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originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: shooterbrody
Was wondering why this was newsworthy. Just normal emails..yawn
originally posted by: pheonix358
a reply to: theantediluvian
If Team Trump did call up friendly outlets to break this story (which is what I suspect), what would be the purpose of doing it at all if it's of no importance?
Violation of the Fourth, perhaps that is a good reason.
They also now have client privilege emails ... and that is just wrong.
Lastly, where oh where is the search warrant and when was it served. Oops.
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originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: pheonix358
if they accessed client privileged emails muellers team will be in trouble again
with weissmans history i would not be surprised if he screwed this up
originally posted by: Liquesence
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
a reply to: theantediluvian
Being released on a Saturday tells me it's really of no importance.
Then why the sudden rush to discredit it as "illegally obtained" if it's of such little importance?
Damage control.
“Our committee has direct jurisdiction over the Presidential Transition Act, and it simply does not support withholding transition team emails from criminal investigators,” the Maryland Democrat said. “The president’s lawyers have said they want to fully comply with special counsel Mueller’s investigation, so it is odd that they now suggest they would have withheld key documents from federal investigators.”
“Why are Trump's lawyers upset that Mueller obtained transition emails from a government agency? (Hint: They're just playing politics, but this is a bad sign for them.)," added former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti on Twitter.
The GSA — which is responsible under law for providing the presidential transition with office space, supplies like phones and laptops, and "ptt.gov" emails — was instructed after the transition had ended and President Trump had taken office to preserve records from the transition in connection with ongoing investigations.
Specifically, Loewentritt said, "in using our devices," transition team members were informed that materials "would not be held back in any law enforcement" actions.
Loewentritt read to BuzzFeed News a series of agreements that anyone had to agree to when using GSA materials during the transition, including that there could be monitoring and auditing of devices and that, "Therefore, no expectation of privacy can be assumedd."
GSA initially "suggested a warrant or subpoena" for the materials, but that the Special Counsel's Office determined the letter route was sufficient.
originally posted by: AboveBoard
originally posted by: Liquesence
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
a reply to: theantediluvian
Being released on a Saturday tells me it's really of no importance.
Then why the sudden rush to discredit it as "illegally obtained" if it's of such little importance?
Damage control.
According to the GSA representative, the Trump transition team used HDA hardware and email addresses with the written (and signed off on - or at minimum they were given the information upfront) that their communications could be mo I totes and that it all belonged to the GSA. In addition, they were told to retain it'll the information for the i rose if the investigations.
It's funny, but I thought everyone would be happy that "the truth is put" because that's what was said when wiki links published illegally obtained emails. Weren't we supposed to cheer on the transparency? I'm so confused...
And these weren't even illegally obtained!!!
“Our committee has direct jurisdiction over the Presidential Transition Act, and it simply does not support withholding transition team emails from criminal investigators,” the Maryland Democrat said. “The president’s lawyers have said they want to fully comply with special counsel Mueller’s investigation, so it is odd that they now suggest they would have withheld key documents from federal investigators.”
“Why are Trump's lawyers upset that Mueller obtained transition emails from a government agency? (Hint: They're just playing politics, but this is a bad sign for them.)," added former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti on Twitter.
The GSA — which is responsible under law for providing the presidential transition with office space, supplies like phones and laptops, and "ptt.gov" emails — was instructed after the transition had ended and President Trump had taken office to preserve records from the transition in connection with ongoing investigations.
Link
Specifically, Loewentritt said, "in using our devices," transition team members were informed that materials "would not be held back in any law enforcement" actions.
Loewentritt read to BuzzFeed News a series of agreements that anyone had to agree to when using GSA materials during the transition, including that there could be monitoring and auditing of devices and that, "Therefore, no expectation of privacy can be assumedd."
GSA initially "suggested a warrant or subpoena" for the materials, but that the Special Counsel's Office determined the letter route was sufficient.
Link
Methinks they are nervous...
...transition officials assumed that Mueller would come calling, and had sifted through the emails and separated the ones they considered privileged. But the sources said that was for naught, since Mueller has the complete cache from the dozen accounts.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: luthier
no govt privacy statement supercedes privilege
we will see
they wont get any plea deals as all evidence obtained will be 86ed
and if they used this on flynn then flynn walks
great investigative technique
It asked for Congress to act immediately “to protect future presidential transitions from having their private records misappropriated by government agencies, particularly in the context of sensitive investigations intersecting with political motives.”