Trump announcing the indictment on June 8th was NOT what DOJ/SCO wanted. I'll show you.
The very first document on the docket is the motion to seal the indictment. It says that the grand jury returned an indictment on June 8th, 2023. (wish it gave a time, but it doesn't)
The filing says that Trump and Nauta were informed that they were targets of the investigation, but that neither Trump nor Nauta were informed of the decision to seek an indictment.
Citing intense media/public interests, the Special Counsel's Office wanted to keep the indictment sealed and asked the judge to issue a judicial summons to Trump and Nauta for Tuesday, June 13th, at which time they would unseal the indictment.
They, DOJ/SCO, wanted to delay public disclosure of the indictment.
The judge agrees and ORDERS it all sealed until next Tuesday.
So what does Trump do?
He seizes control of the narrative and tells the whole world that he has been indicted, hahaha!
Which causes the Special Counsel to then ask the judge to unseal the indictment, because, well, it's now pointless to keep it sealed.
Judge agrees and unseals it.
Trump's lawyers tell media they received a summons, but have not received an indictment.
He always knows.
Just like with the MAL "Raid" and the Bragg indictment, Trump is the man who informs the world of what is going on.
He controls the narrative.
And Patriots control much more.
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Link to docket for anyone who wants to follow the case.
-Michael Dreeben
Fmr Deputy Solicitor General, longtime DOJ prosecutor, and member of both the Mueller and Smith Special Counsel teams.
-Elias Kim
Litigator for Dept of Commerce and Solicitor General's Office. Experienced in appellate issues.
-Ephraim McDowell
Another alum of the Solicitor General's Office. Also worked in White House Counsel's Office.
-Rebekah Donaleski
Over a decade of experience as a prosecutor for the SDNY. Led the Public Corruption Unit there. Involved in the prosecutions of Senator Robert Menendez, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Michael Avenatti.
Kim, McDowell, and Donaleski are all from the Cooley Law Firm.
Between Sept 2019 and July 2021, Iran hacked Bolton's personal email account and accessed the classified and national defense information he had put in it.
Bolton alerted the US Gov't to the hack, but did not inform them of the classified and national defense information that was on it.
On a regular basis, Bolton sent "diary" entries via unsecured applications to two family members which described his "day-to-day activities as the National Security Advisor."
These "diary" entries contained TOP SECRET/SCI-level national defense information.
Just complete disregard for proper handling of classified information.
NEW Superseding indictment in 2016 Philippine election money laundering case adds voting machine company SMARTMATIC as a defendant.
Venezuelan co-founder and exec of Smartmatic, Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez, was already a defendant in the case. Other execs and agents are also charged.
The charges against Smartmatic and other defendants include Conspiracy and Money Laundering
Also seeks forfeiture of property directly connected to the criminality.
"an investigation seeking to discredit an earlier F.B.I. inquiry into Russia’s attempt to tilt the 2016 election in President Trump’s favor"
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"to open a grand jury investigation into whether anyone at F.B.I. headquarters during and after the Biden administration had mishandled classified documents related to the Russia investigation"
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Discovery has begun to flow as Judge Nachmanoff issued an order setting deadlines and the appointment of a CISO.
Rule 16 material is due to be turned over today.
The first piece of discovery, a single page, was produced to the defense at the end of last week.
Filings indicate it perhaps had to do with the appointment of Halligan and/or the identities of PERSON 1 and PERSON 3. While many of us are confident that PERSON 1 is Hillary Clinton (and PERSON 2 would be Donald Trump), the identity of PERSON 3 is up for debate.
Defense counsel intends to file motions to disqualify Halligan, and that motion would be due by October 20th.