In its recent filing in FL in the fight over Trump's request for a special master re: Mar-a-Lago seized docs, DOJ noted they'd gotten permission to disclose info about grand jury subpoenas. Closing that particular loop, the DC federal court unsealed that order today:
Newly unsealed doc showing DOJ's request to disclose info about a Mar-a-Lago grand jury subpoena mostly repeats info we saw in the govt's filing in the FL special master case. One thing that seemed new -- feds spotted 50-55 boxes in the storage room during the June visit
Both Trump and DOJ had talked about the visit to the basement storage room before, but didn't share that number. Today's unsealed inventory list showed the FBI seized 26 boxes from the storage room in August (rest came from Trump's office), so this doc helps put the #s in context
Something else that wasn't in DOJ's FL filing this week is the parenthetical here making clear that the 103 *documents* seized from Mar-a-Lago with classification markings during the Aug. search amount to *hundreds of pages*, per the govt's accounting of them
This swipe at Trump's "I already declassified everything" line of attack was also not in DOJ's Florida filing -- pointing out that the subpoena sought docs with classification *markings" not classification *status* (judges and lawyers love to get spicy in footnotes)
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The inventory list sheds new light on what was in each of the boxes found at Mar-a-Lago, and how docs with classified markings were mingled with miscellaneous other materials (books, press clippings, clothing/gifts)
On the newly unsealed property inventory of items seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, which sheds more light on the extent of classified materials FBI agents found and how they were mingled with other items. With @cstrohm and @eelarson: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Hello from Judge Amit Mehta's courtroom (I'm listening in, they're in-person), where arguments will begin soon on a motion in the contempt of Congress case against Trump adviser Peter Navarro -- Navarro is arguing DOJ owes him more discovery re: Jan. 6 committee, DOJ says nope
Dial-in info to listen to the hearing + court rules (no recording/broadcasting): dcd.uscourts.gov/covid-19-emerg…
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Mehta begins by having govt lawyer (I don't believe she was ID'd by name) explain what exactly they've produced to Navarro -- she says all materials provided by the Jan. 6 committee and the White House to DOJ that DOJ asked for re: Navarro
Hello from Judge Mehta's courtroom (they're in-person, I'm listening in remotely), where a hearing is just starting on a string of motions re: what evidence can/cannot be presented at trial in the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy case -- the first trial is set to begin 9/26
A change: Mehta says they're going to start the first trial on 9/27 instead to avoid a conflict with the Jewish high holidays
Here's the number to dial-in to listen to the hearing before Mehta, plus link to court rules (no recording/broadcasting): dcd.uscourts.gov/covid-19-emerg…
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We've got three new sealed docket entries now, we don't know what they are, the waiting continues (fwiw we've seen these clusters before when DOJ has initially filed something under seal before the court gives the green light to unseal)
A federal magistrate judge in Florida said in court today that at least some parts of the sealed Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit should be unsealed, but TBD what those will be -- DOJ gets a week to propose redactions, reports @eelarson. More to come.
"I’m not prepared to find that the affidavit should be fully sealed."
A judge wasn't persuaded by DOJ's arguments to keep the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit under wraps, but what exactly the public will get to see isn't clear yet. From @eelarson: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
@eelarson New: Order from Judge Bruce Reinhart directing DOJ to file proposed redactions by next week re: the Mar-a-Lago affidavit.
"I find that on the present record the Government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. " bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Rudy Giuliani had his big day appearing before the special grand jury probing potential postelection crimes in Georgia, spending approx. six hours inside the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta.
What did he say (or not?) His lawyers have been mostly mum.
Recall that Giuliani attorney Robert Costello confirmed that they were told earlier this week that Giuliani is a target of the investigation: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Tonight, asked how it went, Costello texts: "It went great. Very professional and friendly. Giuliani was told he completed his grand jury obligations and the DA came out of her office to meet him. She was very friendly."
What was said? "We are not discussing the substance"