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The affidavit supporting the search warrant for Trump’s home and a DOJ legal memo for redactions are released with blacked out parts

By Robert Willmann The 38-page affidavit in support of the search warrant executed at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on 8 August 2022 has been released with blacked out parts– A legal memorandum was filed to discuss the redactions … Continue reading

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Federal magistrate Reinhart will black out the parts of the Trump search warrant affidavit the government wants to keep hidden

By Robert Willmann The Department of Justice filed documents today (Thursday, 25 August 2022) describing which parts of the affidavit supporting the search warrant run on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida property it wants to keep hidden. Three items on the … Continue reading

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The plot thickens as Trump files a legal action for more detail and an outside review of material seized from his home

By Robert Willmann On Monday, 22 August 2022, Donald Trump filed a new legal case in federal district court in the West Palm Beach Division of the Southern District of Florida. Modestly entitled “Motion for Judicial Oversight and Additional Relief”, … Continue reading

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A hearing is set about whether to unseal the affidavit supporting the search warrant run at Trump’s residence

By Robert Willmann Scheduled today, 18 August 2022, is a hearing in the federal magistrate’s court in the West Palm Beach Division of the Southern District of Florida, about whether to unseal the affidavit supporting the search warrant executed at … Continue reading

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A court order grants the DOJ motion to unseal “limited” materials on the search warrant run on the Trump property. But what will be disclosed?

By Robert Willmann Here is the court order that grants the motion by the Department of Justice filed yesterday, 11 August 2022. The government’s motion, submitted after Attorney General Merrick Garland’s cheesy statement he read earlier that day, is entitled: … Continue reading

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Newsweek magazine: AG Merrick Garland on the FBI raid at Trump’s Florida residence. “Huh? I know nothing, Man.”

By Robert Willmann You cannot make this stuff up. Newsweek magazine published an article on 10 August 2022 at 10:03 a.m. eastern time that would make S.J. Perelman grin [1]. It is entitled “Exclusive: An Informer Told the FBI What … Continue reading

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As the polls in the Republican primary election prepare to close, Arizona is a hotbed of political intrigue

By Robert Willmann Since Arizona wisely chose not to adopt daylight savings time, it is two hours ahead of the current central time and three hours ahead of eastern time. For the Republican primary held on Tuesday, 2 August 2022, … Continue reading

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From his criminal charge, Steve Bannon is seeing how a judge can influence a case in federal court

By Robert Willmann The familiar statue or image of Lady Justice wearing a blindfold and holding balancing scales not tilted to one side or the other is an ideal. Sometimes you will see it in court, and sometimes not. A … Continue reading

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Low on fuel and food and with a lot of debt, Sri Lanka is in turmoil

By Robert Willmann Sri Lanka has become a laboratory of what happens when a country is loaded with debt, and starts running short of fuel and food. Demonstrations have been ongoing for a few months, and since the economic situation … Continue reading

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By deception, the U.S. Senate hides and slides a bad gun law through to double-cross the public

By Robert Willmann After a highly publicized shooting at a school with multiple homicides in Uvalde, Texas on 24 May 2022, the usual bandwagon of politicians saying they had to “do something” began hurtling down the road, when an investigation … Continue reading

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