So, About Those MAL Surveillance Tapes

There's no legit reason for law enforcement to ask (or force) surveillance be turned off during a search. There is reason to believe that Trump desires, and given his fanbase will achieve, more threats against law enforcement and their families.https://t.co/k42H83abBY

— 18Hat793 (@Popehat) August 18, 2022

Lesson #1

Look, when I analyze the legality of something Trump or his attorneys have asserted, can we all just agree that you should read "assuming for the sake of argument this is real and not just fabricated bullshit?" Because it gets tiring to repeat it.

— 18Hat793 (@Popehat) August 18, 2022

Lesson #2

I don’t think Garland wants to play, so if Trump releases heavily edited tapes…wait. If he talks about releasing tapes at all, they can be subpoenaed and released by the DOJ. Or the DOJ can subpoena them to protect agents from being doxxed, and then release tapes that hide identities but show the boxes coming out.

Releasing video of them securing properly marked classified documents? Gee, I wonder how that might backfire. https://t.co/V3nwzY71AJ

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) August 17, 2022

Probably won’t see the “properly marked classified documents” on tape  (though that strikes me as another reason to seize the tapes and all copies), but the sight of so many boxes is a reminder of why the FBI was there in the first place.

Trump really doesn’t win this one; and he really doesn’t understand that.

Lesson #3

Trump rakes in millions off FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, by @jdawsey @iarnsdorf https://t.co/9GDTTrn1E7

— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) August 18, 2022

Why Trump would release the tapes.

He can’t spend the money on legal talent.