GottaLaff ,
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1/... "Brian Butler, “Trump Employee 5” in the classified indictment brought by .. doesn’t believe the criminal case against is a “witch hunt:...Butler..unknowingly helped Nauta deliver boxes of classified information from Mar-a-Lago to the former president’s plane in June 2022 – the same day that Trump and his attorney were meeting with DOJ at Mar-a-Lago about the classified docs" https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/trump-employee-5-classified-documents-mar-a-lago/index.html

msbellows ,
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@GottaLaff "Butler..unknowingly helped Nauta deliver boxes of classified information from Mar-a-Lago to the former president’s plane in June 2022 – the same day that Trump and his attorney were meeting with DOJ at Mar-a-Lago about the classified docs" ???

Holy crap.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@msbellows And Cannon will make sure we don't get the trial we need, when we need it

old_hippie ,
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@GottaLaff This is great stuff for the case IF Cannon allows it to actually move forward.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@old_hippie She won't

GottaLaff OP ,
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2/ "The references made to Butler in the indictment capture only an inkling of what he knows and could be asked to speak about on the witness stand — all of which he says he’s already shared with prosecutors, giving them a window into scenes where other witnesses may have been close-lipped or allegedly misleading...

Butler also was a witness in the room to several convos that allegedly capture how Trump was positioning his closest aide Nauta, De Oliveira & others to thwart federal authorities"

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3/ "But the MAGA approach to politics in recent years, the intensifying FBI investigation, & Trump’s apparently cavalier attitude toward national security soured Butler on staying at his Mar-a-Lago job after Trump’s presidency.

Disillusioned w how the club had grown into a more transactional environment for Trump during his presidency, Butler quit Mar-a-Lago in Nov 2022. That year, he watched his friends and former co-workers’ lives become disrupted because of the developing criminal case."

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4/ "At one point in their walks during the investigation, Butler says De Oliveira told him they were “all dirty” regarding moving boxes.

While De Oliveira has used an attorney provided through Trump’s network, Butler has not.

...Butler says he has resisted repeated inquiries from De Oliveira nudging him to use an attorney found and paid for by Trump"

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5/ "Pratt met with Trump and heard from the former president about US and Russian submarines at their meeting, then relayed that information to his chief of staff while in the backseat of Butler’s car. Butler later told investigators he was shocked that Trump would share such information with a foreign citizen who paid excessive sums for access to Mar-a-Lago.

Butler says he believes the relationship was indicative of how a club member sought access to Trump once he became president."

GottaLaff OP ,
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6/ There's a lot more.

And now Judge is making it nearly impossible to try this case before the election.

American "justice" 2024.

DoctorDNS ,
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@GottaLaff it's the best Russian money can buy.

pg1958 ,
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@GottaLaff
So much hitting the proverbial fan today! This Butler guy can't wait to tell everything!

GottaLaff OP ,
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@pg1958 He's already told everything to Smith

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  • GottaLaff OP ,
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    @Harrybear Heehee, I had to. @SherBeareth @bkahn

    zakalwe ,
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    @GottaLaff ... which is at the least, strongly suggestive evidence that Trump KNEW that what he was doing with the documents was wrong and that he shouldn't have them.

    GottaLaff OP ,
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    @zakalwe There's a lot of evidence about that

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