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Frivolous Trump Arguments against the Mar-a-Lago Indictment
The National Review ^ | 06/12/2023 | Andrew McCarthy

Posted on 06/12/2023 4:09:22 PM PDT by thegagline

People in their right minds who care about the country could never defend the factual details of Donald Trump’s conduct, as alleged in the federal indictment unsealed last week.

No one is going to say, “It makes total sense to me that he was storing the crown jewels of national defense — such as how other countries could go about attacking American military vulnerabilities — next to the toilet at a beach club.”

No one is going to say, “I can certainly see why Trump would refuse to return such top-secret intelligence to government officials, who pleaded with him for over a year to return it before finally resorting to coercive measures.”

No one is going to say, “It was so vitally important for Trump, who had no official government duties in his post-presidency, to retain possession of top-secret government intelligence reports that it made sense for him to defy a subpoena and mislead a grand jury in order to keep them.”

No one is going to say, “If a Democratic former president had done what Trump did, I’d be fine with that.”

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Since Trump’s conduct is indefensible, his apologists have adopted the familiar tactic of making bombastic claims that the prosecution is so fundamentally unfair and un-American that the facts don’t matter. Remarkably, the people asserting these claims never tire of pointing out that Trump is not merely a former president but a current presidential candidate. Putting aside whether he is guilty of crimes (he appears to be, but he’ll get his day in court), what could possibly be more relevant to his fitness for the presidency than the facts of the case?

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: thegagline

Never Trump rag National Review has thoughts.

Shove it NRO.


101 posted on 06/12/2023 6:38:02 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: All

I hope Andrew McCarthy was listening to Mark Levin today, or hears a replay or reads the transcript.

Levin ‘ripped’ McCarthy (and Barr) ‘a new one’, completely debunked their stupidity, ignorance and deep state directed propaganda on thes topic.

Not that I’m a huge fan of Levin, but he is absolutely right on this topic.


102 posted on 06/12/2023 6:52:40 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: montag813

Which.plan? I’m sure there are many


103 posted on 06/12/2023 6:54:42 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: Skywise

Not yet...yard work day here near FR HQ! Maybe some video watching tonight. ;-)

While doing yard work was listening to a podcast from a local conservative lawyer that runs the local “Right to Life” chapter and crisis pregnancy center...he has more of a “counterpoint” opinion...wait until the 2nd segment before you get angry...he points out govt. hypocrisy on the matter in the 2nd segment:

(It is the 6/12/23 podcast, his show just ending now...may not be posted yet)

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-the-john-gerardi-show-49416138/

For further study:
The indictment: https://www.scribd.com/document/651869255/Former-President-Donald-Trump-indictment-June-8-2023

Constitution Article II annotated:
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/

Presidential Records Act (late 1970’s law):
https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/presidential-records.html

The Robert Barnes video for later:
https://rumble.com/v2tn4ac-get-this-video-to-trump-barnes-breaks-down-federal-indictment-viva-frei-liv.html


104 posted on 06/12/2023 6:56:34 PM PDT by Drago
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To: thegagline

Didn’t Andrew say the same about Muellers Trump Witch special counse


105 posted on 06/12/2023 6:57:28 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: jacknhoo
Attorney Robert Barnes enumerates multiple legal grounds for Trump’s defense. Excellent, hard hitting video.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4160383/post

Great post. Barnes is one of the very few lawyers that I don't despise.

106 posted on 06/12/2023 6:57:58 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: thegagline

NR prefers any Democrat to DJT and maybe prefers a Democrat to DeSantis and Scott and Ramaswami or any other Republican, except George Romney, of course.


107 posted on 06/12/2023 7:16:47 PM PDT by arthurus ( * Covefe\W/)
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To: lodi90

.

Thanks.

I’ve pointed out, when they subpoena complex bank records, SARS reports, Tax records, or phone records from many numbers, including burners — they are going to show them for 5 minutes in a SCIF now.

Bad, bad Precedent, Kevin.

Or maybe that was the plan.


108 posted on 06/12/2023 7:36:19 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: batazoid

You definitely get it.


109 posted on 06/12/2023 8:47:50 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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To: rocksblues
They had the bathroom picture on the front page of the NY post and stated that all those boxes contained confidential material.

Why aren’t more people observant as you? The pictures were leaked. The pictures were staged. This is what law enforcement does. More people need to recognize this and try to put it in context. Just an itty bitty bit of critical thinking begins with a few questions.

110 posted on 06/12/2023 8:54:41 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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To: Drago
Sometimes PDJT is his own worst enemy: https://abcnews.go.com/US/secret-information-trump-audio-recording-talks-declassifying-documents/story?id=99960824 (More “engage brain before opening mouth” needed).

Boasting is dumb, boring, and stupid…and sometimes inculpatory.

111 posted on 06/12/2023 9:13:57 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: DMD13
I hate National Cuck (Review), especially Andrew McCarthy, Rich Lowrey and Ramush Ponorul.

My father got me into reading NR decades ago. When Buckley died, things deteriorated.

112 posted on 06/12/2023 9:19:19 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: thegagline; Pelham; nopardons; Mack Truck

You’re a fakir with Texas plates and southern pretend creed

Ask anyone if I’m authority on who’s authentic

You uniparty neocons always mask the same way

So silly

Sic Semper Tyrannis

My ass


113 posted on 06/12/2023 9:24:06 PM PDT by wardaddy (Technology is not by default an improvement )
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To: DMD13
I hate National Cuck (Review), especially Andrew McCarthy, Rich Lowrey and Ramush Ponorul.

My father got me into reading NR decades ago. When Buckley died, things deteriorated.

114 posted on 06/12/2023 9:24:37 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: Drago
Sometimes PDJT is his own worst enemy: (More “engage brain before opening mouth” needed

Boasting is dumb, boring, and stupid…and sometimes inculpatory.

115 posted on 06/12/2023 9:26:12 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: bte

There were about 130 documents located between the subpoena and the search warrant. Only 31 resulted in charges.


116 posted on 06/12/2023 9:26:14 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I am free at last!)
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To: wardaddy
You’re a fakir with Texas plates and southern pretend creed Ask anyone if I’m authority on who’s authentic You uniparty neocons always mask the same way So silly Sic Semper Tyrannis My ass

Now who can argue with that?

I think we're all indebted to wardaddy for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particulary glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.

117 posted on 06/12/2023 9:38:24 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: thegagline

You are nevertrumper agitator pretending to be Texan and some sort of butternut diehard

Btw its Deo Vendice

No real southerner respects the harm Boothe did to terms


118 posted on 06/12/2023 9:47:35 PM PDT by wardaddy (Technology is not by default an improvement )
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