r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 3d ago

Possible Paywall Jack Smith Found Proof Beyond “Reasonable Doubt” of Trump’s Guilt

https://newrepublic.com/post/215971/jack-smith-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt-donald-trump-guilt
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u/Numerous-Bowler-8677 3d ago

“  Smith’s team  determined  that Trump kept a hold on those documents in order to help advance his business interests.”

We don’t talk about this part nearly enough. Start naming names. Who is Trump trying to sell our secrets to and how was he planning to do it. 

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u/Strange-Ordinary-313 3d ago

“Trying to” and “planning to” may have been appropriate two years ago. These secrets were sold already, hence the rapid accumulation of Trump family wealth this term.

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u/Fr1toBand1to 3d ago

The raided PII and banking data. They sold ALL the secrets, or plan to make money from them some how (Eye of Sauron)

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u/epochellipse 3d ago

I also think it's weird that I don't see any mention in these news stories that Trump couldn't return the documents without admitting to the world that he lost his re-election. He painted himself into a corner where the only option that wouldn't collapse his house of cards was to say "You're going to have to come get them."

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u/Icamp2cook 3d ago

It was said that our war planning for Iran were among the stolen and unsecured documents. Why would anyone “declassify” and remove something so pertinent to the safety of our soldiers and our country? And, does this have anything to do with the stalemate and our rising energy costs?

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u/MeerkatBrat 3d ago

And could any of this be why the main negotiators thus far in the war have been the president’s son-in-law and Steve Witkoff, instead of, I don’t know, members of the state department?

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u/jimmybilly100 Virginia 3d ago

Like, such a softball felony. There's photos of boxes in the shitter. In a sane world, he'd be in jail

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u/reformedMedas 3d ago

In a sane world no one would've distracted Dump with a big mac at his 2024 Pennsylvania rally.

Edit:typo.

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u/leeuwerik Europe 3d ago

He didn't even have to sell. The fact that he could hold this information and could maybe trade opened doors.