Subj : Re: Blunt says that Trump...
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Mon Aug 29 2022 10:38:03

On 29 Aug 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt conceded on Sunday that Donald Trump should have
 MP> returned the documents he took after leaving office, which led to the FBI
 MP> search of Mar-a-Lago
 MP> He also questions the timing of the search and why the FBI waited until
 MP> right before the midterms when the issue has been ongoing for over two
 MP> years now.  Pretty sure I know the answer to that question...

Do you, though? When considering how long the FBI waited, have you also
considered how long they *didn't* wait? Have you considered that the search
of Mar-a-Lago would have been much more politically effective as an "October
surprise?" The issue has been going on for two years now, but that's
irrelevant to the timing of the execution of the search warrant. The
government spent time trying to negotiate with Trump for the return of the
documents (all of them), and then a subpoena was issued in the spring of
2022. Failure to respond to the subpoena brought a visit by federal agents in
Jnue of 2022 when some, but not all, of the documents were retrieved.

Trump had an opportunity two months before the search warrant was executed to
return all of the documents. And you think it was the FBI stretching out the
timeline? It was all Trump.

Jeff.

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