(Washington Examiner) A bevy of legal experts, reacting to new explosive reporting about the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation, is convinced there is now enough evidence to charge former President Donald Trump with crimes.
Fresh details about the politically charged Justice Department inquiry, reported by the Washington Post and others on Wednesday, revealed a Trump employee told federal investigators that Trump himself ordered the moving of boxes stocked with records following a May subpoena for classified material, and security footage corroborated the account.
Government investigators are working to determine whether Trump committed a host of crimes, including those engaged with the destruction of government documents, mishandling of classified information, and obstruction.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has dubiously claimed that he declassified all the records taken from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. But this new reporting has given his naysayers more reason to suspect he’s vulnerable to an indictment.
“There it is,” national security lawyer Bradley Moss tweeted.
There it is 👇 https://t.co/2imDgBxm3u
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) October 12, 2022
“Between this and the testimony of Alex Cannon (to name just two recent developments) Trump’s MAL goose is cooked. As I have oft said, the issue is no longer the proof, but DOJ’s will. Trump worker told FBI about moving MAL boxes on Trump’s orders,” tweeted former Mueller “pit bull” prosecutor Andrew Weissmann.
Weissmann was referring to the Trump-appointed federal judge presiding over the documents case who sided with the former president in allowing a special master to review documents taken by the FBI in an August raid of Mar-a-Lago to root out privileged material.
Between this ⬇️and the testimony of Alex Cannon (to name just two recent developments) Trump’s MAL goose is cooked.
As I have oft said, the issue is no longer the proof, but DOJ’s will.Trump worker told FBI about moving MAL boxes on Trump’s orders https://t.co/H0HyWUNgse
— Andrew Weissmann 🌻 (@AWeissmann_) October 12, 2022
“Astonishing level of evidence. That would convince jurors. Witnesses have told federal investigators: After subpoena for classified docs, ‘Trump told people to move boxes to his residence at the property’! ‘Corroborated by the security-camera footage,'” former Pentagon special counsel Ryan Goodman wrote on Twitter.
Astonishing level of evidence. That would convince jurors.
Witnesses have told federal investigators:
After subpoena for classified docs, “Trump told people to move boxes to his residence at the property”!
“Corroborated by the security-camera footage”!https://t.co/PUv2j5H6kd
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) October 12, 2022A
