Dozens of Mar-a-Lago staff, from servers to aides, are subpoenaed in classified documents probe

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

At least two dozen people – from Mar-a-Lago resort staff to members of Donald Trump’s inner circle at the Florida estate – have been subpoenaed to testify to a federal grand jury that’s investigating the former president’s handling of classified documents, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.

On Thursday, Trump’s communications aide Margo Martin, who worked in the White House and then moved with Trump to Florida, appeared before the grand jury in Washington, DC. One of special counsel Jack Smith’s senior-most prosecutors was involved in the interview.

Martin, who is among a small group of former White House advisers who have remained employed by Trump after he left office, declined to answer any questions when approached by a CNN reporter.

Smith has sought testimony from a range of people close to Trump – from his own attorneys who represent him in the matter to staffers who work on the grounds of Mar-a-Lago, including a housekeeper and restaurant servers, sources said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/16/politics/mar-a-lago-trump-subpoenas/index.html

[JohnnyRingo]

1. I wouldn't want to be the one that brought him....

...his hamburder and Diet Coke today.
It's probably gonna end up on the wall.

[moreland01]

2. Wish I could read the tea leaves

and know what this means as far as a timeline for a possible indictment. Is this an indication that there is a long way to go? Or does this signal that Smith is nearing the end?

[Botany]

3. Building the casefrom the bottom up.

Does anybody on the Merde a Logo staff want to go to prison for Trump?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

9. All America will pass Judgment on Indictment Drop Day. Tied up with a ribbon takes time, or

it all unravels…take as much time as needed to wrap it up tight.

[hamsterjill]

4. Staff? What staff?

Trump will say he’s never seen those people before!!! LOL

[Runningdawg]

5. They should all be under surveillance NOW

We know Trump Inc. spoke to early witnesses in the probe and asked them to be "loyal". I'm guessing out-right threats would work even better on his employees AND their families.

[live love laugh]

6. Dozens?!! That's wonderful.

[Ligyron]

7. OK, he's fucked.

The scope of Jack Smith's investigation is leaving no stone unturned and I'm sure he'll recommend several indictments.

The only way Trump or anyone is going to escape is if Garland fails to prosecute and if he doesn't we are truly lost as a people and a country.

New Zealand looking better all the time.

[CaptainTruth]

8. Tick tock...

[republianmushroom]

10. about time

Mid-august to mid march only 7 months, moving at a brisk pace.
Took more than a year for the search warrant.

25 months and counting

[Elessar Zappa]

12. You think you'd do better than Smith?

Why don’t you give Garland a call and offer him your services?

[republianmushroom]

13. naw I'm to old

don't have a lot time left.

[Chainfire]

15. Really! A lot of us have much more past than future.

Jack Smith will end up issuing subpoenas to every Floridian and it may take a little time to get the sworn testimony from all of us. Be patient people...It is time to quit dribbling and start shooting. The clock is running, Jack, take the damn shot already.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Really. Smith should take note of your schedule and follow it. You know better than him

For that matter, why don't the people sending rockets to the moon pay attention to your timetable and suit your wants? Rude of them not to.

[republianmushroom]

21. Jack hasn't doe to bad less than 5 months

In November 2022, U.S. Attorney General, Merrick Garland, appointed Smith an independent special counsel, responsible for overseeing two preexisting DOJ criminal investigations into former president Donald Trump

What happen between April 21 until Nov 22 when Jack showed up ? A little slow walk maybe ?

Merrick Garland Weighed Search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago for Weeks Note: Weeks plural
Source: Wall Street Journal
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142956907

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. 39

[rubbersole]

11. Oopsie.

Shoulda fired those socialists last month...

[Stuart G]

14. Garland?? Will he indict? "When" is the question...(in my opinion) not "if"?

[Chainfire]

16. Those poor folks will have to decide if they are more afraid of Jack or Donald.

They will have seen what Donald is capable of.

[jaxexpat]

17. Their gonna need a bigger courtroom.

At the taxpayer's expense, no less.

Yep. This is the part.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Cue the "Garland is slow-walking this tiny open-shut case" chorus. Oh. I'm late. . . nt

[ChazInAz]

22. Gets really monotonous, doesn't it?

I've started putting some of the more tiresome kvetchern on "Ignore".

[News Junkie]

23. Can they make themselves known?

Or is it unwise from a legal standpoint? Forbidden?