Prosecutors baffled by Trump's desire to discuss classified evidence outside of classified setting

[brooklynite]

Source: NBC News

On top of the new charges against the former president about his alleged mishandling of classified documents comes word from the special counsel that Trump wants to be able to discuss classified discovery outside of a classified setting. Clearly baffled, prosecutors from the special counsel’s team write in part in the latest court filing:

“There is no basis for the defendant’s request that he be given the extraordinary authority to discuss classified information at his residence, and it is particularly striking that he seeks permission to do so in the very location at which he is charged with willfully retaining the documents charged in this case.

“The government is not aware of any case in which a defendant has been permitted to discuss classified information in a private residence, and such exceptional treatment would not be consistent with the law.”

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-grand-jury-indictment-rcna96233/rcrd15971?canonicalCard=true

[leftieNanner]

1. Not consistent with the LAW

There's that pesky little word again.

As if he has EVER followed the law.

[Autumn]

2. Who is going to stop him from discussing it if he really wants to?

[GP6971]

4. Nothing. He gets a high

by showing off stuff no one else has.

[LudwigPastorius]

16. In Trump's mind, our country's most guarded defense secrets and vulnerabilities are...

on par with a golden toilet.


"Look at that! I bet you've never seen a golden shitter before. That thing just drips CLASS. Even the King of England doesn't have one!"

[reACTIONary]

12. These would be discussions with...

... his lawyers while examining the documents. He won't be given copies of the documents outside of a secret facility, and his lawyers would not cooperate in any such discussions.

[Autumn]

13. I think it has nothing to do with the trial. He wants to discuss them with his customers at

his resort which he considers his residence.

[reACTIONary]

14. Nope. This was a request by the defense...

... for lenient procedures during discovery, where the government turns over evidence to the accused so they can evaluate it. It has everything to do with the trial.

[Autumn]

17. He wants to discuss classified information at his residence. In the dining area with

the idiots who pay big to sit near him or at his table can hear and see what is going on.

[Major Nikon]

3. He should be doing it from a secure location in a federal penitentiary

The stupid shitstain is a clear and present danger to the United States every day he is allowed to remain free. If there’s anyone who deserves to be locked up pre-trial, it’s him.

[dweller]

10. LOL I just pictured him

Sharing plans for an escape tunnel with his inmate buddies


✌🏻

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Sounds like this allegation makes him a security risk with or without classified papers

You never know who he's going to tell.

[oldsoftie]

6. I'd say this loose cannon deserves to be remanded

[Rebl2]

11. Agreed

[Mr.Bill]

24. It almost sounds like that's exactly what he wants.

I think he wants to trigger a violent uprising by getting thrown in jail.

This would be the biggest miscalculation of his life, and it won't work.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Part of evidence against tRump is him discussing classified docs outside of classified setting. . nt

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

8. I think he's hoping to cause a mistrial

Somehow by blabbing

[Wounded Bear]

21. Probably in the back of his mind. nt

[AnrothElf]

9. Narcissistic breakdown?

Just sayin'...

[AverageOldGuy]

15. Simple explanation:

He's an ignorant sonofabitch.

[Randomthought]

22. Ignorant

And arrogant

[Zorro]

18. He's planning to blackmail the USA

Drop charges or he's going to put TS/SCI data out on Truth Social.

[jmowreader]

26. Well...if he does...

…the government will throw him in jail and confiscate Truth Social’s mass storage devices.

[Johnny2X2X]

19. Wait, wasn't his defense

Wasn’t his defense that he declassified these documents?

[halfulglas]

20. More evidence of Trump's arrogant laziness.

Everything has to be made easily accessible to him and his team. It's such an inconvenience for him to go to a authorized classified setting. He's emperor in his own mind. When his team reviews the information and want to ask Trump about them, he doesn't want to make the effort to be there and review it with them. He wants them to bring it to them so he can steal it and keep it in his file cabinets or bathroom or whatever.

[AllyCat]

23. Why is this asshole not locked up?

He may not be a flight risk, but he certainly is a national security risk. Heck, he’s a risk to the world.

[tanyev]

25. How else will people know how smart and important he is????

Answer that, you smarty-pants prosecutors.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. This TFG demand makes no sense

Link to tweet

[ancianita]

28. And neither do his lawyers, who won't deal with their client but just pass on his demands

to the Jack Smith team. Something's off with them.

[muriel_volestrangler]

29. Graymail: the threatened revelation of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings

Graymail can occur in two ways:

To straightforwardly blackmail the government, forcing it to drop the case using the threat that if the trial proceeds the defendant will reveal classified information he or she already knows.

To request use of classified material, e.g. as evidence, in the trial. The defendant speculates that the government will be unwilling to make the material fully available to the case, and that this will raise the possibility, in the eyes of the judge or jury, that the unreleased material might clear the defendant, making it difficult to prove guilt.[1]

In the United States, the Classified Information Procedures Act of 1980, also known as the Graymail Law, was designed to counter the second tactic above by allowing judges to review classified material in camera, so that the prosecution can proceed without fear of publicly disclosing sensitive intelligence.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graymail

He wants the classified information out there. If it happens, he gets to say "see? You didn't care about keeping it secret anyway". If it doesn't, he says "I didn't get the proper chance to review all the evidence".

[truthisfreedom]

30. He's psychotic.

[moniss]

31. I think the writer for NBC is

using the word "baffled" because they themselves must be. From what I see the prosecutors simply object to the request and say they are unaware of any case (meaning some foundation) in which this has been permitted. The prosecutors aren't "baffled" in the least. Maybe they had Andrea help write this.

[malthaussen]

33. Eh, the prosecutors could be "baffled" why he wants to do such a thing...

... they aren't baffled about what their answer is.

-- Mal

[twodogsbarking]

32. You tell Trump he can't do something and he does it. Baffling sovled.