Thread by @the_peetape

Someone should really make a tally based on photographic evidence which characters visited Mar-a-Lago during the time period when top secret documents were flying around there.

🧵 President Biden barred Donald Trump from receiving intel briefings. Biden said said there was “no need” for Trump to get the briefings, traditionally given to ex-presidents as a courtesy and to keep them informed if their advice is needed. nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/…

Mr. Biden, speaking to Norah O’Donnell of CBS News, said Mr. Trump’s behavior worried him “unrelated to the insurrection” that gave rise to the second impeachment of Mr. Trump.

“I just think that there is no need for him to have the intelligence briefings,” Mr. Biden said.

“What value is giving him an intelligence briefing?” Mr. Biden added. “What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?”

But in an interview with Sharyl Attkisson recorded at Trump's Bedminster golf course, Trump gave a very *interesting* answer when asked about intelligence briefings.

Sharyl: On Afghanistan, by the way, do you still get intel briefings?

Trump: I get if I want. I get what I want. I hear what's going on. 👀

By the way, you don't need intel briefings. All you have to do is read the news or turn on the television.

At the time, back in 2021, no one knew Trump took boxes with him that contained classified documents.

But even then, this is the one answer the producers of the interview picked out to showcase.
facebook.com/watch/?v=57543…

Susie Wiles, the witness who said Trump improperly showed her a classified map of an unidentified country, was on his plane just two days ago.

Awkward.

“Susie could put Trump away for years in just one minute of testimony to Jack Smith,” a rival GOP operative told The New York Post. “She’s got Trump by the balls, which means she can name her price for her loyalty and Trump can’t say no.”
nypost.com/2023/06/29/tru…

As far as I know, I was the first journalist to point out an open door at Mar-a-Lago that appeared to be used as a storage area.

It later turned out this was indeed the entrance to the basement of Mar-a-Lago where Trump stored classified documents.

There are two doors on either side of the pool that lead to the storage area.

Here is one more such occasion.

Here we have that door at the Mar-a-Lago pool open. It's all a bit blurry, but it appears there are one or more boxes in view.

But that's not all. Here we can see the door leading to the storage area on the left side of the Mar-a-Lago pool completely open.

So let's zoom in again. An open an unguarded door at Mar-a-Lago leading to the nation's top secrets.

The source of this picture is Carl Prewitt. He was also present in front of the Capitol as the Jan 6 insurrection was unfolding.

Link to the open door picture: https://t.co/m9yNzhhSknfacebook.com/photo?fbid=102…

The source for the other picture is Jim Marter.
https://t.co/frpI9lhBPDfacebook.com/photo/?fbid=39…

Some of Donald Trump's sycophants have claimed the documents were all safe at Mar-a-Lago because they were guarded by Secret Service.

Well first of all: that is not their job. Secondly: did you see any Secret Service guarding these open doors? I didn't.

🚨 But what if I told you there is also video of an open door leading to the Mar-a-Lago basement during a packed event at night?

Well, here it is.

Source: https://t.co/UXBAxIMVrifacebook.com/1163983807/vid…

🚨 This story gets worse. A lot worse.

The picture of the open and unguarded door to the storage area that Carl Prewitt posted was from December 7, 2021.

🚨 Let's compare that data point to the indictment of Donald Trump. The indictment said:

On December 7, 2021, NAUTA found several of Trump's boxes fallen and their contents spilled onto the floor of the storage room.

That's the SAME DAY as the pic was taken! cc: @petestrzok

@MelissaHBuckner Here is the link

@petestrzok I'm just saying: these documents don't spill themselves on the floor. People had access to them.

@petestrzok I want everyone to see the completely unguarded door in the left image, dated December 7, 2021.

And then to see that same door in the image on the right and to realize where it leads to: the storage area where Trump kept classified documents.

@petestrzok And no, these are not the only instances when these doors were open and unguarded. At one of the busiest events that Mar-a-Lago hosts, the same thing happened.

The Palm Event is "a weekend celebration of motorsports."
thepalmevent.com

@petestrzok March 20, 2022, a hi-res video was posted of the Palm Event at Mar-a-Lago. Pay attention to the door on the left side of the pool. It is open and unguarded.
https://t.co/yhiIHwtS3nfacebook.com/watch/?v=54402…

@petestrzok This is the door to pay attention to as you watch the video in the previous tweet.

@petestrzok 🚨 When zoomed in, you get the clear picture. This is the door that leads to the Mar-a-Lago storage area where classified documents were stored.

People of all kinds of backgrounds and nationalities frequent this event. It's always packed.

@petestrzok Here is a different video from the same event at Mar-a-Lago, posted by the same account:

You can see how busy it is. In the background you can see the open door again that leads to the storage area where the classified documents were stored. https://t.co/duE6frcW67facebook.com/watch/?v=71181…

@petestrzok

If you thought the doors that led to the storage area where Trump stored classified documents were only unattended on rare occasions, then no, that was not the case.

This photo is from Don Jr's account. And the door is wide open again.
https://t.co/uuOlA5vk2Dinstagram.com/p/CNQUG-cFUKl/

You guys remember Christina Bobb right?

The lawyer for former president Donald Trump who signed a letter stating that a “diligent search” for classified records had been conducted and that all such documents had been given back to the government.

Well as you can see, she is standing with Matthew DePerno in front of an open door again.

I think it's quite clear that the place where these documents were stored was terribly insecure.

I don't have many pictures of Trump's Bedminster office, but I do have a few. This one was posted to Instagram, August 15, 2022, shortly after the Mar-a-Lago search. On Trump's desk some kind of document.
https://t.co/kW5k6QPFcvinstagram.com/p/ChSx_cROh5c/

This one with Matthew DePerno which dates back to 2021 is interesting.

This picture is interesting because there is what appears some sort of random file folder on the floor.

Remember what Eric Trump said about that?

Clearly his dad did leave random folders on the floor..
businessinsider.com/eric-trump-dad…

What's nice about this photo is that the FBI could figure out if this folder matches anything that was found at Mar-a-Lago.

🧵 I may disappoint some of you, but I never signed up to the idea that Donald Trump hid his boxes with classified documents in Ivana Trump's casket.

However, there is another situation at Trump's Bedminster golf course that all of you should know about.

You see, Trump is not the only Trump that uses Bedminster as a home.

His daughter and his son in law, Jared Kushner, own a cottage on the property.
nj.com/politics/2020/…

Despite the fact that Jared Kushner magically got a $2 billion payday from the Saudis, it does not appear Jared Kushner is under any kind of investigation.
nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/…

So if Donald Trump does have classified documents at Bedminster, the likelihood which is high, you got to ask yourself, where would you hide those if you were Trump?

Would federal agents search the property of people not under investigation? Probably not.

As a reminder, shortly after the Mar-a-Lago search, where was Jared Kushner?

You guessed it: Bedminster.

Still, taking into account the statements Donald Trump made about the documents, such as that they were his, that there was no crime and that the FBI should return his documents, I still believe he currently has documents in his Bedminster office.
c-span.org/video/?c503500…

Trump of course also reads the Washington Post and the New York Times (see pic). And he reads how federal agents are reluctant to search his properties and how those agents feel they don't have probable cause.

So why would he have any reason to believe they are going to search Bedminster? He knows and we know they won't search Bedminster. So any remaining classified documents likely just sit somewhere in his office.

@MadPrion I don't see any connection with Ivana and the classified docs case.

A reminder that Trump pardons were sold and Jared Kushner was the one in charge of getting these pardons done. A scandal in and of itself.

So are we really to believe this duo was not selling the classified documents in their possession during and after Trump's White House term?

I'm sure you read this article today right?

Well, there is a starring role for John McEntee:

“The president’s plan should be to fundamentally reorient the federal government in a way that hasn’t been done since F.D.R.’s New Deal.”

nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/…

John McEntee is a former White House personnel chief who began Trump’s systematic attempt to sweep out officials deemed to be disloyal in 2020 and who is now involved in mapping out the new approach.

But why is this in the Mar-a-Lago thread?

Well it is because last year McEntee met with Trump's Indonesian business partner Hary Tanoesoedibjo.
https://t.co/o8HmMca51minstagram.com/p/CdMT698hCmH/

A few days later, Donald Trump met with Tanoesoedibjo (again.)

This time I believe at a Trump golf property in LA.
https://t.co/ylhCi7Th1kinstagram.com/p/CdheF5dJx0S/

I say again, because earlier that year (2022) they met at Mar-a-Lago.

And Trump was directly recording a message for the Indonesian president.

Anyone that has followed the Trump/Russia scandal knows that Trump loves to use cutouts.

This McEntee meeting followed by Trump meeting his long time business partner Tanoesoedibjo again gives me flashbacks of Manafort, Prince/Papadopoulos and Kushner meetings.

There is no way McEntee met with Tanoesoedibjo without Trump's knowledge and approval.

What's in it for Trump? What's in it for McEntee? What's in it for Tanoesoedibjo?

There are many reasons why Trump would like to keep McEntee close and well-off.

This is one of those reasons:
cnn.com/2023/01/20/pol…

I showed you how Donald Trump was moving bankers boxes on his plane after his presidency had ended. But did he move bankers boxes to Palm Beach BEFORE his Presidential term ended?

🔥🔥🚨 Turns out he did! This is video of Trump arriving in Palm Beach December 23, 2020.

🚨 The question is if these boxes that are carried off the plane stayed in Mar-a-Lago when Trump went back to DC again.

Even if these boxes moved back to DC again, it shows a clear pattern that Trump takes these boxes with him at all times.

Source video: facebook.com/WFLXFOX29/vide…

Hey @cwebbonline could you do that thing with the numbered red squares again? :)

@cwebbonline Nice work @orbsi2

@cwebbonline @orbsi2 Thanks again @petestrzok for noting this to a wider audience.

@cwebbonline @orbsi2 @petestrzok 🧵 The superseding indictment tells us Walt Nauta was removing boxes from the storage room and putting those in Trump's residence, May 30, 2022.

That day he was also in contact with a Trump family member who saw these boxes.

Now read on..

@cwebbonline @orbsi2 @petestrzok 🚨🔥 It's certainly notable that on that same day, May 30 2022, Lara Trump posted two photos to Facebook where she was in the presence of Donald Trump at the beach property of Mar-a-Lago.

https://t.co/al1ajQU4X3facebook.com/photo/?fbid=55…

@cwebbonline @orbsi2 @petestrzok This is a photo of one of the buildings there. Clearly the same style as what we see in the photo with Donald Trump.

@cwebbonline @orbsi2 @petestrzok 🚨 That Monday, May 30, 2022, it was Memorial Day.

Though I do think the Trump family member mentioned in the indictment is more likely to be Melania Trump, Lara Trump is a witness either way. What did she see? Did she overhear any conversations or phone calls?