Flotsam and Jetsam - Jack Smith Admits to Tampering Classified Documents

John Solomon at JTN writes of a Trump Whodunnit: Prosecutors admit key evidence in document case has been tampered with "Legal experts call revelation a “serious violation” as Jack Smith’s team admits it also misled court."

In a stunning admission, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team is admitting that key evidence in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents criminal case was altered or manipulated since it was seized by the FBI, and that prosecutors misled the court about it for a period of time. . . .In a new filing Friday, Smith’s team said that the order of documents in some of the boxes of memos that were seized by the FBI from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was altered or jumbled, leaving two different chronologies: one that was digitally scanned and another the physical order in the boxes.

Smith’s team in a footnote also conceded it had misled the court about the problem by previously declaring that the evidence had remained in the exact state it had been seized. “The Government acknowledges that this is inconsistent with what Government counsel previously understood and represented to the Court,” the footnote said.

Leading Report@LeadingReport "BREAKING: Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team is admitting that the order of documents in some of the boxes of memos that were seized by the FBI from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate were altered or jumbled, which legal experts say could prove to be a serious problem for prosecutors and a violation of court rules to preserve evidence in the state it was seized." PM, Jack Smith admits that evidence in Trump’s classified documents Mar-a-Lago case was tampered with. “The Government acknowledges that this is inconsistent with what Government counsel previously understood and represented to the Court.” Althouse cite Politico, "Special counsel Jack Smith’s team acknowledged Friday that some evidence in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for hoarding classified documents at his Florida home...". I don't know how big a problem this is for the prosecution. Certainly, chain of custody on evidence is very important, and this suggests the evidence was handled sloppily by the Smith team. In a worst case, Judge Cannon could thrown out the evidence as tainted. With the team staffed with anti-Trumper, there's a possibility that a "smoking gun" could have been inserted later. But I'm going to bet against it.

From TNP, Trump Trial Day 7: Hope Hicks Takes The Stand, Casts Doubt On Bragg’s Election Claims. Andrew H. Giuliani@AndrewHGiuliani, "Immediately after President Trump entered the courtroom, a court officer told me that per the judges orders, I could not live report on the trial, even though The NY Times, Politico & CNN were doing it next to me…CORRUPT!" From Da Caller, Nicole Silvero, ‘This Whole Thing Is Rigged’: Former NYPD Official Reacts To Daily Caller Report On Trump Trial Judge’s Gag Order and Jason Cohen, Trial Expert Predicts Trump Jurors Will Be ‘Stunned’ By Lack Of ‘Credibility’ Of Key Witness, Michael Cohen. At WaEx Byron York details The insanity at the heart of the Trump trial. 

Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN notices Ethical scandals pile up, yet Fani Willis leads Dem challenger in Fulton County DA race poll. "Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been sued by both Just the News and a Georgia state under Freedom of Information laws." At Hat Hair Beege Welborn comments "You can expose the corruption and lead the voters to other choices, but you can't change their minds."  She may be a crook, but she's their crook.

Leading Report@LeadingReport "BREAKING: Former President Donald Trump is currently leading Joe Biden by one percentage in Washington state, a state that has reliably voted for Democratic presidential candidates since 1988, a new poll released by the Independent Center/Bullfinch Group suggests." W. Joseph Campbell@wjosephcampbell "Not sure I believe this, but a double-digit margin is impressive. Useful to remember that Rasmussen was rather bullish on Trump in 2020. At one point during that campaign, Rasmussen estimated Trump led by 1 point. Final Rasmussen #poll in 2020 had Biden up by 1; he won by 4.5 points." Anxious is anxiously trying to Understand the "double haters" who dislike Trump and Biden. Judson Berger at NRO want to know Are You More Annoyed Than You Were Four Years Ago? Dick Morris to Newsmax: Biden 'Waffling' Finally Costing Him in Polls. WaEx's Paul Bedard's White House Report Card: Unemployment, campus chaos cast shadow. 

From Da Caller, Red State Gov Signs Bill Allowing Biden To Stay On Ballot. She should have made them sweat more after they missed the deadline. Matt Margolis at PJM sees the Biden White House Go Into Full Election Denier Mode. At RedState, Nick Arama notes Biden's Handler Messes Up and Fails to Cover Him As His Stilted Walk to Helicopter Is Exposed. 

At OTP, House GOP Launches 30-Plus State Department Probes Since Taking Power In 2023 Give them a colonoscopy. Rick Moran at PJM reports a Former Gov't Official Charged With Falsely Accusing 7 Colleagues of Participating in J6 Riot. Well, that's one way to get rid of your bureaucratic enemies. Sundance at CTH sees Peak Mueller – DOJ Concealing Legal Predicate to Investigate Congressional Staff in 2017. Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller sees Biden DHS Shuts Down ‘Experts’ Panel Featuring Signatories Of Infamous Hunter Biden Laptop Letter. Well, their freshness date had expired. 

At Da Wire, ‘Slap In The Face’: Biden Blasted After Giving Certain Illegal Immigrants Access To Gov Health Care. Beege Welborn, Mr. Joe #Bidenomics Been Berry Berry Good to Me. Frog Capital@ FrogNews "This is cute. Over the last 12 months. Foreign Born: Population: +1.76 Million Employed: +520k Native Born: Population: -139,000 Employed: -5,000." The Peacock, Here’s where the jobs are for April 2024 — in one chart, "The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs overall, well below Wall Street expectations. Health care and social assistance again led the way with a gain of 87,000 jobs, but construction and leisure and hospitality added fewer than 10,000 jobs each, well below the prior two months." Politico whines Biden’s final EV tax credit rules please automakers, anger China hawks. "The rules leave only around 20 percent of EV models eligible for the federal incentive." Matt Vespa at TownHall points out Here's a Liberal Policy That Now Has Bill Maher 'Incensed', student loan forgiveness. At Hat Hair, Jazz Shaw worries Biden Wants to Sell Out America to the WHO.

Fox, Japanese government responds to Biden claim that Japan is 'xenophobic': 'Unfortunate'. "The Japanese embassy affirmed that the two nations' relationship is strong, despite 'unfortunate' comments accusing Japan of 'xenophobia.'" Gordon Chang to Newsmax: China Creating Infrastructure to Attack US, thanks to Biden's immigration policies. 

Tom Jackson at Hat Hair VIP, 'Small Hands' and Liddle Marco: A Match Made in Lord Knows Where. and KT wonders Is Winsome Sears on Trump's Short List for a Running Mate? He could do worse and probably will. At Da Caller, Lara Trump Calls Out Noem Dog Incident, Says Animal Euthanasia Increased Roughly ‘Tenfold’ Under Biden Admin. That's hard to imagine. Beege Wellborn notes a new word for "pouncing" and "seizing", 'We're Stokin', Yes, Indeed, We're Stokin''. "Donald Trump is using campus protests to stoke right-wing violence for the election. Disinformation about leftist "violence" is used by MAGA to justify their own, very real crimes." At PM, Google BANS ad showing how life was better under Trump than Biden "Google removed the advertisement for the vague justification of a “policy violation.”" Restored when called on it.

At ET, RNC, Trump Campaign Challenge Nevada Mail-In Ballot Rules "A new complaint filed by the RNC and the Trump campaign seeks to bar Nevada from accepting mail-in ballots received as many as four days after Election Day." Jazz Shaw, Nevada GOP Sues to Block Bogus Ballots. 

From Unherd, The growing RFK Jr coalition "The insurgent candidate is relishing the struggle." Althouse highlights a 30 minute RJK infomercial, "Who is Bobby Kennedy?". "I like the way this begins with Bobby reading out mainstream media insults against him — he is nuts and clearly disturbed...."

At JTN, House committees to investigate NPR over 'viewpoint discrimination'. "NPR has come under fire after its former editor Uri Berliner said it had "lost America's trust" and criticized NPR’s Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Maher, for her focus on combating “misinformation” and reportedly criticizing the First Amendment."

Rick Moran at PJM reports A 4th State Is Defying Biden on Changes to Title IX Affecting Trans Students, Arkansas. From Breitbart, Court Reverses Ban West Virginia Girls Who Protested Transgender Athletes.

Mary Chastain at LI notes U. Wisconsin Anti-Israel Protesters Chant ‘Heil Hitler’ at Jewish Students. "I was told this doesn’t happen." From Twitchy, MOSTLY PEACEFUL UPenn Protesters Harass Students With Strobe Lights, Threats. Hat Hair's John Sexton looks carefully at the Mostly Peaceful Protest at Berkeley. At the Center Square, NYPD says protesters had weapons, gas masks and 'Death to America!' pamphlets. Beege Welborn comments "Amanda Marcotte types would be all, "It's just stuff! They're peaceful! No hate in their hearts like YOU ALL."" From the Free Bacon, Anti-Israel Georgetown Professor Dubs US Congressman a 'Race Traitor' and 'Uncle Tom'. "Zein El-Amine has long history of supporting Students for Justice in Palestine, which is leading anti-Israel campus protests." The Victory Girls report Harvard Picks Anti-Israel Commencement Speaker, Maria Ressa. PJM's Grayson Bakich, George Washington Students Hold 'People's Tribunal,' Call for Faculty's Deaths. At Campus Reform, Deported terrorist speaks to University of Chicago Hamas-endorsed encampment. WSJ, Activist Groups Trained Students for Months Before Campus Protests. "Left-wing groups and veteran demonstrators provided guidance and support before rise of pro-Palestinian encampments." Althouse, The NYT looks into the "outside agitator" rhetoric. "Yesterday, I noted the NYPD report that "More than a quarter of protesters arrested Tuesday at Columbia and 60 percent at the City College of New York had no connections to the schools." I asked: "But who are the outside agitators? If they are not students, who are they? How about some details? Lots of them were arrested. Why isn't there a torrent of detail about what sort of people they are?" . . . This article set off my bullshit detector." Scott Hogenson at TownHall, on The Left’s Radicalization Of Our Children. Jack Dunphy at The Pipeline, On the Violent Left, Eternal Recurrence. Mark Hemingway@Heminator "There are some echos—for instance, at Kent State they were protesting in support of the mass murdering Khmer Rouge regime and today’s protests are in support of the mass murdering Hamas regime!" Quote The Associated Press@AP. "Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today's campus protests https://apnews.com/article/kent-state-ac60fdcb2a2dc852e49ee9fc2e6aaf31?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter"

Nick Arama at RedState, After CEO Says He Is 'Eager' to Hire Campus Protesters, Company Takes a Huge Hit Right in the Wallet. Jonathan Turley sees “Actions Have Consequences”: Dartmouth Jewish Studies Professor Arrested at Pro-Palestinian. Becca Lower at RedState, WATCH: ASU Senior Is Triggered After Learning Her Arrest During Pro-Hamas Protests Has Consequences Ben Brown @bdbrown473. "WATCH: We spoke with ASU senior Breanna Brocker outside the courthouse, who said she will not be able to graduate because the suspension will cause her to miss her final exam." At the Volokh Report, Dave Bernstein looks at Hans Bader on Selective Law Enforcement. "Law professor David Bernstein notes that "Baltimore police will not assist in removing illegal encampment at Johns Hopkins University. Worse, they actually praise the illegal encampment as a valid exercise of First Amendment rights, which is complete nonsense. It's especially nonsensical because most of the protesters are trespassers with no connection to the university."" At NYPo, Columbia prez Minouche Shafik says pro-terror protesters ousted from Hamilton Hall during NYPD raid ‘crossed a new line’ and Dave Harsanyi writes US taxpayers shouldn’t be subsidizing idiotic college extremism.

At the Blaze, 'We believe in God and Jesus ... we don’t stand for that': Pro-Hamas radicals evacuated from Ole Miss — in face of Old Glory. Hank Berrien at Da Wire, It’s Trending: Patriotic Students Drown Out Pro-Hamas, Anti-American Activists At LSU. "Students at universities across the South are standing up for America." Insty, THEY HAVE TO SCOTCH THIS STUFF, IT’S HURTING DEMOCRATS: Wash U Law Faculty, Students, And Alumni Condemn Protest Crackdown. Michael Barone is looking forward to Campus Riots and a Chicago Convention: Deja Vu All Over Again? At WaEx, Hagerty joins chorus of GOP senators stoking efforts to cut funding from universities hosting protests