical in these kinds of crooked goings on that they would have more than one "iron in the fire" so to speak. So maybe the Saudi thinking was "Let's get what we can from the bloated tick but in case he is withholding and not giving us everything let's spend some money on "insurance" that can exert some pain".

 

Heather MC

(8,084 posts)
18. It was obviously Jared and ivanka, I read that they are washing their hands of Donald Trump
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 02:13 PM
Aug 2022

Why not shit on him on the way out as well

Grins

(7,128 posts)
19. Looking to blame; ignoring what was found!
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 02:21 PM
Aug 2022

Who cares who squealed (if anyone)? They should be looking at what the FBI found and what it says about Trump - and THEM - trying to run cover for him.

Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
20. According to the motion to deny publishing the affidavit,
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 02:27 PM
Aug 2022

they have several witnesses.

A secret service agent has also been mentioned as a possible source.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
27. What does it say about a person's character
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:17 PM
Aug 2022

That at this stage of his life there is such a glut of persons who might have sold him out to the feds that observers can put the hat on any of a dozen people?

getagrip_already

(14,228 posts)
28. It was the maid, in the bedroom, with a bruised soul....
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:19 PM
Aug 2022

With all the hired help tfg has likely mistreated and abused, it's entirely possible it's some hired help who got stiffed or abused.

Never doubt how much those who clean your shite know about you.


Mr. Evil

(2,746 posts)
29. TFG gave info to the Saudi's.
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:20 PM
Aug 2022

Jared was the middle man holding it for tfg so it wouldn't technically show up on tfg's books. Jared rats out tfg. Now, Jared and Ivanka get to keep $2B.

Just my 2cents.

AntiFascist

(12,792 posts)
39. Exactly!
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:44 PM
Aug 2022

The $2bn was likely invested legally. However, what was traded previously to help setup UAE/Saudi nuclear capabilities violated US National Security.

Mr. Evil

(2,746 posts)
47. As if they care.
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 04:26 PM
Aug 2022

As long as the money keeps flowing.

TFG and his spawn are simply exhausting. They can't go away soon enough!

Fritz Walter

(4,281 posts)
35. Popcorn ready
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 03:36 PM
Aug 2022

I take no joy in watching a family tear itself apart, but there’s a bit of Schadenfreude at play here, especially once the snitch is uncovered. And a favorite German quote seems apt here:

Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude. Denn sie kommt von Herzen. “Schadenfreude is the most sublime/beautiful joy, because it comes from the heart.”


And that might just overload my aversion to family disintegration — if not utter devastation.

My favorite popcorn recipe:
• Sprinkle hot sauce on freshly popped corn; or
• Soak the kernels in pepper-infused oil before stovetop or microwave popping.
Enjoy!

Behind the Aegis

(53,823 posts)
44. I am sure many are hoping it is Jared.
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 04:00 PM
Aug 2022

Then they will run with the "back-stabbing Jew" stereotype, which will fuel more anti-Semitism, which will be ignored by all except those who are affected or give two shits about Jews.

AntiFascist

(12,792 posts)
46. Jared gave Trump credibility in his Middle East dealings...
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 04:17 PM
Aug 2022

if anti-Semitic MAGAts now turn against Jared, it will further highlight Trump's neo-Nazi base and further erode Trump's chances of getting re-elected, if that will even be possible at this point.

Behind the Aegis

(53,823 posts)
48. If? You mean "when".
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 04:56 PM
Aug 2022

And, sadly, no, any anti-Semitism against Kushner or any large amount of Jews by RW'ers will have zero effect on his base. Jews don't count, a historic theme among many.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
55. Trump always likes to shoot his mouth off.
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 07:13 PM
Aug 2022


A reference to it could have been overheard in a conversation in a public place.

Irish_Dem

(45,619 posts)
61. It is a certainty that Trump bragged about all the intel he had.
Fri Aug 19, 2022, 10:09 AM
Aug 2022

Most likely in public over dinner at MAL.

He couldn't help himself.

Or perhaps he did it on purpose. Part of his marketing campaign, letting enemies know what he had.
For sale to highest bidder.

Skittles

(152,964 posts)
57. I'm going with Melania
Fri Aug 19, 2022, 03:17 AM
Aug 2022

she fucking HATED being First Lady, she never imagined her gold digging duties would include actually WORKING or even PRETENDING TO WORK

Irish_Dem

(45,619 posts)
58. The FBI, CIA, military intelligence, didn't know Trump was stealing classified documents?
Fri Aug 19, 2022, 09:37 AM
Aug 2022

They didn't know he was selling them while in office and afterwards?

They didn't know he had a truck load of secret documents?
They didn't know the docs were sitting in a basement?

And they had to rely on a Trump family member recently informing them?

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