The FBI Search Of Mar-A-Lago Wasn’t The End. They’re Investigating Espionage

You know, after 4 long years under KKKeebler the Elf, and Tubby the Ewok, we became so narcotized by the DOJ being nothing more than a propaganda sieve for Traitor Tot, we forgot how it’s supposed to be. Basically, when they have indictments, they’ll announce them publicly.

Which is driving everybody nuts these days. With all the heat from J6 and the federal probe into Trump and his cabal, everybody wants news! But if Merrick Garland were a poker player, he’d be the Grand Poobah of the WSOP tour. The DOJ is in a cone of silence.

Except maybe not. Rachel Maddow was kind enough to tip me to this simple fact years ago, before Trumpenstein ravaged the village. If the DOJ is involved in an investigation, as the investigation advances, it is sometimes to make court filings in order to obtain things from the court. And those documents are public facing documents. Unless they’re sealed by the court, the media can access them. As a result, they’re normally bare bones filings, with the minimum information necessary provided.

But not with this Justice Department. Merrick Garland learned a lesson from Bennie Thompson and the J6 committee. Keep your mouth shut with the media. And then do your talking through your court filings! God knows the media is going to access them.

For instance. When the fake elector scheme first broke, it seemed like a bunch of sorehead trumptards in swing states trying to overturn their results. It was DOJ court filings for search warrants and subpoenas that showed that it was actually a coordinated effort, with identical paperwork, and one coordinating source. This was much more information that was necessary to get the warrants and subpoenas. The DOJ was speaking to the public through its filings.

And here we go again. One of the burning questions surrounding the FBI search-and-seizure at Mar-A-Lago has been, Is that it? After more than a fruitless year of negotiating with Donnie Depends, did the DOJ finally resort to a search warrant just to get the documents back, and safely stored, and now they consider the matter closed? Or was it part of something larger?

Apparently the latter. There was a media FOIA request before the Florida federal court, asking for the affidavit that led to the issuance of the search warrant at Mar-A-Lago. To which the DOJ responded in court today, first in writing, and then with oral arguments.

In their written filing, the DOJ argued against unsealing the affidavit, claiming it could interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. That’s all they had to say, and then rely on oral arguments that they could request be sealed as well.

But they shot the moon instead. They went on in the filing to say that unsealing the affidavit could endanger an ongoing criminal investigation with national security concerns that may well fall under applications of The Espionage Act.

That’s all you need to know. Getting the documents back and secure wasn’t the endgame. They are continuing to investigate how the documents were misappropriated, how secure thely they were stored, and whether or not any were shred or destroyed. And there is only one person who is personally responsible for those documents being at Mar-A-Lago, despite repeated warnings that removing them would be illegal.

One thing to remember. Trump keeps ballyhooing that there was no crime committed simply because he magically declassified the documents before taking them. It’s bullshit. Because none of the charges that were listed in the search warrant had any classification requirements in order to charge. All the Espionage Act requires is that the offender possess documents that could damage the national security of the United States. I don’t have a federal security clearance, but I kinda doubt that materials are given ratings ranging from classified, to Secret, to Top Secret, to Top Secret SCI without them having something to do with national security.

So chill, and let the process play out. The DOJ’s filing in federal court today proves that their goal wasn’t just retrieving and resecuring the documents he stole. They’re out for blood. And as of now, Donald John Trump is officially in The Hurt Locker. Don’t touch that dial.