NOTICE by United States Of America of Appeal, Stay Pending Appeal also filed. “the classified records are the very subject of the government’s ongoing investigation”
I was hoping we'd hear from you today once I heard that DOJ had filed an appeal. #TraitorTrump 🤡 is having a bad day. He's really pissed off about the ads the Lincoln Project has been running on his old favorite network #FauxNews & has threatened (gasp!) to sue! 😲😲🤣🤣🤣 And now this! Judge Cannon isn't making sure he gets "his property" back. For the benefit of #DonaldDunce DOJ has repeated several times that records marked "classified" ARE. NOT. HIS. PROPERTY!! Also, I love that DOJ warned Judge Cannon on page 1, paragraph 1, that if she doesn't do the right thing, they're going over her head to the 11th circuit for redress. We are definitely in "Fuck Around and Find Out" territory & I'm loving it. I'm sick to death of messing around with this joker. We've now had six years of misery thanks to him. Enough is enough. Speaking of going H-A-M, I sincerely hope that's what DOJ & every AG with jurisdiction is going to do. Hit this stupid SOB with every charge you can make stick. Like you Filey, I really want to see a perp walk with #TraitorTrump's hands cuffed behind him. I also want to see Tish James dismantle his company, but that's probably too much to hope for.
That's my rant for tonight. Yes, that rainbow was your former boss helping you. Glad you scared the shit out of the client who thought tangling with you was a good idea. Finally, I sincerely hope the Scotch & lamb were excellent. You deserve it. Enjoy your time off. 😉
The whole “I’ll see you in Court” isn’t exactly a statement made from strength. It comes off like the 🍊💩🙉 is randomly lashing out but calling the LP founders “perverts” me thinks Trump will regret that
No doubt. Hey #DonnieDunce . . . does the word "discovery" mean anything to you? The LP's avowed mission (more or less) is to keep #TraitorTrump playing defense & piss him off enough that he keeps making mistakes. If ever the phrase "convicted out of their own mouth" applied to anybody, it applies to #TraitorTrump. He's a loudmouth who seems wholly incapable of keeping his big fat trap SHUT! Have you seen LP latest? It's pretty hilarious! I can close my eyes & imagine the orange idiot popping a blood vessel when he sees it! 🤣🤣🤣https://youtu.be/DC5352Ku3CA
I read the complete transcript and was as delighted as you to see how the DOJ “respectfully” put Judge Cannon on the hot seat for her ruling. It was a great read and as usual your review was as usual spot on! Thanks again for your insight and enjoy your dinner…eat-up and don’t forget dessert.😉
Congrats on the LoE, Spicey---I'm picturing your self-restraint to win the war. Enjoy the night 'cuz you deserve it. I got to read it earlier and I had exactly the same joyous reaction. So good I read it again. AG ain't playin'. Yes, I'll restock the popcorn this weekend.
It was deliciously and oddly I didn’t get fired <snort: but when the 2nd round of scotch came around I know my boss was pissed that I declined —after some brow beating I picked up the glass and chugged it —much to his surprise & delight
I just added an update —admittedly I might have been still buzz from the work dinner but I thought my readers should know that Trump’s fighting to keep the filter team report under seal
My greatest wish tonight was to read your breakdown. Your former boss is still good to you, sister 🌈 Enjoy your fabulous dinner; I spent many delightful evenings at that Palm, my ex's favorite resto. Much respect 🏆
This appeal is what I like to call (when working with my patients who have done something that is harmful, bonkers or embarrassing and they want/wish to get out of, but can't/won't unless they have a way to save face) "Creating a Permission Structure." An "Exit Ramp" if you will, that allows someone who has done something SO detrimental that even THEY know they need to not do it, but they feel like they are "In for a penny in for a pound" so to speak, and that they have no options to stop the moving freight train they are on now for many complicated reasons (they could be face saving, work or familial pressures, they don't fathom alternatives, etc). "Creating a Permission Structure" gives the person the 'narrowest' of openings to sprint through, if that is what they REALLY wanted in the first place, and in more cases than not, it is. I'm not saying that is what she will do here, but it is a smart move for them to make their next move tempered and one such as this, where she can feel like 'she chose the exit ramp,' if she does, vs raining down hell and fury (which of course can be the next step), but if there is a working synapse in there and she wants to take the least of all bad options she has created, she will take this one. This will not go away for her, she has to know that. No matter what her rulings, she chose to thrust herself into it, she alllowed herself to be used, but she can start to mitigate the fallout, and she is looking at a long road ahead of her (unfortunately).
I would reject the appeal outright. What the government is saying is the Special Master is fine to look at 11K plus documents and other goodies we took - but don't look that which is "MARKED" classified - without any knowledge of whether or not those documents are in fact still classified. As we're dealing with a former President here, one who had the power to declassify ANYTHING, everything including that which is MARKED classified could be declassified. And we won't know that unless a third party arbiter looks at them.
To prove my point (in other words, how I know they're bullshitting), the government goes into detail of the "missing files" of the empty folders. They need to continue their investigation to look for something that ISN'T THERE! Oh, come on!
Judge Cannon is smarter than this - she's been three steps ahead of them from the get-go. She gave a stern warning in court about the leaks and one day later they leaked to the Washington Post about the nuclear documents Trump had that not even the highest officials of Biden administration can lay eyes on. So they literally spit in her face.
And now they want to her to separate document from the Special Master?
If the government gets away with this - those documents - the one marked classified - could be anything they want them to be! They'll be the ones no gets to see and are leaked to the press.
The Special Master gets see EVERYTHING - if the nuclear documents are there, we'll all know about them. Transparency! That's Democracy and not the Semi- Fascist kind!
Interesting opinion—respectfully I have a few questions
1) what if any evidence you do have that the FBI planted evidence?
2) again why type of evidence do you have to support your provocative assertion that the FBI would simply plant classified documents
3) do you know the SAP protocols —like signing in/out of TS/SCI SAP documents?
3a) then if you really did you’d know that highly classified like TS/SCI SAP have arduous chain of custody CFRs in place, do you know how those documents are disseminated?
4) what part of highly classified documents,(of which there is zero evidence t9 support your regurgitation of Trump’s talking point) implicating our Nation’s National Security do you not understand?
5) did Mar A Largo have the temporary SCIF removed?
6) what actual evidence do you have that Trump “declassified” these documents
Because question 6 is pretty important given that Trump has yet to argue or provide the Court (and the Govt) that he had previously declassified said documents. Yes #6 was in fact a loaded question —in my line of work, we don’t ask questions that we don’t already have the answers to. Just saying
5a) if so please provide a blue print of Mar A Largo that would somehow explain why 3 TS/SCI documents were found in the former president’s desk?
But if you think coming here and regurgitating Trump and/or MAGA talking points is welcomed, I regret to inform you that in general I don’t tolerate this kind of dangerous and overt disinformation and misinformation. Notwithstanding I’m happy to have a civil and constructive debate
I'm basing my opinion on Cannon's original ruling. On Monday, Cannon verbally admonished the leaks. THE LEAKS are "evidence" of malfeasance. Remember, Garland went into detail about how and why things are done outside of the public eye to preserve the integrity of the investigation.
The VERY NEXT DAY yet another leak to the Washington Post. This is like getting a three-year-old to stop wetting the bed. A three-year-old who suddenly has become spiteful.
At that point Cannon has to ask - "What integrity?"
That is not a MAGA talking point. That is in Cannon's ruling and that is partly the reason for her ruling. STOP LEAKING TO THE PRESS!
"Oh it's not our fault there are leaks - the press is reporting on a self-perpetuating story."
"Okay. Who leaked the photo with the files on the carpet then?"
NO MORE LEAKS. On that alone, Cannon should reject the appeal.
Point Two: The Government position is that ANY Special Master will side with Trump. How do they know that? "I mean, it's okay for him to check the gifts, toys and Barron's baseball card collection, but when it comes to the Adult Stuff, we'll take over." That's what they're telling Cannon. Um, no. We're here because you can not be trusted. Garland said the investigation was to be "narrow in scope."
It was ANYTHING BUT THAT! You got sticky fingers! That's why we need a third-party arbiter! You took 12K items - let the Special Master look through that crap - we know what's really important in this pile.
Okay, Geniuses, if that's the case, why the hell did you take all the crap in the first place when the boss said the search in narrow in scope?
But here's the real reason: If there is the smoking gun there - as the leaks say there is - how will a Special Master manage to conceal it? Will he just tossed it into a pile of Trump's Dental Appointment receipts?
If it's there, it's there! No one will be able to conceal it! Everyone will have seen it, including the Special Master! That's how things are done in a Democracy - no hidden pea under a nutshell and no fudging one thing for something else.
If the government is able to parse the evidence - suddenly that opens the floodgates for anything left to be damnable. No, the Special Master sees all of it, or the case itself is thrown out.
This is a former US President, and I don't give a flying you know what how much you hate him, if you're gonna hang him on this - you'd better have the damned goods. And the investigation had better be open, honest, transparent and above board - for everyone in the country to see!
PS. Don't BS me on MAGA crap! This plain legal logic.
I was hoping we'd hear from you today once I heard that DOJ had filed an appeal. #TraitorTrump 🤡 is having a bad day. He's really pissed off about the ads the Lincoln Project has been running on his old favorite network #FauxNews & has threatened (gasp!) to sue! 😲😲🤣🤣🤣 And now this! Judge Cannon isn't making sure he gets "his property" back. For the benefit of #DonaldDunce DOJ has repeated several times that records marked "classified" ARE. NOT. HIS. PROPERTY!! Also, I love that DOJ warned Judge Cannon on page 1, paragraph 1, that if she doesn't do the right thing, they're going over her head to the 11th circuit for redress. We are definitely in "Fuck Around and Find Out" territory & I'm loving it. I'm sick to death of messing around with this joker. We've now had six years of misery thanks to him. Enough is enough. Speaking of going H-A-M, I sincerely hope that's what DOJ & every AG with jurisdiction is going to do. Hit this stupid SOB with every charge you can make stick. Like you Filey, I really want to see a perp walk with #TraitorTrump's hands cuffed behind him. I also want to see Tish James dismantle his company, but that's probably too much to hope for.
That's my rant for tonight. Yes, that rainbow was your former boss helping you. Glad you scared the shit out of the client who thought tangling with you was a good idea. Finally, I sincerely hope the Scotch & lamb were excellent. You deserve it. Enjoy your time off. 😉
The whole “I’ll see you in Court” isn’t exactly a statement made from strength. It comes off like the 🍊💩🙉 is randomly lashing out but calling the LP founders “perverts” me thinks Trump will regret that
No doubt. Hey #DonnieDunce . . . does the word "discovery" mean anything to you? The LP's avowed mission (more or less) is to keep #TraitorTrump playing defense & piss him off enough that he keeps making mistakes. If ever the phrase "convicted out of their own mouth" applied to anybody, it applies to #TraitorTrump. He's a loudmouth who seems wholly incapable of keeping his big fat trap SHUT! Have you seen LP latest? It's pretty hilarious! I can close my eyes & imagine the orange idiot popping a blood vessel when he sees it! 🤣🤣🤣https://youtu.be/DC5352Ku3CA
Great rant! I thought the DOJ gave her a chance to save face...nicely, too.
I read the complete transcript and was as delighted as you to see how the DOJ “respectfully” put Judge Cannon on the hot seat for her ruling. It was a great read and as usual your review was as usual spot on! Thanks again for your insight and enjoy your dinner…eat-up and don’t forget dessert.😉
Congrats on the LoE, Spicey---I'm picturing your self-restraint to win the war. Enjoy the night 'cuz you deserve it. I got to read it earlier and I had exactly the same joyous reaction. So good I read it again. AG ain't playin'. Yes, I'll restock the popcorn this weekend.
Hope your dinner is and was great and thanks for taking the time to summarize. Good going on your LOE.
It was deliciously and oddly I didn’t get fired <snort: but when the 2nd round of scotch came around I know my boss was pissed that I declined —after some brow beating I picked up the glass and chugged it —much to his surprise & delight
Thank you tons for taking the time to write this. Your analyses are the best!
Have a fabulous dinner, especially after handling that sticky situation so well.
THANK YOU. I said to myself earlier today "I wish I would hear from Filey". And here you are. I so appreciate you!!!
I just added an update —admittedly I might have been still buzz from the work dinner but I thought my readers should know that Trump’s fighting to keep the filter team report under seal
https://file411.substack.com/i/72454601/updated-to-now-include-the-governments-motion-to-unseal-the-filter-teams-request-august-pm-dc-local-time
Just wanted to say thanks and let you know I have started putting Chorizo in your instantpot spaghetti recipe and it is *chef's kiss!
Holy SHITTLESTIX that’s a great addition. Oddly I was planing on making Portuguese Sausage and Kale soup in the InstaPot this weekend.
My greatest wish tonight was to read your breakdown. Your former boss is still good to you, sister 🌈 Enjoy your fabulous dinner; I spent many delightful evenings at that Palm, my ex's favorite resto. Much respect 🏆
Whispers —there’s an update
https://file411.substack.com/i/72454601/updated-to-now-include-the-governments-motion-to-unseal-the-filter-teams-request-august-pm-dc-local-time
The perfect accompaniment to my morning coffee! Talk about a chef's kiss 💋 Many thanks as always, and for the beach posts 🥂
HAM and lamb! What a hoot!
I see what you did there, JC.
This appeal is what I like to call (when working with my patients who have done something that is harmful, bonkers or embarrassing and they want/wish to get out of, but can't/won't unless they have a way to save face) "Creating a Permission Structure." An "Exit Ramp" if you will, that allows someone who has done something SO detrimental that even THEY know they need to not do it, but they feel like they are "In for a penny in for a pound" so to speak, and that they have no options to stop the moving freight train they are on now for many complicated reasons (they could be face saving, work or familial pressures, they don't fathom alternatives, etc). "Creating a Permission Structure" gives the person the 'narrowest' of openings to sprint through, if that is what they REALLY wanted in the first place, and in more cases than not, it is. I'm not saying that is what she will do here, but it is a smart move for them to make their next move tempered and one such as this, where she can feel like 'she chose the exit ramp,' if she does, vs raining down hell and fury (which of course can be the next step), but if there is a working synapse in there and she wants to take the least of all bad options she has created, she will take this one. This will not go away for her, she has to know that. No matter what her rulings, she chose to thrust herself into it, she alllowed herself to be used, but she can start to mitigate the fallout, and she is looking at a long road ahead of her (unfortunately).
Favorite single malt? Go Filey, gettin better all the tiiimmme.
I would reject the appeal outright. What the government is saying is the Special Master is fine to look at 11K plus documents and other goodies we took - but don't look that which is "MARKED" classified - without any knowledge of whether or not those documents are in fact still classified. As we're dealing with a former President here, one who had the power to declassify ANYTHING, everything including that which is MARKED classified could be declassified. And we won't know that unless a third party arbiter looks at them.
To prove my point (in other words, how I know they're bullshitting), the government goes into detail of the "missing files" of the empty folders. They need to continue their investigation to look for something that ISN'T THERE! Oh, come on!
Judge Cannon is smarter than this - she's been three steps ahead of them from the get-go. She gave a stern warning in court about the leaks and one day later they leaked to the Washington Post about the nuclear documents Trump had that not even the highest officials of Biden administration can lay eyes on. So they literally spit in her face.
And now they want to her to separate document from the Special Master?
If the government gets away with this - those documents - the one marked classified - could be anything they want them to be! They'll be the ones no gets to see and are leaked to the press.
The Special Master gets see EVERYTHING - if the nuclear documents are there, we'll all know about them. Transparency! That's Democracy and not the Semi- Fascist kind!
Interesting opinion—respectfully I have a few questions
1) what if any evidence you do have that the FBI planted evidence?
2) again why type of evidence do you have to support your provocative assertion that the FBI would simply plant classified documents
3) do you know the SAP protocols —like signing in/out of TS/SCI SAP documents?
3a) then if you really did you’d know that highly classified like TS/SCI SAP have arduous chain of custody CFRs in place, do you know how those documents are disseminated?
4) what part of highly classified documents,(of which there is zero evidence t9 support your regurgitation of Trump’s talking point) implicating our Nation’s National Security do you not understand?
5) did Mar A Largo have the temporary SCIF removed?
6) what actual evidence do you have that Trump “declassified” these documents
Because question 6 is pretty important given that Trump has yet to argue or provide the Court (and the Govt) that he had previously declassified said documents. Yes #6 was in fact a loaded question —in my line of work, we don’t ask questions that we don’t already have the answers to. Just saying
5a) if so please provide a blue print of Mar A Largo that would somehow explain why 3 TS/SCI documents were found in the former president’s desk?
But if you think coming here and regurgitating Trump and/or MAGA talking points is welcomed, I regret to inform you that in general I don’t tolerate this kind of dangerous and overt disinformation and misinformation. Notwithstanding I’m happy to have a civil and constructive debate
I'm basing my opinion on Cannon's original ruling. On Monday, Cannon verbally admonished the leaks. THE LEAKS are "evidence" of malfeasance. Remember, Garland went into detail about how and why things are done outside of the public eye to preserve the integrity of the investigation.
The VERY NEXT DAY yet another leak to the Washington Post. This is like getting a three-year-old to stop wetting the bed. A three-year-old who suddenly has become spiteful.
At that point Cannon has to ask - "What integrity?"
That is not a MAGA talking point. That is in Cannon's ruling and that is partly the reason for her ruling. STOP LEAKING TO THE PRESS!
"Oh it's not our fault there are leaks - the press is reporting on a self-perpetuating story."
"Okay. Who leaked the photo with the files on the carpet then?"
NO MORE LEAKS. On that alone, Cannon should reject the appeal.
Point Two: The Government position is that ANY Special Master will side with Trump. How do they know that? "I mean, it's okay for him to check the gifts, toys and Barron's baseball card collection, but when it comes to the Adult Stuff, we'll take over." That's what they're telling Cannon. Um, no. We're here because you can not be trusted. Garland said the investigation was to be "narrow in scope."
It was ANYTHING BUT THAT! You got sticky fingers! That's why we need a third-party arbiter! You took 12K items - let the Special Master look through that crap - we know what's really important in this pile.
Okay, Geniuses, if that's the case, why the hell did you take all the crap in the first place when the boss said the search in narrow in scope?
But here's the real reason: If there is the smoking gun there - as the leaks say there is - how will a Special Master manage to conceal it? Will he just tossed it into a pile of Trump's Dental Appointment receipts?
If it's there, it's there! No one will be able to conceal it! Everyone will have seen it, including the Special Master! That's how things are done in a Democracy - no hidden pea under a nutshell and no fudging one thing for something else.
If the government is able to parse the evidence - suddenly that opens the floodgates for anything left to be damnable. No, the Special Master sees all of it, or the case itself is thrown out.
This is a former US President, and I don't give a flying you know what how much you hate him, if you're gonna hang him on this - you'd better have the damned goods. And the investigation had better be open, honest, transparent and above board - for everyone in the country to see!
PS. Don't BS me on MAGA crap! This plain legal logic.
Oh, my. This is neither plain, legal nor logical. Do yourself a favor and stop writing.
The floor is yours. Come at me, point by point.
Why bother?
I'm here for the slicing and dicing coming your way.