DOJ SUBPOENAED OVER FIVE MONTHS OF MAR-A-LAGO SURVEILLANCE VIDEO

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DOJ SUBPOENAED OVER FIVE MONTHS OF MAR-A-LAGO SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
May 5, 2023/37 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations /by emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/05/doj-subpoenaed-over-five-months-of-mar-a-lago-surveillance-video/

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There’s a detail that may provide important context to new reporting from CNN and NYT about Jack Smith’s pursuit of more information about the surveillance video obtained from Mar-a-Lago. Both pieces report that Smith recently obtained the testimony of Mathew Calamari Jr., the head of security for Trump Org , and Sr., the Chief Operating Officer for Trump’s company (the latter of whom was included in Alvin Bragg’s investigation of the company).

Both outlets describe how that testimony is linked to an investigation into Walt Nauta, whom (per NYT) DOJ chose to investigate rather than seek further cooperation after he gave incomplete testimony last summer and fall. Both describe those subpoenas in the context of a larger effort, absent cooperation from Nauta, to understand the surveillance footage obtained in response to a June 24, 2022 subpoena. From NYT:

* [P]rosecutors appear to be trying to fill in some gaps in their knowledge about the movement of the boxes, created in part by their handling of another potentially key witness, Mr. Trump’s valet, Walt Nauta. Prosecutors believe Mr. Nauta has failed to provide them with a full and accurate account of his role in any movement of boxes containing the classified documents.

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* Prosecutors have also issued several subpoenas to Mr. Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, seeking additional surveillance footage from Mar-a-Lago, his residence and private club in Florida, people with knowledge of the matter said. While the footage could shed light on the movement of the boxes, prosecutors have questioned a number of witnesses about gaps in the footage, one of the people said.

* But hoping to understand why some of the footage from the storage camera appears to be missing or unavailable — and whether that was a technological issue or something else — the prosecutors subpoenaed the software company that handles all of the surveillance footage for the Trump Organization, including at Mar-a-Lago.

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[Scrivener7]

1. Go, Jack Smith.

While the Trump Org was in the past, apparently, trusted to hand over requested surveillance footage (what the hell?), Smith has "subpoenaed the software company that handles all the surveillance footage for ALL the Trump properties." Seems like a pretty logical step for early in that investigation.

Because seriously, now. What would possess a person with a brain to trust the Trump Org to hand over all the requested footage?

[2naSalit]

2. All the video...

For all the properties can reveal a lot... like what is in Ivana's casket with her 5lbs of ashes.

[Scrivener7]

3. I bet what's missing is - or at one time was - in a different property than Log O' Merde.

Or, as you say, in Ivana's casket. People pooh pooh that idea, but it's as likely as anything else with that creep.

[2naSalit]

4. Can't put it past him...

I could have a lot other things to say about possibilities but some would get me in trouble.