August 9, 20224 yr In case you need a good real cry and not one full of lies. https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/2022/8/9/23298614/little-league-world-series-hug-batter-hit-in-head-pitcher-video
August 9, 20224 yr CNN reports at one point there was a Tweet mentioning civil war once every second. Law enforcement is currently monitoring the violent rhetoric. One calling for Merrick Garland to be assassinated, another to hang him. Trump Patriots.
August 9, 20224 yr 13 minutes ago, jsdarkstar said: CNN reports at one point there was a Tweet mentioning civil war once every second. Law enforcement is currently monitoring the violent rhetoric. One calling for Merrick Garland to be assassinated, another to hang him. Trump Patriots. Yeah, conservative radio is going apeshit. It was glorious.
August 9, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, lynched1 said: You potheads slay me. My toddler could slay you. He's already got bigger hands. No idea how many noses he's broken yet though.
August 10, 20224 yr 3 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: My toddler could slay you. He's already got bigger hands. No idea how many noses he's broken yet though. You're so Fing awesome. 🤣 The lb7 in you is strong. I'll get you there.
August 10, 20224 yr 56 minutes ago, DiPros said: In case you need a good real cry and not one full of lies. https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/2022/8/9/23298614/little-league-world-series-hug-batter-hit-in-head-pitcher-video Hopefully he told him in his ear to not F up again or they gonna lose.
August 10, 20224 yr 6 hours ago, DiPros said: You pay your taxes and don't cheat. Won't effect you. The Service is understaffed and have written off billions in taxes due. Thanks for playing though. I think that should say affect. I always get those confused. Apologies Ever been audited?
August 10, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, downundermike said: And you don't have a TV our there ?? I have a TV on my deck, I watch baseball / football / sports in general while doing yard stuff. Mine is on the pool house wall (outside) with the fire pit area. Also have a huge inflatable screen and outdoor projector that we put up by the pool some days.
August 10, 20224 yr Trump could be charged with violating the Espionage Act, former DOJ national security chief says Michael Isikoff ·Chief Investigative Correspondent Tue, August 9, 2022 at 7:19 PM The former chief of the Justice Department’s national security division said Tuesday that the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., suggests that the former president could be charged with violating the World War I-era Espionage Act. That law has traditionally been used to target government leakers, such as former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. But it also "actually has provisions that apply to essentially the mishandling [of classified material] through gross negligence, permitting documents to be removed from their proper place, or to be lost, stolen or destroyed,” Mary McCord, a veteran federal prosecutor who headed DOJ’s national security division in the closing years of the Obama administration, told the Yahoo News "Skullduggery” podcast. McCord said that the Espionage Act is one of two federal crimes that appear to apply to Trump’s reported conduct. He could also be charged, she said, with violating another federal statute that targets anyone who "willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies or destroys public records.” McCord noted that the decision to search Trump’s home could only have been conducted with the approval of a federal judge based on an affidavit from the FBI that there was evidence of a crime at Mar-a-Lago at the time of the search. "So it couldn’t be, ‘We thought the stuff was there a year ago, but not now.’ It would have to be probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime exists in that location at that time,” McCord said. "And that means that the Department of Justice, probably at the highest levels, probably all the way up to the attorney general, agreed that this was a step that was not only legally supportable, but also important to take.” One factor that McCord suggested would be on the minds of DOJ national security lawyers is what Trump might have done with the highly classified material that was still believed to be at Mar-a-Lago. "Are we worried that some of this information would actually be shared outside of Mar-a-Lago, potentially with foreign adversaries? I’d be really concerned about that,” she said. What follows is an edited conversation of the interview with McCord conducted by "Skullduggery” co-hosts Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Victoria Bassetti. Isikoff: So rather striking news last night that the FBI has raided the home of the former president of the United States. And according to Trump, broke into his safe. What do you make of this? McCord: First, I would quarrel with two terms you just used. "Raid" and "broke into his safe." Isikoff: I said, "according to Trump." McCord: OK, fair enough. Because this was of course a court-authorized search warrant that would've had to have included the safe within the terms of the search warrant. It's a very overt step for the FBI to actually execute a search warrant that signals to the whole world that they had probable cause — that a federal judge agreed with — to believe that the evidence of a crime would be located in the premises to be searched at the time it was searched. So it couldn't be, "We thought the stuff was there a year ago, but not now." It would have to be probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime exists in that location at that time. And that means that the Department of Justice, probably at the highest levels, probably all the way up to the attorney general, agreed that this was a step that was not only legally supportable, but also important to take. Isikoff: What are the potential crimes here? McCord: There's a variety of different possible crimes, but I think the two that are probably worth focusing the most on are 18 USC 2071. This really applies to any federal government employee who, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies or destroys public records, right? Records that are public records. Another potential crime is actually under the Espionage Act, which is And that actually has provisions that apply to essentially the mishandling through gross negligence, permitting documents to be removed from their proper place, or to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. There's also conspiracy provisions within that 18 USC 793. But certainly gross negligence could be proved by willfulness, because that would be even beyond gross negligence. Klaidman: Does that suggest possibly that they had information that there was some kind of obstruction going on? McCord: I think one of the things that is significant here to me is the fact that after it was revealed, however many months ago, that documents had been taken, presidential records had been taken to Mar-a-Lago. Fifteen boxes were returned [to the National Archives], right? This is a result of consultations with the archivist. Because even if [the removal of the documents] was all an accident, it's been called to the president's attention. It’s been called to the president's lawyers' attention. There was an actual collaborative effort to round up the documents, the presidential records that had been mistakenly taken, and then return them. But this idea that, "Oh, it was a mistake." He [Trump] doesn't really have that anymore. I think that's significant because it shows, "OK. You had your chance. You argue mistake. The department obviously has probable cause to believe you still have documents." And so, the question is why. Right? Bassetti: The New York Times is reporting that in June, multiple officials from the Department of Justice, including the chief of counter-intelligence and export control [Jay Bratt] visited Mar-a-Lago to check the documents, and see where some of them were being stored. What does it tell you that someone at that rank, and in that position, went to Mar-a-Lago? McCord: So I do think it's significant. I mean, that's the litigating division within Department of Justice that investigates mishandling of classified information. And the fact that we have a national security division lawyer such as Jay Bratt, the head of counterintelligence and export control, does mean that we're talking about national security implications, not simply presidential records that aren't classified. Bassetti: When you were the head of the national security division, what sort of evidence would you have wanted to see before you would have signed off on a search warrant of a potential suspect? McCord: So I think what you're really asking is what prudential concerns would go into it, particularly in a sensitive case like this, where we're talking about a former president. And there's also prudential concerns about danger to national security. I would also be thinking down the line, am I going to be able to make a case in court? Because is the national defense information so sensitive that the equity holder, the national security agency whose information it is, is never going to let me put it in court, is never going to say to me, "It's OK, prosecutor, to prove up that this is national defense information." The very nature of which means it would cause substantial damage to U.S. national security, if it were disclosed. Admitting that is actually admitting to things that sometimes our national security agencies don't want to admit to. So there's all kinds of prudential things you'd be looking at in terms of the former president. That's what's unprecedented here. And so it would be more than just you have probable cause. It would be, "Where are we going from here? If we find the things we're going to find, are we going to be seeking an indictment from this? What are the different things to weigh?" To me, that would depend on how significant are the documents, right? How sensitive is the national security information? Are we worried that some of this information would actually be shared outside of Mar-a-Lago, potentially with foreign adversaries? I'd be really concerned about that.
August 10, 20224 yr I’m in DC this week for some touristy stuff. I’m hitting up the capital tomorrow. This should be fun!
August 10, 20224 yr 15 minutes ago, NOTW said: Trump Lite weighing in. Trump weaponized toothless rednecks from VA and brokeback hillbillies which has far more dangerous to our nation. Redneck splooge parties will be the downfall of our entire planet.
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