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RoeVWade

(965 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 10:41 AM Yesterday

Bolton pleads guilty, Trump forever clear of classified documents charges.

'Cause a bathroom of boxes of classified documents at Mobster Lago means nothing.

Maybe Trump won't be forever clear, but will probably be too feeble or dead instead.

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Bolton pleads guilty, Trump forever clear of classified documents charges. (Original Post) RoeVWade Yesterday OP
No I don't think so hookaleft Yesterday #1
Yup johnnyfins Yesterday #2
A review dweller Yesterday #4
this hookaleft 23 hrs ago #5
Ok , thanks dweller 23 hrs ago #6
Don't be silly. Garland's got this. Scrivener7 Yesterday #3
Make sure the case is air tight. mr715 23 hrs ago #9
He's doing things secretly behind the scenes. It's fine. Scrivener7 23 hrs ago #10
SOP orthoclad 21 hrs ago #12
Sex on phone? Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #13
1st laugh of the day orthoclad 21 hrs ago #14
Bolton was sloppy. Boasted about classified info in emails to family. Buckeyeblue 23 hrs ago #7
Did we ever think he was smart? Johonny 23 hrs ago #8
Trump got away with everything orthoclad 21 hrs ago #11
Never Forget LessAspin 2 hrs ago #15

hookaleft

(1,400 posts)
5. this
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 11:25 AM
23 hrs ago

Knight Institute Urges Eleventh Circuit to Reverse District Court Order Barring Release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Report

United States v. Trump
A motion to intervene in Trump classified documents case seeking release of Special Counsel’s report.

On February 24, 2025, the Knight Institute filed a motion to intervene asking Judge Aileen Cannon, who presided over the now-abandoned prosecution of President Trump under the Espionage Act, to release Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report about Trump’s mishandling of classified information at Mar-a-Lago. The public has an extraordinary interest in the report, which concerns allegations of grave criminal conduct by the nation’s highest-ranking official.

The Institute’s motion to intervene argues that a redacted copy of the report in the district court’s files should be made public under the First Amendment and common law right of access to judicial documents. The motion also asks the court to lift an injunction prohibiting the Department of Justice from releasing the report, which is blocking a Freedom of Information Act request for the report that the Knight Institute filed with DOJ on January 26, 2025.

On November 3, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that the Institute had established “undue delay” in the district court’s resolution of its motion to intervene. On December 22, 2025, Judge Cannon denied the motion to intervene. The Knight Institute appealed the next day. In February 2026, the Institute filed a second motion to intervene in the district court, arguing that Judge Cannon lacked authority to consider motions filed by President Trump and his co-defendants seeking the permanent suppression of the report. On February 23, Judge Cannon denied the Institute’s second intervention motion and permanently enjoined release of the report. The Institute appealed the denial. The Eleventh Circuit has since consolidated the appeals.

Status: Briefing ongoing on appeal.

Case Information: United States v. Trump, 9:23-cr-80101-AMC (S.D. Fla.), United States v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, 25-14507, 26-10674 (11th Cir.).


Eleventh Circuit accelerates review in Trump classified docs fight
Appeals court steps in: The Eleventh Circuit has set a July deadline for briefs in the dispute over releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's classified documents report.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/insight/eleventh-circuit-accelerates-review-in-trump-classified-docs-fight/gm-GM08B51821?gemSnapshotKey=GM08B51821-snapshot-8&uxmode=ruby

Buckeyeblue

(6,486 posts)
7. Bolton was sloppy. Boasted about classified info in emails to family.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 11:29 AM
23 hrs ago

You'd think he would have been smarter than that.

Johonny

(26,861 posts)
8. Did we ever think he was smart?
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 11:44 AM
23 hrs ago

Smarter than Trump, yes. But he was a cheerleader for our forever wars that have done nothing for the American people.

orthoclad

(5,149 posts)
11. Trump got away with everything
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:38 PM
21 hrs ago

Did his few convictions even matter?

He should have been serving a life term for insurrection by the time '24 rolled around. We should have had DC and PR statehood. The Supreme Court could have been expanded. Any one of these things would have saved us, and the planet.

LessAspin

(2,119 posts)
15. Never Forget
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 08:40 AM
2 hrs ago

The courageous Reality Winner

‪@charliesaito22.bsky.social‬

John Bolton plead guilty to charges about classified documents

Can’t help but remember Reality Winner was sent to prison for many years bc she leaked 1 classified document about the Russians interfering in U.S. elections-a fact that was well known to the public

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