Trump received a subpoena from the Justice Department ahead of the F.B.I.'s Mar-a-Lago search.

[brooklynite]

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Source: New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump received a subpoena this spring in search of documents that federal investigators believed he had failed to turn over earlier in the year, when he returned boxes of material he had improperly taken with him upon moving out of the White House, three people familiar with the matter said.

The existence of the subpoena helps to flesh out the sequence of events that led to the search of Mr. Trump’s Florida home on Monday by F.B.I. agents seeking classified material they believed might still be there, even after efforts by the National Archives and the Justice Department to ensure that it had been returned.

The subpoena suggests that the Justice Department tried other methods to account for the material before taking the politically explosive step of getting a search warrant and sending F.B.I. agents unannounced to Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s home and members-only club.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/11/us/garland-trump-statement-doj

[ancianita]

1. ah, the joys of due process

[BigmanPigman]

2. The fucking moron ignored everything

requested by the DOJ for many months. He thumbed his nose at the DOJ since that is the only thing he does well...thumbing his nose at anyone and anything telling him what to do. He always has to be the one in control or he loses his shit.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. duplicate thread of

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142954741

[Blue Owl]

4. More evidence that tRump is just a hulking, out-of-control man-child

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Dumbass thinks he's above the law

[Omaha Steve]

6. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142954741 AND live link doesn't have the story at the top of the link.

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