Trump Search Warrant for Nuclear Weapons Documents?

[@LegalEagle]

⚖ Yes, I did re-record the end of this video three times. Just insane news bombshells. 💡Learn interactively with Brilliant! legaleagle.link/brilliant

[@ItsChurchieYall]

Lol, it happens man

[@Madart21]

I love learning the law from you

[@craigh5236]

You have had a lot of material for your videos in this last week!

[@riparianlife97701]

Just a reminder that Jimmy Carter sold his beloved, family peanut farm when he was elected, because he was afraid owning a business as president would be improper.

[@Jamie_D]

Why did Nebula not get this video, or get it first?

[@CartoonHero1986]

I was actually the staff member on duty when my bosses chain got raided simultaneously at 22 stores for selling illicit substances. And the legal process described in this video is very much how it was when they raided us. The boss was selling a "legal" synthetic weed called IZMS. Literally a group of officers came into my location, asked everyone but myself to leave, we locked up the store, then the lead officer just explained to me what was going on, asked me to stand somewhere I couldn't tamper with anything, and went about the search. They were actually super nice and cordial about the whole thing since I was like "just tell me what you need me to do... I only work here, and they don't pay me near enough to lie to or try to deny access to police." They took what they needed, got their statements from me, left me a receipt and the badge numbers of the officers involved to forward to the boss, and went about the day. They were in and out in something like 30 minutes.

[@zanews23]

@@marishiten5944 I do :)

[@CartoonHero1986]

@@marishiten5944 Evidently you do... because not only did you take the time to read my comment, but also reply to it 👍

[@calladeem240]

Wow, not many people have that experience. Did you hear anything about how the investigation went after the raid?

[@connorcampbell542]

@@marishiten5944 you seem like a nice person, not

[@magisterrleth3129]

@@marishiten5944 Your mom thought it was really interesting.

[@StubbornProgrammer]

They added a _padlock_ to a door to secure the documents? Boy would I love a certain other youtube lawyer to have a look at the model they used, probably wouldn't hold him off for more than two minutes.

[@warmachine5835]

Two minutes is rather generous for a certain lawyer with a lockpick.

[@Bitt3rh0lz]

Just send LPL down there ahead of the FBI. Imagine the agents coming down the stairs hearing someone say: "Click out of one.... Nothing on 2... 3 is binding.."

[@Cheesedream]

Locks only keep honest people honest.

[@RianHagebeuk]

If it was the troll-lock, he may even not roast the stuffing out of those people

[@ericwolf9664]

@@Bitt3rh0lz Knowing trump he probably is using something that will be raked open in a jiffy

[@apjtv2540]

I can just imagine Devon waking up at the start of this week and brainstorming what normal legal issues he could explain. Imagine those went on the backburner for a bit

[@sleepyearth]

He has an easy job for the week lol

[@Vfanatic1]

Man has probably had to learn who Chris-Chan is. I think this IS normal by comparison.

[@nighteule]

@KCBOBX What emotions? I see no appeals to emotion this video, just verifiable fact

[@alcam4226]

They should check the cemetery, he probably buried the documents lol.

[@General12th]

@KCBOBX Objective reality exists.

[@kirixen]

we are so fortunate to have someone willing to take the time to explain this to the rest of us.

[@Rick-the-Swift]

I have to question the sanity of anyone who is thankful toward any lawyer who repeatedly says, "We know [such and such] because CNN reported it".🤔

[@Little_Toy_Soldier]

@@Rick-the-Swift and I have to question the sanity of somebody 3 months later still, to this day, saying this but then still here watching his video? Man I really can't get over this comment 🤣💀

[@Rick-the-Swift]

@@Little_Toy_Soldier What do you mean?

[@catholicdad]

Well . . . explain things in a "certain, limited" way.

[@Rick-the-Swift]

This has to be one of the more confusing threads I've ever been part of, and those have Ben many. Once again, it seems like I'm the only one making a shred of sense😂🤷‍♂

[@boltsky1]

I knew LegalEagle was gonna be busy between Alex Jones and the FBI search at Mar-A-Lago; so happy to hear your analysis

[@LuisSierra42]

2022 the year that keeps on giving

[@upsidedownpeon9984]

@@LuisSierra42 Giving us inflation! Gotta love 2022

[@flain283]

@@upsidedownpeon9984 to be fair the inflation was kicked off a few years ago

[@Matthew_0506]

@@flain283 Not at this rate.

[@Szabla1595]

Fingers crossed for a treason trial by 2023!

[@Polymathically]

I worked in the banking industry for almost 20 years, most of which involving branch ops, audits, and vault keeping. It's stunning to think that a regular bank branch vault has better security than a place used to stash _nuclear weapons documents._ Anyways, great video. You're doing an admirable job at keeping up with all the crazy twists that are coming out of this case.

[@alcam4226]

They should check the cemetery, he probably buried the documents lol.

[@GigaBrand]

Someone check how much dirt they removed from Ivana’s grave.

[@therealblackout3659]

"..stunning to think.." You should try it more often. Maybe then you'd learn to wait for actual evidence before becoming "stunned".

[@imjashingyou3461]

It wasn't supposed to be used to store it. That's the point. Even if Trump had a need to know to access the information it violates a lot of federal regulations that govern the storage of classified. It's doubtful to me Trump or anyone there needed CNWD access which is specifically about the design, engineering, construction, and maintenance of nuclear weapons. This reads to me as a handler of classified as stolen nuclear weapons data, and a scenario when signing documents and getting security training as something that can be prosecuted under the Espinoge Act, and possibly for Treason if the information changed further hands.

[@kaltwies]

So you believe the fbi? They’ve never ever lied, especially to the fisa court. Nuke docs at the golf course? Lol 😂 If true, why would they wait almost 2 years if it was a national security issue? Also I’m sure hunter hasn’t comprised nat sec at all.

[@j9670]

What's scary is that all of this could happen to any of us who steals nuclear documents! 🤔🙂

[@jamesholden6142]

you have no idea what they were ACTUALLY looking for, now do you? Nuclear documents seems highly unlikely. Why would Trump even care about nuclear documents?

[@markedlin2849]

😂

[@Notlordstark]

Unbelievable. First guns, now the damn democrats are coming for your stolen confidential nuclear documents too.

[@bellowingsilence]

You think they’d even bother getting a warrant to bust down our door for most of us if it was nuclear documents?

[@dreaming_skye]

What's next, locking up murderers?

[@zwhitehead403]

The small fit about Garland unsealing the warrant really made my morning. Thanks for that, Devin 😂

[@jamesclark1001]

When I was in the Navy, one of my jobs was as Top Secret Custodian onboard a ballistic missile submarine. So, I handled these very documents. The access controls on these docs are the toughest and to go so far as to carry them out of the White House is stupefying.

[@shanep5121]

Then you should know the problem with hillary's email server.

[@suzanned5859]

@@shanep5121 Deflection will only work for so long even with the slow to understand.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

@@shanep5121 AFAIK there weren't classified documents in that one... but y'all must be real desperate to equate emails about pizza to nuclear launch codes.

[@CosineKitty]

@@suzanned5859 I would actually like to know more about why Hillary Clinton didn't get in trouble for housing classified data in an unsecured server in her home. This is not deflection, because I hold Trump and Clinton to the same standard. If both of them are guilty of illegal use of classified materials, they should both be punished. It shouldn't have anything to do with political tribalism.

[@billgillette2859]

@@antonioscendrategattico2302 you really don't know how this is done do you....

[@BortolanAlexandre]

"They even broke into my safe" is a much faster and safer way to let your accomplices know: "They got the shit" than to contact them directly.

[@mtlewis973]

yep!

[@chadanding8692]

Didn't think of that, but it makes perfect sense!

[@QemeH]

Exactly my thought. Everybody is so busy poiting out how priviledged and whinny it sounds, but most outlets totally miss that it's basically saying: "They got it all, folks! Just so you know!!"

[@mal35m]

The safe was empty.

[@iplz]

totally not another witch hunt scheme to get trump... of which you guys believe every rumor that comes out. this shit is getting old

[@JadeyCatgirl99]

20,000 no-knock raids happen every year. It annoys me that some people will ignore, or even praise those actions, but then act like Trump being searched was some grave miscarriage of justice. Either his status as a former president should be irrelevant here, or it should hold him to a higher standard

[@derekeastman7771]

It wasn’t even a no-knock.

[@gauthiernvl6111]

Only his cultists say it is a miscarriage of justice. But they probably know better than us, they are members of the party of law and order after all.

[@andreaseverin1346]

I think these 20000 people didn't take back super secret classified documents home, too

[@JadeyCatgirl99]

@@andreaseverin1346 seriously. If the police think you have cocaine in your home. They will send quasi-soldier to bust down your door, and threaten to shoot you. Meanwhile Trump absconded with documents related to national security, and he just got some well dressed agent who opened his safe.

[@TheEFRoommates]

To be fair, they only know what they're told, and believe it without question. It's like trying to be mad at a lemming for jumping off a cliff

[@PirateAgonistes]

I respect that LegalEagle changed into the SAME CLOTHES to add the additional information.

[@matthewamyx8636]

As a historian and archivist, it pisses me off that politicians don’t respect our national records like the law demands.

[@Turnpost2552]

Lol of all the things to be mad at. This grinds your gears. lol

[@benjamindover2601]

Nothing has been proven yet, innocent until proven guilty. Everybody deserves that right.

[@Demmrir]

@@benjamindover2601 Donald Trump would disagree with that.

[@ES-je3em]

Nothing has been confirmed. But then again if you that way explain Hillary Clinton . Because there was plenty of probable cause in her investigation.

[@adams4244]

Which "politicians" it might be a good idea to name names

[@democratresistance7847]

It was a beautiful raid. Believe me. A PERFECT raid! You've never seen such a beautiful, bigly raid. An FBI agent came up to me, tears in his eyes and said, "Sir, it's been an honor."

[@trueriver1950]

12 seconds later: I never met an FBI agent but I've heard bad things about them

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@trueriver1950 Cody Johnston aka Some More News covered many Legal-insanity's over time, but i hoped Legal-Eagle can at least cover Amazon's Crazy Scam that disrupts Earths Water-Cycle as explained in the video 'Were Running Out of Water'.

[@nyquillusdillwad9119]

@@trueriver1950 1 day later: What's a Mar-a-lago? I have never heard of it.

[@JLRialtoraised]

@@trueriver1950 never met the FBI they are probably the coffee boys

[@zubetp]

it was tremendous. a lot of excellent FBIs, very good, very smart. they're very smart, and they did the raid, they came in and raided and pillaged and opened doors. they asked a lot of questions, some i answered, some were none of their business... very nosey. very nosey FBIs. but they were very good. very good. and the thing about that is it's, uh, that the doors were unlocked and opened ahead of time. and the doors, you know they were well made. i dont skimp on doors...

[@McCallumMultimedia]

I was a CTT in the Navy. I had a TS clearance was read into a certain program, and specialized in SIGINT (signals intelligence). We studied classified material for (none of your business) inside of SCIFs. Look the acronym up, there are so many! Anyway, some well meaning guys wanted a leg up and took an entire binder of TS material back to their barracks to study. The hammer of God came down on them. And they never had any intention of leaving the base, but they were gone the next day. The fact that this material was stored at a resort with just a padlock is insane!!! Take this guy down now, he dishonors us.

[@dustinbrueggemann1875]

Yeah there's some stuff that's one-and-done for mistakes. If a less controversial person had tried to get their hands on this stuff, they'd have had an extra hole or two in their skulls before they reached the bottom of the whitehouse steps.

[@killerderp8987]

@@chaiti1985 H actuallye covers that towards the end of the video, and by the sounds of it, that's not possible unless certain other people also sign off on it.

[@michaelm.3641]

@@chaiti1985 the President does not have unlimited authority to declassify any documents he want. Some things are controlled by law, others are not. Regardless, he is not legally allowed to possess these records after leaving office, regardless of declassification, as they are property of the US government. Which is why the National Archives was involved and started this. The original concern had nothing to do with classified documents, just documents in general. Anyhow, whether or not he decided to declassified them, you don't just think that and it's done, there is a process for items like these.

[@joshberstecher470]

@@chaiti1985 POTUS *cannot* declassify anything they want, particularly items to do with nuclear info... and POTUS *cannot* "just take them anywhere they want*, either. There are VERY strict procedures for the sake of national security. Moreover, Trump is NOT POTUS anymore. He should NOT be in possession of ANY such documents. He is a civilian now. Period.

[@seandobbins2231]

Yeah, the rule of thumb is "don't take classified materials anywhere you haven't been previously cleared to take them at the time."

[@rustkitty]

Wait, the aid said they put up a padlock? What a relief, then the bad guys can't have gotten to the top secret documents! Unless they had a spare empty beer can, a magnet, a hammer, a pair of spanners, or god forbid a wave rake! Except if it's a Master lock, then even a mean look should suffice...

[@NoriMori1992]

Lockpicking Lawyer / Legal Eagle collab when 😉

[@yakkodawakko9387]

Or if someone just unlocked the lock & handed stuff over to a foreign agent

[@rustkitty]

@@yakkodawakko9387 I bet they just left the key in the padlock.

[@Messier__]

In order to obtain the FBI skeleton key, you must first barter with the goblin who lives underneath the D.C. bridge!

[@elviejodelmar2795]

Some context. Years ago, I was an analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. The entire building was constidered a classified vault (24x7 guards, counter electronic surveillance meassures on the windows, etc.) and we were allowed to leave secret level documents on our desks. HOWEVER, TS documents were required to be locked in our desks after work. A padlock, easily cut with boltcutters, doesn't come close to the bank vault door and solid walls required for just secret documents, let alone the security required for TS documents. Interesting tid bit, the meaning of the code word associated with a TS clearance is, itself, classified.

[@undertakernumberone1]

Somebody stays late and suddenly hears: "Click out of one... nothing on two..."

[@KellingtonDorkswafer]

@@undertakernumberone1 LPL strikes again!

[@SpoilerAlert__]

Cool story bro

[@MrMinecraftMan990]

Bruh I’m having trouble believing you because DOD SOP is that all secret and up documents are to be locked away and out of sight even if you’re going to the bathroom… I’ve even seen people lit up for leaving a blank FOLDER with secret on it on their desk.

[@Rob2k22]

@Naruto Uzumaki shhhh

[@sociolocomtsac]

If I took top secret documents from my federal job, I'd be in custody ASAP. We've normalized some folks being above the law.

[@derekeastman7771]

The president has pretty much always been above the law.

[@josephcope7637]

Unless you're Hillary Clinton. Then you can get away with destroying documents with no consequences.

[@rebeccalynn1804]

OR he didn’t take shit! This is a political move!

[@CinnamonQuills]

@@rebeccalynn1804 I think that ship has sailed, Rebecca, but good attempt.

[@oMSoundblind]

@@CinnamonQuills Care to elaborate? So far we know nothing.

[@smoldragon339]

The foreign spy, sent to steal nuclear weapons documents from Mar-a-Lago: "DAMMIT! He has a padlock AND a safe? He's too good for me!"

[@ghostsyynx]

LockPickingLawyer entered the chat

[@darkthunder301]

Janitor: excuse me, need those supplies

[@asusmctablet9180]

But the "foreign spy" was Saudi Prince Salman, who just visited Mar a Logo last week after giving $2 billion to Jared Kushner, and whose country wants to build nuclear weapons. Seems to me he doesn't need to worry about a padlock, Trump was literally handing him nuclear info.

[@moabman6803]

Well, a padlock, security cameras, and a bunch of secret service agents.

[@chrisjohnson7929]

@@ghostsyynx Hello, this is the Lock Picking Lawyer and today I will be opening the lock to the room Donald Trump stored the classified documents using an empty drink can I got off of the Secret Service agent.

[@edlindaspy]

I like Presidents who don’t violate the Espionage Act.

[@tuojiangoman3228]

Me too, kid.

[@catholicdad]

So . . . not Joe Biden then . . .

[@reubenhandel210]

So you like Trump more than Biden?

[@catholicdad]

@@reubenhandel210 Beware of sentences that begin with "so" as opposed to "do." Indicative of a query bias.

[@Mp57navy]

I handled so called "Verschlussache" documents in the army. That's one step away from "Secret" and 2 from "Top secret". I got told that mishandling those would get me 5 years in Germany.

[@InitialFailure]

Below secret is confidential or CUI. Stop lying to people.

[@davidshea6272]

@@InitialFailure Read his post again, then figure out why you calling him a liar makes you look like an idiot. (Hint, the guy isn't from the USA, like most people living on this planet)

[@tantegreta]

@@InitialFailure Confidential would be "Vertraulich" which is certainly below "Verschlusssache".

[@tSp289]

5 years in Germany? Sounds alright to me.

[@SerialElfYT]

@@InitialFailure They used german for the ones they handle, then translated the higher ones. And the prison term was in germany. Stop assuming everyone is in the US and that anyone from another country is lying

[@michaeltotton8846]

Please, please, please do a follow up on this after the court decides to keep sealed or the contents of the unsealed warrant and inventory list.

[@MrRafagigapr]

trump will now have a list of epstein clients there, so next time the FBI finds nothing in his safe

[@therealblackout3659]

Whatever they do, if past accusations indicate anything, there will be no crime and thus no conviction. It will be just like every accusation against Trump so far. Just like Kavanaugh. It's accusations everywhere and condemnation in the court of public opinion, enough to damage/derail their "campaign" or "induction", but no actual crime. Just accusations and madness on social media.. NO. CRIME. And this will probably be the same. Enjoy politics!

[@4ysx]

They have until 3pm until they are allowed to release it, and Trump has signed off on releasing it so it's gonna be released

[@JasonBoyce]

Unless Trump objects, it will be released in a few hours. The inventory list will not be released by the DoJ, although Trump can release it himself, as he could release the warrant himself, if he wanted to.

[@arcraider937]

It will be so heavily redacted that you will learn little to nothing. This in of itself should speak volumes to the American people. LOL what ever they will do to him , they will do to you too 😄 😉 😆 🤣

[@ngwoo]

"They even broke into my safe" is such a weird thing to say. It feels like a code phrase for people who know what's in the safe.

[@gauthiernvl6111]

From a french perspective it is not. In 2017 or 2018, a senior staff member of the french President was "raided" by the police to look into a safe he had. But since they didn't have the keys of his flat, they said "we ll come back tomorrow". The next day, the safe was gone. And the story stopped here.

[@danielyates8578]

you think he is that smart to come up with his own code word, haha

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

Yeah, the code is for Trump’s handler Putin, who has the goods on him and whom he is still afraid of. He was telling Putin “sorry daddy, but the bad men took the nukeeler codes away! Waaaaaaah!”

[@MDWLRK7]

Sounds very “Trumpy”.

[@SupaChinido]

@@danielyates8578 haha definitely not the one in the nursing home lol

[@candyh4284]

I get pretty annoyed at people calling this a "raid." This was not a raid, nobody stormed in pointing guns at people, nobody breached doors and swept hallways, it was a plain and simple warrant. To compare the service of a warrant to a raid is to overplay the trauma, promoting an image of victimhood where none is deserved. "He got raided!" is a purposeful attempt to turn a basic law enforcement procedure into something charged, heated, and deadly.

[@dougjohnson435]

the media has been calling this a 'raid', and not just conservative media. it sells.

[@b.w.9244]

Just a bunch of overpriviledged golfers and clubbers standing there in their plaid golf pants with their mouths open while the FBI went in.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

What would Republicans be without their gish-galloping and self-induced martyrdom?

[@Z_The_Free_One]

It was a raid, and I hope they lock him up or better yet, give him the punishment treason calls for.

[@chrispysaid]

It's so nice to have someone who understands the actual law talking about these events

[@alcam4226]

They should check the cemetery, he probably buried the documents lol.

[@jedschuler6994]

@@alcam4226 is this all you can come up with? Why keep repeating this comment? It's very un-clever fyi.

[@davidt01]

Wow, is this the chrispysaid who I used to see on Scammer Payback?

[@TheEnmineer]

@@jedschuler6994 You mean "It's not very clever". Which I agree, it's not.

[@vandalcreed]

Then this lawyer would've know that a POTUS has power to declassify documents. Which makes the point investigating rather moot, Trump having classified documents in posession when Trump declassified them in the first place.

[@angusmacfrankenstein7227]

Y’know, you just won me over with all those “12 seconds later” bits…that’s a great example as to how to handle a fluid situation!

[@wavenp]

I'm a bit confused as to why it's even allowed for a government official to take back top secret documents to a private property in the first place.

[@jamesbonn2394]

It wasn't legal actually. that's the issue at hand.

[@robertt9342]

Especially a FORMER government official.

[@Treblaine]

Who's going to stop him? Trump's administration was the government, his people literally locked Biden out of the White House when he left. Biden's administration would arrive and have to somehow figure what's missing from the utter mess that Trump left behind.

[@redbarchetta8782]

It's not.

[@arcturionblade1077]

@@jamesbonn2394 Especially when what tRump did is exponentially worse than what Hillary did because nuclear secrets are involved in this case.

[@drrocketman7794]

I personally knew someone years ago who had documents from a person of interest, obtained lawfully through ordinary correspondence, and the FBI came to his house and seized all of the documents he got from this person. Years later, the person of interest was tried and convicted of Federal crimes.

[@blackwidow1417]

Devin you have been an analysis MACHINE recently. Thank you for all of these breakdowns.

[@alcam4226]

They should check the cemetery, he probably buried the documents lol.

[@freedomliberty5525]

Have you not noticed what is missing, from Hillary to start with, and Hunter to finish?

[@alcam4226]

@@freedomliberty5525 their names both start with H?

[@ejynk]

​@@freedomliberty5525 Perhaps it's that out of tens of thousands of *personal* emails *113* were found to be classified, determined mostly to be due to carelessness. The difference is that stealing documents cannot be done on accident.

[@freedomliberty5525]

@@ejynk Who stole documents? Did you take them? Do you have inside information that no one else has? Don't tell me you are that gullible and you have that he is guilty before innocent mentality. Are you an easy person to allow yourself to be duped? I admit I got duped once with that Russian collusion, B.S. I admit I believed the FBI and Adam Shift when they said they had absolute proof, NOPE it was proven I was a sucker, but I woke up. How about you?

[@incandesantlite]

The FBI wanted to keep the execution of a search warrant low key and out of the public eye. The FBI coordinated with the Secret Service and Trump's attorney's (who was present the whole time of the "raid") as to not make a huge news story out of this but Trump had to go out and start screaming about his home being raided by the FBI. I love how he plead the fifth to EVERY question asked during his deposition even though Trump has repeatedly stated pleading the fifth was for members of the mafia/organized crime.

[@stop8388]

it seems like a lot of the shit trump says can have the following phrase applied to it: “he who smelt it, dealt it”

[@RickyMontijo]

There is no possible way that it wouldn’t have gotten out

[@warlordofvideogameglitches]

Trump pleading the fifth after saying those who plead the fifth are guilty by default must be hypocrisy.

[@southerncoyote]

Every accusation is a confession when it comes to this guy

[@ddp8062]

If they wanted to make it Lowkey then they should’ve done the raid the day when they got permission from the judge, but they waited till Trump was out of town during his deposition to make it seem like the two were related in the public eye

[@shadowskill111]

Good lord. In the military we store regular secret documents in reinforced rooms that are basically giant safes, with alarm systems, and authorized access only lists. Trump had top secret nuclear documents in an open basement…

[@Happytravellerkimmy]

At a university I worked at, we had document vaults for all the governance documents we had. They weren't even top secret, just we wanted to keep them from getting destroyed if there was a flood or fire, etc. All important documents should be in document vaults, not in someone's dank basement.

[@derekeastman7771]

The difference being that is in a military base, a semi-public area where everybody expects to find secret documents. Somebody would have to break into his house to gain access, and that only after somebody informs them there is classified material there. Apples and oranges.

[@haybuhayko]

@@derekeastman7771 mar a lago is also a golf club where members of the public may have access to the property.

[@KuariThunderclaw]

@@derekeastman7771 Someone would have to do the same with a military base, know where said documents are stored. They'd also have to get past armed guards. You acting like Trump having them like that is an "apples and oranges" argument and not simply OBJECTIVELY worse is intellectually dishonest. Heck, frankly most bases you wouldn't expect to find many documents beyond what pertains to that specific base. Your entire argument is just a piss poor attempt to justify the most atrocious handling of government documents probably in our entire history.

[@Josh729J]

@@Happytravellerkimmy or in anyones emails for that matter.. right?

[@haldosprime3896]

I can only imagine the workflow of working on these kinds of videos that suddenly drop new info on top of the insanity of the situation itself. Whether it be elation or frustration, the work is appreciated. Many thanks to the legal eagle team.

[@riparianlife97701]

Just a reminder that Jimmy Carter sold his beloved family peanut farm when he was elected, because he was afraid owning a business as president would be improper.

[@christophersorel6056]

And proceeded to run the country into the ground.

[@Turai12]

@@christophersorel6056 so he and Trump had something in common?

[@Wolf_Larsen]

Well Carter is history's greatest monster after all.

[@rmr1754]

How is it going with inflation at 9%

[@gravitatemortuus1080]

@@Turai12 Really its Biden who gave us 8.5% inflation while saying it's at 0%. How's that working out for you?

[@cageordie]

There's nothing mundane about removing Top Secret documents from their proper place and stashing them in your basement. For anyone who has worked with this sort of information this is an astonishing breach of security. Anyone who did this would expect jail time.

[@floridaman4976]

Unless your name is Hillary Clinton. :-/

[@isaactruesdale238]

Obama also did this

[@samanjj]

@@isaactruesdale238 citation please

[@kendomyers]

@@isaactruesdale238 Through the proper channels

[@isaactruesdale238]

@@kendomyers If I'm not mistaken trump was talking with the doj about what to do with all the documents that he had at Maralago. I guess this might not technically be through the proper channels but it seems weird to be raided after that

[@penguinista]

The 12 second interruption for the DOJ press conference was hilarious. I was wondering how the filming of the video fell with the timing of the news and you got me. I laughed pretty hard. Thanks. I needed that.

[@WolfRamAndHart]

Apparently it's Spongbob Meme. I had to look it up, but makes sense.

[@dfuher968]

I was slightly surprised, he didnt have bruises on his forehead at the end from repeatedly banging his head against his desk, as the insane news just kept on coming 🤣🤣

[@MarsJenkar]

@@WolfRamAndHart "Can you hurry it up? I'm almost out of time cards."

[@Madcapredcap]

"And that's the last bombshell we're likely to have to deal with in this case for a while." SPOKE TOO SOON.

[@bridgetlove1884]

I am over here stuck on the word "basement". I live in the same county and houses don't have basements because the water table is so high and his place steps from the ocean has a basement? Pretty precarious storage situation for top secret documents in the very least.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

holy shit I didn't even think about that THIS IS IN FL homes there don't have basements WHY WAS HE STORING THESE DOCUMENTS IN SUCH A FLOOD RISK AREA?!

[@annamelvina216]

Oh my gosh... Everything about Trump is so weird! Just like that giant casket for Ivana even though she had been cremated. Just the strangest decisions ever...

[@nitanice]

I lived on the water in Tampa, and like you, I'm wondering how on earth you could have a basement there. Just Googled it, and I guess a "bomb shelter" was added at some point.

[@chesterbless9441]

He probably has one of those expensive pumps that allow you to build basements.

[@SJT929496]

It’s probably like Walt Disney World’s underground tunnels where the ground floor is the basement and gets filled over for the public ground floor.

[@cyberemulator6078]

Padlock for TS/SCI documents??!! By law, they are required to be kept in a approved safe inside of an approved SCIF facility, neither of which happened here. Why do government officials get to break the rules?

[@lukasg4807]

Idk the specific law, but you could argue the President needs access to ts documents while traveling.

[@chandy3859]

@@lukasg4807 i assume. When the president were traveling. There was a lot of body guard everywhere. I doubt about this one

[@imjashingyou3461]

They can be in open storage approved scifs. Doesn't CNWD/Cosmic not qualify as SCI anyways but as a SAP.

[@imjashingyou3461]

@@lukasg4807 that's what air force 1 and the regulations involving the transport of classified through approved courier letters is for. Presidents still can't violate the regulation requiring classified to only be used in approved environments. He also isn't a president anymore and has no need for these documents while traveling.

[@calamityjean1525]

@@imjashingyou3461 "He also isn't a president anymore and has no need for these documents while traveling." Good point.

[@Wyrmnax]

Devin learning that he needds to be faster with his videos because every 30 minutes he takes means he needs to reshoot the whole thing...

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

Or less fast, depending on how he wants to go about it

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

Or less fast, depending on how he wants to go about it

[@geneobrien8907]

@@thehoodedteddy1335 Deja Vu, LOL!

[@Justanotherpersonontheinternet]

That happens a lot to me lol

[@ronumpleby3517]

Best use of the "Twelve seconds later" meme EVER!🤣

[@jumpkickman1993]

I'm debating whether this is the funniest thing that's happened in a while or the scariest thing but it might be both

[@tsgumi]

I'm going with both, this is such a weird timeline

[@athroughzdude]

Either way all you can do is laugh

[@tardvandecluntproductions1278]

With how this could rile his already violent crowd. I would definitely add scary.

[@mochithepooh5368]

Honestly I'm not scared when conservative say "OOOO they're going to come for you next." Because they already did to any leftist movement. But I'm scared that conservative are going to use this as an excuse to just straight up raid or lock up their political opponent if they got in power.

[@rossman8919]

In my opinion the border between horror and comedy can be very thin

[@tripolarmdisorder7696]

Those two addendum come off like the frustration of a defense council watching his client step into the well, then confess to the crime as a humble brag to the judge.... before the jury reads the verdict.

[@Leith_Crowther]

I think you mean, “before the bailiff tackles them.” :P

[@dracoargentum9783]

Yet, they come off so much better than sitting there tapping your chin staring dreamily into space...

[@jan-willemvandijk3850]

Addenda? 🤣

[@poisonsumc7426]

Like jones? ( well, not *humble* brag...)

[@charlesvan13]

This is just Russiagate 20.0 People make a big fuss over fake allegations that have no basis in fact. It's goes on way longer that is should have. And then it goes away, because there's nothing there. For example, an ex-president doesn't get in trouble of having classified documents. He has the authority to declassify anything. He has the ultimate authority over that, not the Archives.

[@EarthenDam]

We appreciate LegalEagle making sure his videos were accurate up to point his video was about to be uploaded.

[@NeCoruption]

Why does trump have the documents. That's what I want to know

[@unattributed1641]

And if Devon had waited 12 more second the Search Warrant and the document inventory would have been un-sealed. And hooo-boy, just the fact that there were TS/SCI documents in the list is stunning.

[@jakekatella]

"Top Secret" documents are defined as those that would cause "extremely grave" consequences to the United States if they were released. Add to that the fact that the president cannot summarily declare documents as declassified. The documents must be properly recorded as being declassified INCLUDING removing the cover sheet that identifies the classification level. Based on the inventory sheet released from the DOJ, that wasn't the case here.

[@dammityoutube]

Just for the people out there that don't know, TS/SCI stands for Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information. This is some of the most sensitive and most restricted documents. These documents are usually the gathering of sensitive foreign intelligence. They can also be sensitive domestic intelligence such as; nuclear launch capabilities and reactions, to launch site locations, etc etc. Anybody's guess really as the only people that know are the people with access to the material.

[@heartquake1100]

@@dammityoutube Thank you for explaining!

[@Perid0tStar]

@@dammityoutube I'm pretty surprised that he was able to get his tiny little hands on those in the first place. They're supposed to just be viewable in special places, so how?

[@amandaalvis5958]

@@dammityoutube And now it is has been revealed that it is under the Espionage Act of 1917...the last time that came up two people got the electric chair and that was in the 1950s. The Former Guy is about to go through some painful things as that is likely going to be a conviction, especially knowing him and the likeliness that he either blabbed, showed off, or sold the information...my bets are on the latter knowing him. He'd sell out this country if he could and probably already has..it's his MO, perfect villain material.

[@gligarguy4010]

Legal Eagle is in his golden age of content creation just in the past week of craziness alone.

[@sigheyeroll]

My man has literally sued the WH and DOJ and he still hasn't peaked yet.

[@SlashinatorZ]

I hope Eagle can do some collabs with Larry Lawton

[@holofish]

He's been on fire this week!

[@andrewb1921]

Close. His real golden age was the timeframe from Nov 5 2020 to sometime in January or February 2021. Back then, there were so many things going on that shook the foundations of US legal and governmental precedent and tradition that it made the current events with Alex Jones and Trump look mild by comparison. Edit: although, if you add in the overturning of Roe v Wade (and how it was overturned), that puts the current time neck and neck with the previous time.

[@vonriel1822]

This week is turning out to be as entertaining as it is horrifying. I don't _want_ it to continue, necessarily, but you're doing a great job keeping us informed on what's going on. It's a nice change of pace from how utterly _exhausted_ you seemed when you were making this many videos during Trump's time as president. Or, hell, maybe it was just me who was exhausted and projecting on to you, back then. Either way, I appreciate the rapid fire series of videos on what's going on.

[@rickmacdonald5575]

I’m enjoying it lol

[@MicrophonicFool]

The previous Presidency is the gift that should not keep on giving, but here we are...

[@MicrophonicFool]

@@Nathan-eq3zs Ya, that must be it. Nothing to see here, everything is awesome.

[@ollaitsrealgood]

So you really don't like it when public officials destroy documents, do you?

[@Daniel-yh9dz]

I remember back in the day people used to love the phase "make the world a better place". In this day and age, I guess it's more like "prevent the world from becoming a worse place". It saddens me to think that those days are gone. But what's done is done. Now we need to make peace with it and move on.

[@TheInfiniteSheldon]

I wish people would stop saying this was "unprecedented". If wasn't. Nothing about the search deviated from long-established procedures. The protocol was followed to the letter, in accordance with longstanding polices and laws, as per the Constitutional requirement for due process. Further, for the investigative and judicial institutions involved, it's a fairly common routine. The search was precedented every step of the way, no matter how surprising it may be that Trump is facing the consequences of his own actions.

[@draelon]

Can confirm as previously I was a USAF unit security manager that use of a padlock in the basement of a hotel is not an authorized method of storage for documents of that level of classification. :)

[@InitialFailure]

Can completely remove your opinion as I'm currently a security manager and it depends on the classification and you would know that if you had any idea what you were talking about.

[@VelvetBlades]

@@InitialFailure so... If he did know the security level.. Then you're confirming his comment? 🤔

[@InitialFailure]

@@VelvetBlades not necessarily. Different provisions are made for different scenarios. During transportation for instance, perhaps courier orders and a locked case might be all that's needed. It all depends hence me taking a bit of umbrage at the "smile" after a completely in error statement.

[@Leastmachine]

I like how people just accept everything they're being told at face value, not even a shred of skepticism, simply because it fits what they want to believe.

[@Mister_Eiffel]

@@InitialFailure You know, in this here video they just said "some files allegedly had "Top Secret" written on them". Hell, even at Secret you'll be hard-pressed to find a *padlock* rated for that kinda stuff.

[@canadianavenger]

Great summary, always informative to see your take on things. One thing I think you missed, is that the Presidential Records Act does not allow a President to leave the White House with any official records, regardless of their classification. Meaning that it does not matter if the former President declassified them of not, they still were not permitted to take them with them when they vacated the White House.

[@patrickjordan2233]

Yeah, this needs addressed, the Right are pretending the Presidential Records Act doesn't exist...🔍

[@patrickjordan2233]

Too many words to remember for their Google search? (JK)

[@timthyj6976]

I think he intentionally skipped this, because he did say in this that he is going to do a separate video on the presidential records act.

[@JohnnyX262]

BuT HiLlArY

[@nathaneddy502]

@@JohnnyX262 Hilary wasn't president the act doesn't apply.

[@robo1000]

I came for bird law, I stayed for eagle 😉

[@NutjobGTO]

Birb law say all breds for evers blong 2 birb Subrem jutsic servd, you produc all breds now

[@SobeCrunkMonster]

i really like the shrink ray guy from Birdman Attorney at Law

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

You have amazing large hands.

[@climbon3157]

Let's say you and I go toe-to-toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.

[@Impy386638]

He's not a good lawyer, go find other real ones.

[@gwillis01]

The FBI tried to request the documents politely in a court order several months ago but had no luck according to what I have heard of the story. Trump usually refuses polite requests on paper when going through legal incidents. Therefore, the FBI felt compelled to do the intrusive but duly authorized in person search of his residence.

[@hawks3109]

hmm but his lawyers all say he has complied and they have handed over over 15 boxes. So that doesn't line up. There are apparently FBI documents also saying he was being helpful and willfully working with them.

[@NowioFel]

@@hawks3109 facts don't matter, what matter is what the mainstream corporate news are broadcasting

[@TheSwitchFrog]

@@hawks3109 Once the FBI have forced themselves into his property there'd be no sense in refusing to comply with them at that point -- that'd only make him look more suspicious and potentially get him into even further trouble.

[@hawks3109]

@@NowioFel of course, one good thing is mainstream media is falling in numbers while independent platforms grow

[@hawks3109]

@@TheSwitchFrog well of course, though rights matter more than looking suspicious. But he worked with them many months before this. Ever since Jan or Feb when they started asking. Besides these docs are nuclear codes or something? Like they change that all the time. This is a hit job. I hope this lawyer is just saving face by not mentioning the fishiness of the whole situation. Otherwise I'd question if he is really actually a good lawyer or he is incredibly bias.

[@cuckoophendula8211]

Man, kudos for making content for all of these current events. I can't imagine what it's like to keep up with the content as all the craziness keeps coming at us in this day and age.

[@alcam4226]

They should raid the cemetery grave, he probably buried the documents lol.

[@southwesternstudiosOG]

Funny he never mentioned jussie smollet.

[@1ericedwards]

For. Real.... I guess its the Morning Brew he likes to advertise in his videos! LOL

[@geomeopeoleo1740]

@@southwesternstudiosOG that case seems a little complicated or need to know as Alex Jones or Trump. Since the issue with Trump is that he is taking documents that he shouldn’t have. National classified documents, a little more important than a case that is about a hate crime that didn’t happen or did.

[@southwesternstudiosOG]

@@geomeopeoleo1740 That case was absolutely in the public interest, and he should have covered it. Him continuing to only cover right wing issues, but conveniently skipping things when the left does them, just shows and solidifies his bias. I used to like this channel, but it’s not watchable anymore since he decided to shill for a certain political party.

[@Mirrormn]

And an update as of Friday afternoon Aug 12 - The search warrant and receipt were publicly released. There is no specific corroboration that the documents seized contained nuclear secrets (since that information wouldn't be included in the receipt, as LegalEagle went over in the video), but it did reveal that the warrant was seeking evidence of the "Espionage Act outlawing gathering, transmitting, or losing national defense information." I'm sure we'll hear all about it in the next video.

[@adam346]

my absolute favorite thing about Trump is that for every positive thing he says, there is also a clip (or several) of him hating on that very same thing.

[@mallowtonmouse]

And vice versa

[@Rundvelt]

Not the wall. He's not said he doesn't want the wall. And despite Biden calling it racist, he's now building that wall. Interesting no.

[@A15degreeperhourdrift]

@itsAme Trump certainly has 2 views on the 5th amendment.

[@sannamarinseafoodcorp1298]

@itsAme Dumb "both sides"-ism take. Not all politicians are equally morally bankrupt.

[@iankeeter2032]

@itsAme This is the kind of comment that normalizes Trump. He is not the norm. And to pretend that he's just like every other politician when it comes to corruption, lying, hypocrisy, etc. is just ignorant.

[@toddjones1480]

I can't wait to find out who was in the room with these documents in those months of security video, and who removed some of the boxes right after one of the DoJ requests.

[@ASH-RAID]

He said it’s a hoax, so that basically confirms it’s true.

[@chetruane]

He's so orange... practically everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie! 🤣🤣

[@geeeee8268]

Same as the "russian collusion"?

[@JCmeister9]

That's funny, I could've sworn that's what he said about the Russia collusion hoax and we know how that turned out.

[@lilpenguin092]

Fake news! 😂

[@gonzadiazsola]

Like that whole russia thing?

[@MsAsh3070]

No one seemed to be paying attention to WHICH department of the DOJ was called out (publicly available knowledge from the moment the first report came out but it wasn't being discussed much for whatever reason). It was specifically the 'Export Control' department, including the head of the department. Straight from Fbi (dot) gov, what they look after is "preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, their delivery systems, and related technology." And they also go after "foreign states and terrorist organizations [who] are actively seeking the knowledge and technology required to develop weapons of mass destruction."

[@kvnvk8947]

Won't be at all surprised to hear there's an investigation into whether Trump was attempting to sell classified nuclear documents to foreign governments, I'll be even less surprised to learn he did.

[@vazacaks7597]

This is really interesting! It took me a bit to independently verify this but from what I've found it checks out. For anyone else looking for the supporting evidence the "UNITED STATES’ MOTION TO UNSEAL LIMITED WARRANT MATERIALS" document was signed off on by "JAY I. BRATT CHIEF Counterintelligence and Export Control Section National Security Division". From there I was able to search and found the following on the Justice Departments site, "The Section [Counterintelligence and Export Control Section] has executive responsibility for authorizing the prosecution of cases under criminal statutes relating to espionage, sabotage, neutrality, and atomic energy." Along with finding on the FBI site in the archives from 2007 "Effective export controls remain critical in preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, their delivery systems, and related technology."

[@n484l3iehugtil]

Now this makes me speculate that Trump was planning on possibly selling these secrets to certain foreign agents so that he can make a quick buck.

[@I_Lemaire]

Great point, MsAsh.

[@IanAlcorn]

Good catch, thank you. 👍

[@rstates8864]

Just wanted to say it's so refreshing to hear someone who actually knows what they are talking about weigh in on this. Also love how you kept it just to the Facts without any bais. Very well done!

[@aikidodude05]

except he doesnt not know what the hell he is talking I mean legal eagle is bad but this just just pathidic at this point. btw legal eagle is the guy who thinks that touching a map and asking for a smile is assault and battery. he is a joke in the legal community like a dumber jack thompson

[@kranberryjones1449]

Without bias.....watch more of his videos and you'll see. He's had some real bad performances but this one is pretty good

[@ashleysigurdson6982]

"without bias" LMFAO, please tell me this comment is sarcasm.

[@propersod2390]

Without any bias? 💀🤡

[@zyeborm]

Reality has a well known liberal bias don't you know /s

[@Justanotherconsumer]

His claim that he can just declassify things gets back to that crook Nixon’s claim that whatever a president does is legal. Could not disagree more.

[@christophermonteith2774]

well, even LE himself here said that's usually the case, but a completely different case when it comes to something as serious as nuclear stuff

[@Justanotherconsumer]

@@christophermonteith2774 as he points out, in that case it may just be good old fashioned theft. Other than him, though, who even knows what he declassified? Trump could get out of a lot of hot water here if he specified exactly what it is he declassified and it turns out it was nothing terribly important - there are complaints that some documents are excessively classified, so being able to substantiate that would make him look a lot better. That he’s just handing out the nuclear launch codes or the current locations of all the boomers doesn’t make it better if it’s just arbitrarily “declassified” especially if it’s information that is explicitly valuable to those-who-don’t-need-to-be-named who are alleged to have him under their thumb.

[@willysnowman]

@@christophermonteith2774 Bonezpuz is full of shit.

[@Hidakaku56]

He technically *can* declassify anything beyond the nuclear secrets and a few other specific categories (those have to be done either by or with the permission of specific government entities) the problem isn't that he didn't have the power to declassify the documents, or even really that they weren't declassified. The problem is he took the documents and refused to give them back and then lied when he said he gave them back. That's the funniest part is that whether or not the documents were classified or declassified doesn't actually matter, the main statute they went after him with says that *keeping* the documents when the government asks for them back is the crime. Now, given that he did have some nuclear secrets in there and did possibly show them to people allows them to add other charges on, but it was the fact that he took documents and refused to give them back that was the problem.

[@DrVesuvius70]

I swear, as I was watching this I was thinking "Poor Devin! He's trying to release a video about a current event and it's already out of date. What's a poor LawTuber to do?" Well played, Mr Eagle. Well played. :-)

[@proptosis2682]

@Hermann[best channel] let's go

[@alcam4226]

They should check the cemetery, he probably buried the documents lol.

[@anaverageyoutubewatcher2528]

@@alcam4226 I hope your joking

[@alcam4226]

@@anaverageyoutubewatcher2528 you're*

[@blindleader42]

@@alcam4226 Maybe he was hoping to get a couple of gallons of joking from Al Cam's supply.

[@greatboniwanker]

A man who owes "someone" 420+ Million dollars improperly retained classified nuclear secrets despite raising the penalty from a 1 year misdemeanor to a 5 year felony - Oh the Irony!

[@theswampfisher3253]

But let’s not go for Biden for making millions while Vice President

[@kaykasper8770]

When any prez leaves the Oval Office, whatever they take with them has been declassified, because they do that before leaving. Go ask Obutthead and Killarys husband…they even took furniture from the White House, oops. They had to return. Come on. Learn about how things work in government.

[@alcam4226]

They should check the cemetery, he probably buried the documents lol.

[@ChocolateThaiE]

@@alcam4226 they just need to dig up Ivana at the golf course lol.

[@alcam4226]

@@ChocolateThaiE Lmao 🤣

[@JetZV]

And shortly after you posted this, it's being reported that he might be under investigation for violating the Espionage Act... which makes this even more complicated. You questioned why he'd be hesitant to turn over documents related to nuclear weapons, but if that investigation is legitimate then your question is already answered.

[@trueriver1950]

Err, no. If he had taken them for espionage reasons then he'd have copied them and put them back, ideally (from his perspective) while in office. If he still wanted them to sell to [insert name of almost any foreign power] he could have still had them copied and then returned the originals when he had been asked nicely. The espionage angle doesn't seem to me to explain anything, except to create several new ways to think Trump made stupid mistakes.

[@Divig]

That being is its own soap opera. But as someone who lives in Europe (ie closer to Russia) it is rather scary to imagine what he might have done.

[@killwalker]

If there was a mole in the Trump administration (and that's not a stretch at all) it seems feasible that a mole would sabotage Trump. Or try. Not saying it DID happen, but I doubt Trump himself is perceptually aware enough to smell a rat planting stuff in filing cabinets. He's not a real politician. He isn't used to those types of games. He's a businessman. His corruption is shady dealings, not tiptoeing around planting or stealing files. Trump is not a stupid man. I can't believe he would knowingly steal Nuclear Intel from the White House.... Ppl gotta think for a min or two about that. Why in the Hell would he?

[@Weakest_Bulgarian]

The president cannot be under the espionage act. Guess what? This is another shameless witch hunt

[@magicrat74]

brb heading to reddit. Gotta see the conservative spin on this.

[@LynetteTheRogue]

Glad they are doing a investigation and sounds like they're doing everything by the book. There needs to be a clear example that just cuz you held public office, even as high as the president of the US, doesn't mean you can flagrantly break the law or not follow proper procedure.

[@ilovemornings5706]

I completely agree. Then what about Hilary's emails and servers? Both sides are criminal.

[@HashimotoDatsu]

I feel like people who are trying to knock other officials don't understand the severity of nuclear documentation, rather than simply classified information. Yes, investigations need to be done in every case, but no matter who you are, you should never have any type of nuclear secrets in your hands unless you are directly involved in the chain of command. We still need to see what happens here. It's quite the accusation and should be treated with both skepticism and unbiased scrutiny.

[@Cyberguy42]

Agreed, better to focus on the facts (that classified documents were recovered from the premises) than on allegations from "people close to the investigation"

[@mrb152]

That nuclear document claim fell out of the narrative pretty quick. I mean it was only ever going to convince gullible idiots, but there are quite a few of those here including present company above. Trump didn’t have “nuclear documents”. That doesn’t even make sense based upon where the documents were taken from. They were whitehouse briefings. Not boxes from the pentagon.

[@christophermonteith2774]

agreed

[@Wrathofkala]

UNLESS YOU ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN CHAIN OF COMMAND. Think about that as it relates to Trump....

[@HashimotoDatsu]

@@Wrathofkala What? He's not the president anymore and hasn't been for some time. Do you think it's a good idea to let previous presidents run around with nuclear documents just because they were a president? That is setting up for a massive security breach. There's nothing to think about here. Those documents needed to be returned immediately and at the very least relinquished on the first request.

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

What I find so *overwhelmingly* hilarious about all of this is that he basically hitched his star to "She was using a private email server for classified material!" but the same people who thought that was *really* important don't seem concerned about him literally stealing boxes of official documents. If I walked out of a U.S Government building with classified documents, the only question is whether I'd be tortured before going to jail. The answer is *probably* yes, given how chilling Snowden being told that if he turned himself in he would not be tortured is. Just because Trump won an election once doesn't make him above the law.

[@drchicken2477]

"Just because Trump won an election once shouldn't make him above the law." FTFY

[@scottroxford5715]

It's just not a good look that they decide to launch this investigation now of all times and not sooner against a previous president on the other side of the political aisle but don't for people on their side, Clintons, Obamas and Bidens are FAR from clean either. They wanna spout "no one is above the law" but Pelosi's husband is getting away with DUI and Hillary made up an entire scandal and suffered zero consequences. It's shit like this that make Trump more and more popular.

[@briankulesz9410]

There were stories (rumors?) coming out of the WH during trump's 4 years that they were using unsecure cell phones in the performance of the WH' duties. We don't hear much about that today.

[@shadowmancy9183]

Snowden's also full of shit. Torture is flat out not permitted by the DOJ. You would not be tortured. I would not be tortured. Private Schmuckatelli wouldn't get tortured.

[@rudra62]

Yes. "But her emails" and "Hunter Biden's laptop" are the major cries of those who've hitched their wagons to Trump, while not caring about what's in this proven instance of at least improper possession of classified documents. Yes, if you or I had these documents, they'd bury us under the jail after finding out who else we gave access to. It's an example of there being multiple sets of justice for different people.

[@Xershade]

LegalEagle: The justice department NEVER talks about anything... Justice Department: We're about to ruin this man's whole KZbin video...

[@achillespatroclus3026]

Kind of speaks to the sh*t show the current leadership of the DOJ is

[@slevinchannel7589]

Whatever happens, i hope Trump goes to Jail for the sake of the Nation one day.The Wound cant heal until the Knife is fully pullled-out.KZbinr Some More News has listed many the Things Trump has done - the List is Remarkably BIG, so i recommend it.

[@azzythechristianfurry]

There is a good chance the DoJ probably is lying to people. Wouldn’t be a first time.

[@mrb152]

They still didn’t actually say much.

[@brianwilliam1869]

No, but they sure do like to leak favorable information to select members of the media

[@Doing_It_Wrong]

So not only TS/SCI but Nuclear, which is so classified it gets its own program outside of TS/SCI. If convicted he'll never be able to run for any public office again...because of the law he signed in 2018...he played himself. (18 U.S. Code 798)

[@274pacific]

Remember when some people said "if I did what Hilary did, I'd be in prison right now" ? Those same people are probably the ones whining about how terrible it is that their guy was held to their own standard.

[@tooslow4065]

he wasn't. when you are told law enforcement has a warrant, YOU are given that warrant to look at. his LAWYER wasn't. they werent even allowed to be within sight. thats AGAINST THE LAW.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

@@tooslow4065 Just stop it. There's obviously nothing this man could do to make you stop supporting him. Just say that, it's easier for everyone.

[@raygunsforronnie847]

@@tooslow4065 Uh... Drumph legal representatives and the Secret Service were advised in advance of the warrant service. Drumph was in NY. Also there is no requirement to serve the warrant directly on the named person; if an address is named in the warrant, the warrant can simply be left at the property as evidence of service.

[@tooslow4065]

@@raygunsforronnie847 except it wasn't. his lawyers were there, but the fbi wouldnt give it to them. They were told in advance, then the fbi decided to go WHILE he was in NY, not before he left or after he came back.

[@fett713akamandodragon5]

@@tooslow4065 cry more plz, the tears, they are delicious.🤣🤣🤣

[@connorspence3495]

Hey Devin, just wanted to give you a massive thanks for the amount of quality content you're releasing at the moment!

[@Undivided-X]

Seriously, I've been hooked this past week or so.

[@abegarfield7031]

He's got a lot to work with at the moment .

[@fuzbuzz00]

Thank you for being so on top of these events. It's equal parts hilarious and horrifying to me that this is all happening

[@Yora21]

And also in no way surprising.

[@_PatrickO]

@@Yora21 It is actually about damn time. Trump has been being loose with US law for years.

[@Josh729J]

can someone please link me his Hillary Email video

[@Eatmydbzballs]

@@Josh729J His first video was 5 years ago. And until 3 years ago he was just making videos on how to survive law school. He's only been covering 'current events' for the last 2 years.

[@A_name_is_a_name]

@@_PatrickO You mean the leftist tyrants have yet to prove any of their conspiracy theories, even with an IRS audit. Your cult loves their witch hunts.

[@matthewmiller6068]

Even if he had the authority to "just declassify whatever" while president, would he not have had to do that BEFORE taking them back to his house anyway?

[@herzkine]

And it isnt like in Trumps 3 year old brain a potus just can do anThing he wants, hes just the fecking potus.

[@lesbyleth]

strictly speaking even if they were declassified he has no right to just pick them up and take them

[@matthewmiller6068]

@@lesbyleth maybe, but it would at least be a significantly different offense. Wonder if he can also declare the stuff to be public domain released or whatever too

[@theredpillneo2296]

@@lesbyleth you literally have no idea what your talking about..

[@sadusattack2628]

I doubt they would've signed off on this warrant in this political climate unless they were absolutely 100% something is there. Not 99.9%. 100%.

[@ericmckinney4607]

Exactly. Remember how the right-wingers made much ado about that FISA warrant against Carter Page during the Mueller investigation. Plus the current head of the FBI Christopher Wray is a Trump appointee.

[@wrongwayup.]

They did know the documents were there. They asked for them back nicely, and then with a subpoena. Clearly the Trump camp didn't comply, for whatever weird reason, so they had to go and get the documents via the search warrant.

[@NonsenseFabricator]

@@wrongwayup. Trump has pretty much never faced a meaningful legal consequence for anything, so I can see why he wouldn't bother to comply just out of sheer laziness.

[@marishiten5944]

HA. Yes they would. You don't understand the point of it. They're trying to bind him up so he can't run again.

[@ericmckinney4607]

@@marishiten5944 LOL. The only reason Trump was so desperate to STAY president was that after becoming president his businesses came under scrutiny and he knew he was guilty of many crimes. What's funny is that Trump pled the 5th over 400 times in his disposition the other day during the criminal case and the only question he answered was his name. Remember that Trump said that only guilty people plead the 5th. Good times, good times.

[@SwearMY]

And some of the documents are rated TS / SCI (top secret / sensitive compartmented information). Bad, bad, bad news. This stuff should have been in a very secure location such as a SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility), not a basement or closet at Mar A Lago.

[@pbonfanti]

Makes me think if documents are that important why they should be ok months before with, "just put a padlock" , maybe they didnt care for many mandates before?

[@SwearMY]

@@pbonfanti Because he told them he returned all the classified information? And his lawyers said he returned all the classified information? Because they got confirmation or additional information from a source inside Mar A Lago that there was highly classified information there? There were other factors behind the scenes I'm sure that we don't know about.

[@cashcleaner]

I mean, to be perfectly honest, I figured he’d get nailed for taking bribes, getting a cut from awarding some contracts and offering preferential treatment, maybe incitement or something similar related to Jan 6, misuse of government funds, tax evasion… but nuclear secrets?! That came outta left field.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

"All of the above"?

[@solvseus]

Yeah, who had that on their bingo card?

[@petergamache5368]

Seems like the next campaign will be for President of the Leavenworth Book Club

[@naval-rn96]

Tax evasion is America's foundation!

[@sorsocksfake]

When it sounds too good to be true, 99% chance it isn't. Obviously if there's anything there, it'd be handled by the officials. Indeed, it would've been handled 16 months ago. I would hope. Our conversations won't affect it. What they do affect, unfortunately, is the observation that 27% of Americans have lost their minds and are delusional enough to think that Trump had a suitcase with the nuclear codes which he planned to sell to, presumably, the Norwegian branch of the KKK. Note that this is particularly bad given the prior observation that another 23% of Americans have lost their minds and are delusional enough to think that Hillary Clinton is operating a global satanic child rape organisation from a New York Pizza Parlor's basement. And 90% of Americans believe that a celebrity wallstreet financier worth billions was running a massive underage sex trafficking ring from in the Virgin islands, has videotapes of all of it, that the US govt has known about for a long time and did nothing about except possibly to assassinate him when people found out, burying the case, whose contacts include just about every famous person in the united states including at least two former presidents. Again, just to show that Americans will believe ridiculous claims that obviously are too good to be true, and turn out to be total nonsense in 99% of those cases.

[@KartiacKID]

Anyone else start twitching angrily from PTSD to the word, “Unprecedented”?

[@thatjillgirl]

The fact that it turns out they were looking for documents related to nuclear weapons? I have no words. There is no *good* reason anyone, including a former president, would take those with them when they leave their job. Every reason I can think of for him doing that is deeply concerning.

[@theoneandonlydetraebean8286]

Probably planned to use it to blackmail the federal government from arresting him should they have enough evidence to tie him directly to the January 6 insurrection. You want these nuke papers back, you drop the charges against me.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

We literally already knew he was a Russian agent. Why is anybody surprised? We had confirmation that he was a Russian agent, and every Republican said "we know and we don't care".

[@briankulesz9410]

To sell them? That's a scary thought.

[@NathanHedglin]

Ex-presidents DO keep documents with them. Probably not nuclear related documents though

[@kingacrisius]

@@NathanHedglin Yeah, the nuclear part is more concerning to me than that they were classified...

[@jb888888888]

Trump's warrant is under audit. But once it comes out of audit, in a couple of weeks, he'll release it. It's beautiful, it's the best warrant you've ever seen. The warrant came to him with tears in its big manly eyes and said "Sir...."

[@deusexaethera]

His warrant has the best words.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@deusexaethera Cody Johnston aka "Some More News" covered many Legal-insanity's over time, but i hoped Legal-Eagle can at least cover Amazon's Crazy Scam that disrupts Earths Water-Cycle as explained in the video 'Were Running Out of Water'.

[@st4rlightr4v3n4]

Absolutely incredible. Just incredible, these warrants. You know, uhh... they've- they've got these- this technology. Absolutely incredible technology. And they serve the best warrants... we've ever seen.

[@chancebrady2]

🤣

[@nasis18]

Great thread.

[@tjg813]

When I heard it was classified nuclear documents they were looking for at his house my stomach dropped. Like, WTF dude?! Why would he take those home? My first thought was to sell to other countries if he doesn’t get his way.

[@LegerRon]

yeah... like he needs documents... how much classified stuff do you think is in that head? He was president for 4 years. He doesn't need documents to sell. Can we be serious now?

[@arcturionblade1077]

Dude was constantly broke due to having no liquidity. Everything tRump does is motivated by spite and greed to keep the grift going perpetually.

[@xman5393]

Our enemies ALREADY know how to make nukes (china, and russia) so that cat was already let out of the bag.

[@nemisous83]

Nuclear doesn't necessarily pertain to only nuclear weapons it can be any aspect of nuclear energy, intelligence on other countries, etc.

[@i.k5696]

@@xman5393 not really, it’s about quality secrets are constantly updated and the sharing of that info is one of the basis for the uk and amarica to be allies in which they exclusively share there technology

[@darrenskjoelsvold]

This video needs an update. The TS SCI labeled documents are a primary concern. How badly has national security been compromised? How many people wandered into the pool supply closet and thumbed through the documents and read extremely dangerous materials? We will never know. The country has been compromised. Why did Trump even have these documents? What possible reason could he have had to have these documents? Was he doing anything to actively undermine the integrity of the information? Was he selling the information? Is the former president a foreign agent or an asset for a foreign agency? Those in the intelligence community have to assume the worst to secure their own. We need to address this issue as if the worst case scenario is the case. Make no mistake about it Trump's actions have compromised and jeopardized the security and safety of this country.

[@darrenskjoelsvold]

Of course the question on the mind of everyone who knows just how bad this is, is does this rise to the level of treason or what would the president have to have done for this to be treason?

[@DeadCatX2]

Incredibly informative and presented without bias. You even covered how the fact that these are nuclear secrets will complicate the defense that he can declassify whatever he wants. Your contribution to the public discourse is invaluable

[@AntiAzovIndividual]

“Without bias” ok, so he didn’t call out Hillary or other former presidents with actual classified documents and literal furniture from the White House, but no raid. he trusts cnn to say that Biden was unaware, but you can obviously tell they are lying, they just dodge the question, he’s also done biased videos and using “law” to excuse the fact he’s making political, liberal, biased videos. Also, thee stuff he brought with him is literal news papers! 😂 Ok ok, so even if You think that is unbiased or that it isn’t misinformation, look at the comments, obviously this is a left leaning channel that uses “legal stuff” to talk about his own political views and talk down to others, No one actually likes Biden, they just have a pure hatred for trump for no reason at all, they just hate him and make up stories every time there is one and attack, because that’s what people have been told to do.

[@karaokehammick5215]

Why do you believe they were looking for nuclear documents? It would take some bias to take the FBI of Russian hoax fame at their word.

[@lugo8824]

I wouldn't trust myself with information regarding nuclear weapons. The fact that he may have had that info is genuinely disturbing.

[@JohnDoe-zr8pc]

“May have had” and “fact” don’t go together. Either he did or didn’t. If he didn’t, are you gonna apologize?

[@tombirmingham7033]

He clearly did this isn't also the first time. It's literally a second. He was keeping boxes of Highly classified data in a regular room. And clearly stole that data for personal profit and/or gain. When requested he didn't even turn all of it over he kept some on purpose. The guys guilty as the day is long

[@stewarde17]

All you know it could have just been a proposal to upgrade current missiles to keep up with russia and china or a nuclear pack proposal to the 2 counties I just mention to renew the one that expired during trump tenure as president.

[@arthurbaker1592]

@@JohnDoe-zr8pc Why would anyone apologize?

[@elijazfrazelsassafraz3100]

@@JohnDoe-zr8pc if he did, are you?

[@aruce9]

The thing is he boneheadedly signed a law that makes this into a felony. So he for sure committed a felony

[@DannyAGray]

Didn't realize you had busted out your GoogleU law degree and had all the facts of the case to make such a determination. 🤔

[@jimsavely1104]

Just like Hillary. Had classified documents on her own personal computer (which is illegal) and was still able to run for office afterwards.

[@theonetruefusky7681]

@@DannyAGray he literally signed it into law, all you had to do was watch the news when he did it

[@vanessamaldonado5877]

@@DannyAGray "mishandling of classified documents", allegedly having nuclear secrets at his personal home and with a lot of foreign interests being in the vicinity (the Saudis literally hosted a tournament there), then yes that easily counts as mishandling of classified documents.

[@Michael-bn1oi]

@@DannyAGray if you are going to call someone's statement in question, you should provide your own sources or evidence. Otherwise you're just an internet clown.

[@kuhataparunks]

Great content! So glad there’s a simple English discussion of this controversial stuff.

[@lukelorianTRON]

I love how the news of the last 2 weeks has basically been like 'hey I heard you like lawyer youtube, prepare to see them all overworked and overstressed' XD

[@sgtsmitty]

As a neighbor to the north, just wanted to ask, you guys doing ok?

[@annanderson7]

Getting better 👍

[@adamsmasher9769]

No, life is hell here and it keeps getting worse. Please, take over america and absorb us so we may have basic healthcare and social safety nets that help to keep the elderly off of the streets

[@Allaiya.]

We have a cancer. We thought we got rid of it, but it seems intent on coming back.

[@michaeltotton8846]

No, can we become Canadian?

[@adamsmasher9769]

@@michaeltotton8846 i hope i can claim refuge in canada one day

[@ladyacid654]

As a record preserver/digitizer, the idea that Trump would be so careless and tear up important documents hurts my soul. I deeply empathise with the archivists who have to repair those papers.

[@DFloyd84]

He's not careless; he's destroying evidence. Probably something he learned from the New York Mob or his father, who probably learned it from the New York Mob.

[@chrisbuttonshaw2088]

that was the point! no document, no proof. "It's not a bug, it's a feature"

[@missflorathewriter9014]

Even the average citizen is supposed to keep personal documents for at least 7 years by law. I'm pedantic about keeping all my personal documents in order and having scanned copies of everything.

[@shevek2954]

It's not careless, it's purposeful destruction of potential evidence.

[@Reldan]

@@shevek2954 I suspect it's both honestly. Trump has shown he is petty enough to just tear random stuff up because he knows it'll make people have to dig through his trash to piece it back together. He doesn't care, and it feeds into the sense of importance and power you have over the little people picking up your shit.

[@kevinmiddleton946]

I see breaking news on the tv and come to LegalEagle: trusted news source.

[@eyezak_m]

Grab the popcorn lads, this is going to be quite the show

[@MunchinOnDew]

Yeah sure will, if Garlands opening 3 minute speech that he was 30 minutes late for is any indication.

[@kevinlemasters9090]

Yeah. Another three year bs show. Trump 2024!

[@igvc1876]

This is what they've been saying for 6 years with every kind of new thing they tried to slap on him, from Ukraine, to collusion, to insurrection, but nothing really stuck. Not saying this finally isn't it, but for pete's sake have some skepticism after they cry wolf for the 5th time.

[@kevinlemasters9090]

Oh my. Not nuclear weapon secrets. Can't get more serious than that no matter what. I'm sure he was planning on selling them to the Martians. Geez, I guess that justifies everything. (Imagine the international sign for a hand job while your reading this.)

[@MunchinOnDew]

@@igvc1876 they're in a cult. Skepticism isn't really their thing.

[@elizabethhenning778]

The Pod Save America guys pointed out that (1) security briefing documents have been distributed electronically for a decade, so he would have had to make a point of printing them out, and (2) he never attended the briefings anyway. So what did he want with those documents?

[@RichardStrong86]

Trump is well known to want documents printed as he doesn't use computers. His aides are known to write things digitally that he dictates.

[@cmelton6796]

My completely uneducated guess: to sell them to Russia.

[@TheDreadedRaider]

@@cmelton6796 if he was smart he would sell our uranium to Russia and let them come to America to mine it. Oh wait that's already been done by Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration lol

[@mathewfinch]

@@cmelton6796 my money would be on the Saudis.

[@abegarfield7031]

@@mathewfinch ....or North Korea but I think you're right, it's probably the Saudis. I don't think Russia has much use for him anymore.

[@finito1989]

I love how the video started with LegalEagle trying his best to get people to chill out and how this could either be huge or just a routine event that wasn’t that big of a deal. Then each new Re recording just hammered in how it isn’t normal at all

[@matthewmiller6068]

I also look forward to part 8 of this video...I know there's only 1 so far, but I have a feeling with Trump involved somehow there will be many follow-up insanity things to come.

[@raspberrytaegi]

LOL this aged well /genuine

[@graybunting674]

We’re living through history, and I can honestly see a teacher playing this video in class in the future. Isn’t that insane???

[@vyros.3234]

2022 has been wild. Ukraine war, this, and a possible war of Taiwan

[@igvc1876]

eh I doubt this will turn into anything again. How many times can you cry wolf? Not saying this 10th bombshell they've been promising isn't real, but have some context and skepticism. Many independent media outlets are skeptical too. Chances are this will only increase his chances of winning in 2024

[@AegixDrakan]

@@vyros.3234 Yeah 2022 has completely insane. :( It also doesn't help that it's been a very bad year for me personally too. I am completely out of spoons at this point.

[@-R.E.D.A.C.T.E.D-]

@@vyros.3234 War in Taiwan? You mean WWIII? Taiwan is the technology hub of the entire world, 10 years ahead of everyone. Whoever takes control of it, takes the crown.

[@mattguey-lee4845]

Thanks for the update. My first concern when I heard that they were searching for Nuclear Weapons Documents was that those documents were now secured by the FBI after their search. This because those types of documents if handled incorrectly could pose a grave National Security threat. Any criminal wrong doing felt secondary to my first concern.

[@normanjones9403]

I SINCERELY applaud you for being able - and willing - to explain the law and how the law applies to topical news stories WITHOUT obvious bias. Brilliant, my friend. I don’t subscribe to anyone… but you have EARNED my support. Officially slamming the “like and subscribe” links!

[@deusexaethera]

In 2022, choosing to discuss any particular topic _at all_ is an obvious bias. 😕

[@disky01]

I love this channel's mix of fun content and important, topical stuff. Thank you for breaking this down for laypeople in such a clear and concise way.

[@threethousandbees7260]

"Keeping a bunch of classified documents in a basement would be a pretty stupid move" Absolutely. Could you even imagine somebody doing that and expecting anybody else to treat them seriously? A person like that would, hypothetically, not only be unfit to be president but i wouldn't even trust them around metal silverware.

[@rmr1754]

Ya just ignore that Obama has 30 million pages of stuff that he took when he left office. You you trust him?

[@champagnefroggy3801]

Oh right but our current President who has admitted on camera to bribing a Ukrainian official is much better

[@threethousandbees7260]

I think you're confused. I never said i liked Biden

[@threethousandbees7260]

@@rmr1754 I'd be interested in seeing you cite this with anything besides an unhinged T**** tweet.

[@Ki-28]

I think humanity is stuck in a timeline where reality is made by The Onion.

[@steveaustin2686]

Nah, I think that this is too crazy for the Onion. ;)

[@WitzyZed]

“Yesterday is a hard word for me”

[@erikkennedy8725]

The Onion's can't even make up stuff more ridiculous than reality anymore.

[@coloradoing9172]

Ikr. How is Hunter waving from the white house balcony when it has been confirmed that his laptop is full of authentic incriminating evidence, and yet Trump gets massively scrutinized over everything?

[@Andyjoe522]

It's like how the Law & Order writers said that if the Alex Jones trial was the plot of an episode of their show it would be blasted for being unrealistic. Reality doesn't have to live up to the same standards we hold fiction to.

[@HoldThatDoor]

With every "12 Seconds Later" transition, I expected increased stubble, loosened tie, and an open bottle of whiskey on your desk