. That’s not typical language and it also is highly instructive as we’re looking for a reason as to why, after over a year and half of Trump having had these docs at Mar-a-Lago – there was a sudden sense of urgency. All of the focus has been and is on Trump for obvious reasons. But perhaps that’s been a bit of intentional misdirection right along. Early on in this saga I repeatedly highlighted two immovable facts. President Trump never prepared any of the boxes of docs himself and therefore the government knew exactly what were in them since he took them with him no later than January 20th of last year. That is unless... They didn’t. I’ll explain. The DOJ flatly stated they haven’t identified all potential criminal actors. They know where Trump is, and they know his role in their investigation. It would appear the real focus regarding a sense of urgency would be identifying the other actors and the scope of what might be involved here. Let’s say material was packaged and given to Trump that never should have been (which is obviously the case), it could well be reasoned that the actor(s) involved may have also not kept an accurate accounting of what went out the door with the former president and perhaps the feds recently figured some things out. That’s a problem for obvious reasons. Especially if they’re still actively handling sensitive material for the federal government. It would also stand to reason you’d only be able to identify the potential actors involved by recovering all of the materials to see all of the potential peeps who would have had access to it originally. The biggest takeaway from Friday’s affidavit isn’t about Trump specifically, it’s about those the feds are still looking for which were involved in the packaging and handling of the materials...the potential criminal confederates as the case may be. Trump may well still be charged, over 90% of the time in federal search warrants that’s what happens. However, there’s nothing typical about this situation, so don’t be surprised if this as much about those who gave him this stuff and moved classified stuff around, as him personally. Tomorrow I’ll dive into this week’s hearing regarding a potential special master in the case.
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