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Neal Katyal 
Supreme Court lawyer;law professor;extremist centrist. Former US Acting Solicitor General. All views mine,no one else's. nealkatyal.com instagram.com/nealkatyal
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A spike in violent threats has FBI/DHS issuing an unusual warning following the Mar-a-Lago search, as DOJ argues against revealing the search warrant affidavit.
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My 89 year old grandpa is WORKING at that concert right now!! He became a Cubs Ambassador at age 88 to have something to do after my grandma passed away, and specifically requested to work at the Lady Gaga concert 🤣🥰
I have the best mom in the world. She is about 87 (we don’t know exactly), she works full time, and right now she is at the @ladygaga show at Wrigley Field. That has been her dream! Thank you @tystiklorius and @bobby_campbell.
Kash Patel has to be put in the GJ on this -- Not only was his and Trump's declassification "defense" factually absurd (and not a legal defense to all the possible criminal violations), but now it is refuted by his own taped words, as Ryan aptly notes.
DOJ is appropriately resisting disclosure of the Mar A Lago search affidavit because it will compromise their ongoing investigation. This is very standard and right. That said, what they said -- especially about witnesses -- will invariably drive Trump to be even more worried
New: Forensic experts directed by Trump-allied lawyers copied sensitive data from election systems in Ga. as part of a multistate effort to access voting equipment that was broader and more organized than was previously known washingtonpost.com/investigations…
This aged well.
August 2016 pic.twitter.com/6Fg3sq00CW
No question now that Trump is the target of the federal 1/6 probe. And correct move here: Lock people into the GJ.
Justice Department subpoenas former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann politi.co/3A0yc5y via @politico
Justice Department subpoenas former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann politi.co/3A0yc5y via @politico
Confirming @woodruffbets scoop, Eric Herschmann, lawyer working in the White House who has been key to House J6 committee videos in hearings so far, has been subpoenaed by a grand jury
1. I want to share with you a project that some friends and I have been working on for the better part of a decade. It’s called the Visiting Room. It’s a video archive of 100+ interviews of people serving LWOP sentences at Louisiana’s Angola prison.
visitingroomproject.org
visitingroomproject.org
The Visiting Room
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Apparently at Mar-a-Lago the FBI has now planted documents that are ALSO protected by the attorney client and executive privileges and that were top secret classified BUT blanket declassified by a Trump order no one had even heard of before now.
Man, these agents are good!
Man, these agents are good!
RT'ing this because it's the absolute truth. ❤️
Having your home searched by the FBI based on probable cause concerning national security and obstruction crimes is not a “win” for a former president under any definition of that word.
This just arrived in the mail. Have been wanting to hear it for most of the last two decades! So glad the brilliant @respektor has decided to release it along with “Papa’s Bootlegs.” She graces our lives with her every song.
Very legal. Very cool.
Neal you know the law better than most…are you allowed to bring Top secret classified security docs home? Or flush them down the toilet? And if so can you get in trouble for that? Asking for no one in particular, just wondering.
Let’s stop falling for Trump’s diversionary tactic of focusing on his latest absurd “defense” du jour —and instead keep asking why he still has not said why he took the documents, why he did not return them, and what he did with them and/or or was planning to do with them?
Something sunny for your Sunday ☀️
EASY ON ME/ CHILDREN WILL LISTEN
#sondheimStairwellSessions @SaraBareilles @patinamiller @Phillipasoo @ITWBroadway @Adele
EASY ON ME/ CHILDREN WILL LISTEN
#sondheimStairwellSessions @SaraBareilles @patinamiller @Phillipasoo @ITWBroadway @Adele
As a Senator, when I need to look at classified documents I have to go into a secure room in the Senate. No staff. No phones. I can’t even wear my Fitbit.
Mar-a-lago, where you can rent tennis racquets and golf clubs…and croquet sets. No, that’s not a secure location.
Mar-a-lago, where you can rent tennis racquets and golf clubs…and croquet sets. No, that’s not a secure location.
Some are arguing, as does @AndrewCMcCarthy below, that the warrant used to search Mar-A-Lago was a general warrant that violates the 4th Amendment.
I think this is incorrect. Here's a thread that explains my view, looking at the relevant caselaw.
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I think this is incorrect. Here's a thread that explains my view, looking at the relevant caselaw.
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The top lawyer at the National Security Agency during Trump's presidency says Trump's latest defense - claiming he had a standing order declassifying the info in whatever docs he happened to take from the Oval Office to the residence - is "preposterous." nytimes.com/2022/08/14/us/…
Here we go
Rettogo @TheSundayShow with @neal_katyal and LOTS of other great guests! pic.twitter.com/61dnVxiBcA
Wow!!! Humbled & honored to learn that my book Find the Helpers was selected as a Hearten Book Award First Place Category Winner, which recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction and Memoir.
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chantireviews.com/2022/07/08/the…
Excited to be on with @Milbank, as I am so looking forward to reading his new book The Deconstructionists shortly. Have heard amazing things.
Joining @TheSundayShow with my friend @CapehartJ at 10 AM ET to talk about the Search of Donald Trump, and where this is going.
File this under: Did Not Age Well.
I share the deep concern of millions of Americans over the unprecedented search of the personal residence of President Trump. No former President of the United States has ever been subject to a raid of their personal residence in American history.
Maybe the coolest cover of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean ever
Watch "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" contributor Jordan Klepper confront individuals outside a MAGA rally in Wisconsin on conspiracy theories and discuss the interactions with CNN's @Acosta. cnn.it/3zSniis
Okay, everyone’s discussing the TS-SCI docs…fewer focused on the “French President info.”
Before visits, leaders get in-depth/confidential assessments on foreign leaders from the intel community.
Those reports can be “juicy” & need to be kept very “close hold.”
Before visits, leaders get in-depth/confidential assessments on foreign leaders from the intel community.
Those reports can be “juicy” & need to be kept very “close hold.”
Prosecutors could indict Trump — under 18 USC 1001/1519 — if he intentionally gave his lawyer false info to pass to DOJ.
Smart prosecutors can put lawyer on stand and ask narrow questions.
Don’t take my word for it. Just ask Paul Manafort’s chief prosecutor @AWeissmann_.
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Smart prosecutors can put lawyer on stand and ask narrow questions.
Don’t take my word for it. Just ask Paul Manafort’s chief prosecutor @AWeissmann_.
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Dennis Riordan, Bay Area attorney known for freeing the wrongfully imprisoned, dies at 73 sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl… via @sfchronicle
Happy birthday to one of the greats, @AdamMGrant. Am grateful for you every day.
"One of the greatest acts of giving that you can undertake is to make the other givers in your life feel appreciated. And the only way that you can do that is to go out of your way to show gratitude." - @AdamMGrant
Happy birthday, Adam! pic.twitter.com/M6cjLGgSHx
Happy birthday, Adam! pic.twitter.com/M6cjLGgSHx
#1 BABY!!!! Thank you guys for watching! We love you!! @neverhaveiever @ramakrishnannn pic.twitter.com/Ty4mZJAAIT
Agreed, but Trump's got to worry that the lawyers themselves might flip. No atty/client privilege for crime-fraud.
Agreed, but Trump's got to worry that the lawyers themselves might flip. No atty/client privilege for crime-fraud.
Trump will blame his lawyers.
NEW: At least one lawyer for Trump signed a written statement for the Justice Department asserting all docs with classified markings in the boxes had been returned after a June 3 meeting, which could explain why "obstruction" statute was listed on warrant nytimes.com/2022/08/13/us/…
Trump Lawyer Told Justice Dept. That Classified Material Had Been Returned
nytimes.com
One thing getting elided at the moment is that apart from the niceties of classification - which aren't on Trump's side - this is quickly coming down to: why'd you have that stuff? Why wouldn't you give it back? And what were you doing with it?
I spent two decades in the military with a TS/SCI clearance…. I never - NEVER - brought “home my work from time to time.”
It’s illegal. And it’s a violation of the lifelong contract one signs prior to accessing classified material.
It’s illegal. And it’s a violation of the lifelong contract one signs prior to accessing classified material.
No former president in our nation’s history has invoked the Fifth Amendment 440 times in a state AG civil financial fraud case, and had his house searched by the FBI pursuant to a warrant in a separate federal national security case, let alone in the same week.
Brilliant tactical move by DOJ on selecting statutes for the search. None of the crimes cited require the documents to be classified. Any claim by Trump that he declassified the documents is irrelevant. I’ll discuss at 7 am ET on @MSNBC.
nytimes.com/2022/08/12/us/…
nytimes.com/2022/08/12/us/…
Files Seized From Trump Are Part of Espionage Act Inquiry
nytimes.com
Impressive foresight on the part of Trump to issue a “standing order” eighteen months ago to declassify the documents the FBI planted this week at Mar-a-Lago.
.@Lawrence speaks to @neal_katyal, @AWeissmann_ and @BradMossEsq about what we can learn from the newly released Trump search warrant and why Donald Trump’s newest explanation for the classified documents found at Mar-A-Lago makes no sense. on.msnbc.com/3ph4MLy
I've started the new season of @neverhaveiever tonight (needed a break from um the news) and it is beyond brilliant. Thank you @mindykaling @kabirakhtar @PoornaJags and everyone associated with this show.
the #NeverHaveIEver season 3 premiere was last night! loved celebrating with so many friends in the cast / the crew / the South Asian entertainment community. season 3 is out today; i directed episodes 5&6! here's 2 pics from last night, hit my IG for more instagram.com/p/ChLe-RTJsug/ pic.twitter.com/hj1sHdyeck
Joining @Lawrence on this important night in a few minutes.
TONIGHT: @AWeissmann_, @neal_katyal and @BradMossEsq join @Lawrence on the #LastWord at the top of the 10pm ET hour.
TONIGHT: @AWeissmann_, @neal_katyal and @BradMossEsq join @Lawrence on the #LastWord at the top of the 10pm ET hour.
What do the specific three criminal statutes cited in the Mar-a-Lago search warrant tell us? Let's drill down. nytimes.com/2022/08/12/us/…
Laws and Lists in Search Warrant Offer Clues to Trump Document Investigation
nytimes.com
Pulling a bunch of threads together, the fact that the search warrant was based on §§ 793, 1519, and 2071, but *not* 1924, suggests that DOJ was worried about affirmative *misuse* of materials in President Trump’s possession — and not just that he was wrongfully *retaining* them.
