US EditionBook Claims Trump Classified Docs Posed Grave Security Risks
Special counsel Jack Smith's choice to prosecute in Florida exposed the case to a Trump-appointed judge, complicating the legal process and prompting an appeal by the Justice Department.
- On June 8, 2023, special counsel Jack Smith filed the Mar‑a‑Lago classified‑documents case in Florida, surprising prosecutors by charging President Donald Trump with 37 felony counts.
- Pearce was asked to weigh venue options as prosecutors debated appellate risks tied to Florida, while Merrick Garland reviewed Smith's memo and pressed for more detail on the choice.
- Reanalysis showed caseloads raised the odds of Judge Aileen M. Cannon getting the case from 1 in 6 to nearly 1 in 3, while prosecutors operated a secret Miami grand jury, according to Leonnig and Davis.
- After Aileen M. Cannon's ruling that Smith's appointment violated the Appointments Clause, Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar approved an appeal but denied removal, sending the case to the Eleventh Circuit and Supreme Court.
- The book draws on many anonymous interviews and reveals Jack Smith's secretive oath, including his cold turkey off prescription drugs before Merrick Garland announced his appointment on Nov. 18.
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DOJ Official Says Trump 'Would Be Arrested Tomorrow' if Not President
A Justice Department official admitted that President Trump “would be arrested tomorrow” if he weren’t in office, following the discovery of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. A new book excerpt by Washington Post investigative reporter Aaron C. Davis and former White House reporter Carol Leonnig reveals that DOJ officials agreed Trump should face arrest after uncovering a trove of “gravely sensitive” documents in August 2022. FBI ag…
‘If It Was Anyone Else, We’d Arrest Him Tomorrow’
MSNBC runs an excerpt from Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department: “Knowingly taking classified documents outside of a secure government facility was a crime, plain and simple, she explained. Trying to conceal them after receiving a May subpoena to return all classified records, as Trump had, made the crime far worse, she argued. But Olsen’s team knew that with Trump, all bets were off. The Justice Department wo…
New book reveals Trump’s classified docs scandal was 'far worse' than reported
A " handful"of documents found by the FBI during their raid of President Donald Trump's Palm Beach country club were "so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn’t have authorization to see them," according to an explosive new book excerpted by MSNBC.“Injustice: How Politics and...
'Made the crime far worse': Severity of Trump's classified docs incident revealed in new book
A " handful"of documents found by the FBI during their raid of President Donald Trump's Palm Beach country club were "so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn’t have authorization to see them," according to an explosive new book excerpted by MSNBC.“Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department,” written by MSNBC's senior investigative correspondent Carol Leonnig and Washington Post's Aaron Davis…
‘If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow’: Justice Department aide said of Trump
Carol Leonnig's new book reveals that one senior Justice Department official believed they had enough evidence to arrest Donald Trump for holding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago
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