On June 9, 2023, special counsel #JackSmith unveiled a 38-count indictment of former President Trump and Waltine Nauta, a personal valet who works at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The first 31 counts relate to Trump alone and involve… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Espionage Act Charges
Trump is charged with having retained and not returned 31 separate documents containing, among others, information allegedly “concerning nuclear capabilities of a foreign country” and information “concerning military contingency planning of the United… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
A short transcript of the conversation is cited by Smith and suggests that Trump shared military information with the author because he wanted to debunk public claims made by a senior military official against Trump. That official is reported to be Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In a second instance of sharing national defense information, Smith alleges that in August or September 2021, Trump showed a classified map concerning an ongoing conflict in a foreign country to a representative of his political action committee.
While these 2 incidents look very bad for Trump, there is no concrete evidence that Trump showed the parties involved actual national defense information as opposed to just boasting.
That said, Smith does not appear to have included the incidents in the indictment for legal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
It is also noteworthy that Smith did not charge Trump under the Presidential Records Act (PRA), nor did he cite the PRA, which requires that presidential records be turned over to the @USNatArchives at the end of a presidential administration.
A point that has been largely overlooked is that the grand jury subpoena was for documents with “classification markings,” meaning that the actual classification status was irrelevant to what the subpoena sought. theepochtimes.com/trump-lawyer-m…
While Trump may have defenses for the Espionage Act charges—for instance, by claiming that certain documents did not need to be returned under the PRA, that he was authorized to have the documents, or that @USNatArchives itself was involved in packing boxes at the White House… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
As if to underscore this point, #JackSmith has not charged Trump with any wrongdoing for the timeframe before the grand jury subpoena was issued on May 11, 2022.
The most serious legal jeopardy Trump faces relates to alleged process crimes in connection with the grand jury subpoena. Process crimes are crimes against the judicial process, as opposed to underlying crimes.
Specifically, Trump and his valet, Nauta, are charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in a federal investigation, a scheme to conceal, and making false statements.
According to #JackSmith, 2 lawyers for Trump, including Evan Corcoran, told Trump on May 23, 2022, that in order to comply with the subpoena, they would need to search all of the boxes sent to Mar-a-Lago from the White House.
#JackSmith’s theory is that Trump removed boxes from the storage room so that Corcoran could not search them and so that relevant documents would never be returned to @USNatArchives.
Smith claims that a total of 64 boxes were moved from the storage room to Trump’s residence but… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Subpoena Certification
While it was Corcoran that conducted the search, he did not sign the subpoena certification himself. A subpoena certification is meant to certify that a subpoena has been complied with. Instead, Corcoran asked another lawyer for Trump, Christina Bobb, to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Specifically, Bobb attested to the fact that “A diligent search was conducted of the boxes that were moved from the White House to Florida” when, according to Smith, some of those boxes were never searched as they had been moved to Trump’s residence.
Consequently, #JackSmith has now charged Trump with various concealment offenses with respect to moving the boxes around, as well as with lying to the grand jury and the #FBI because he allegedly knew that the certification signed by Bobb was untrue.
As for Nauta’s role in the alleged concealment, it is not clear from the indictment how or why Nauta would have known about the grand jury subpoena or the incorrect subpoena certification.
Trump is in an arguably better position than Nauta, as he can, and probably will, blame his attorneys.
Unlike Nauta, Trump did not speak to the FBI himself. Trump could argue that his lawyers handled the entire matter and that he did not know what the subpoena demanded, nor what… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Trump could further argue, as he appears to have already done on Fox News, that he had the right to look through the boxes that were under subpoena.
He could, for instance, say that he was merely recovering personal items and that he did not remove any… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Trump could claim that Corcoran never explained the parameters of the subpoena and that it was Corcoran’s task to conduct a diligent search, not Trump’s.
Similarly, he could argue that Corcoran should not have caused the certification to be signed by Bobb without searching other… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
We do not know what Corcoran will do. He might take all the blame himself or he could agree with #JackSmith that he was misled by Trump.
Ultimately, Trump’s fate with respect to the alleged process crimes appears to hinge on what Corcoran will tell the jury and whether the jury… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Unlike the flimsy charges brought by @ManhattanDA Alvin Brag in April, the charges brought by #JackSmith are serious and appear to be backed by ample documentary evidence.
While these events have now placed @realDonaldTrump in legal peril, it should be borne in mind that no official has ever been pursued with the same zeal as Trump.
Similarly, no action was ever taken against former Secretary of State @HillaryClinton despite the fact that a trove of documents with classification markings was found on her private email server.
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A revolt against government policies that many say usurp parental authority is spreading across the nation—especially in blue states where lawmakers have promoted transgender ideology and "gender-affirming care"—according to parents, attorneys, and teachers.theepochtimes.com/article/parent…
For more than a year, #California parents have shown up in droves at legislative hearings and phoned in by the hundreds to protest policies that encourage schools to keep social gender transitions of children secret.
Teachers also have begun to refuse to hide information about a child's gender identity from parents.
Meanwhile, Democratic members of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus have spearheaded legislation supporting so-called gender-affirming care, especially for children, touting it as a “first-in-the-nation” model.
Parental rights groups such as Our Duty have pushed back against the model, while groups such as Planned Parenthood, Equality California, and others support it.
California school districts claim that they’re required by law to keep gender transitions secret from parents unless a child wants to tell his or her parents.
IN-DEPTH: Doctors Warn of the 'Hidden Harms' of Bioengineered Foods
Some doctors are disturbed by the current trajectory of manipulating food sources.
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With the rise of bioengineered foods and ingredients on the market, doctors are warning consumers about the "hidden harms" that may be lurking in the foods they purchase. theepochtimes.com/health/in-dept…
The USDA defines bioengineered food as a consumable product that “contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature.”
On Jan. 1, 2022, the USDA implemented a new disclosure standard for bioengineered food, so manufacturers must now label food products with the terms “bioengineered” or “derived from bioengineering” so consumers will know what they are buying.
They Suffered Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination. Years Later, Some Still Haven't Recovered.
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"I didn't want to take the vaccine. I didn't believe in it."
But he wanted to appease his mother. "I would do anything for her."
While Mr. Cohen initially resisted receiving a shot, he faced restrictions such as being forced to remain on base while vaccinated soldiers left.
He was also pressured by military commanders, who scheduled a vaccination appointment for him and contacted his mother as part of a multipronged campaign.
"They told me, 'Come on. It's your mother. She's crying. She's worried. What wouldn't you do for her?'"
Mr. Cohen received his first shot, manufactured by Pfizer, on Sept. 22, 2021. He was 21.
2 weeks later, he was awakened by a sharp pain at 3 a.m.
"I felt like my heart was trying to get out of my chest," Mr. Cohen said.
The soldier has felt pain before. "I never felt something like this."
"I felt like I was truly dying."
Doctors finally came in and ran tests. They diagnosed Mr. Cohen with perimyocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle and the tissue around the heart.
They said Mr. Cohen was lucky. If he had come just a little later, he would have needed open heart surgery.
He spent 3 days in the hospital, taking medication and pills. When he was discharged, he was told not to engage in any physical activity for at least 6 months. He also needed to report for regular checkups and take a pill every day.
6 months after leaving the hospital, Mr. Cohen's cardiac MRI showed concerning results. His heart still hadn't recovered.
Doctors gave him more pills.
"They told me maybe I will need them for the rest of my life," Mr. Cohen said.
#COVID19 vaccines cause heart inflammation, US authorities now acknowledge.
But after being warned in early 2021 about a "large number" of cases among healthy, young people in Israel after COVID-19 vaccination, authorities did not immediately alert the public while also failing to detect a safety signal that was present in the US, an Epoch Times investigation has found.
Even after deaths from #Myocarditis—inflammation of the heart—were reported and myocarditis was designated as a likely side effect of the shots, US officials kept recommending vaccination for virtually the entire populace.
That led to millions of young people receiving a vaccine.
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They Welcomed Illegal Immigrants With Open Arms, Now Sanctuary Cities Say They're Past ‘Breaking Point’
Mayors from New York, Chicago, and other large cities are struggling with resources, blaming Texas, as illegal immigrants move in en masse. theepochtimes.com/us/they-welcom…
Before Eric Adams was elected @NYCMayor in 2021, his campaign posted on Twitter:
Meteorologists, Scientists Explain Why There Is ‘No Climate Emergency’
Flawed modeling and overblown rhetoric drowning out scientific reality for the sake of money and power, climate experts say theepochtimes.com/article/meteor…
There's no climate emergency.
And the alarmist messaging pushed by global elites is purely political.
That's what 1,609 scientists and informed professionals stated when they signed the Global Climate Intelligence Group's "World Climate Declaration."
The group is an independent "climate watchdog" founded in 2019 by emeritus professor of geophysics Guus Berkhout and Marcel Crok, a science journalist.
The organization's objective is to "generate knowledge and understanding of the causes and effects of climate change as well as the effects of climate policy."
It does so by objectively looking at the facts and engaging in scientific research into #ClimateChange and climate policy.