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FBI records of the Proof of Classified Documents of Mar-A-Lago will soon be released despite The dismissal Of the case against President Donald Trump and his presidential immunity, according to the ruling of a federal judge on Monday.
In a judicial presentation obtained for the first time by Politico, the United States District Judge, Beryl Howell, determined that the FBI You must disseminate more information related to the case before February 20.
The decision referred to a case of the Law on Freedom of Information (FOIA) presented by the journalist Jason Leopold.
Leopold filed an application before the FBI in 2022 after informing that Trump during his first mandate “allegedly yielded some presidential records for the toilet when he was still in the White House and brought presidential records, including sensitive classified documents, to his personal residence in Florida , “According to the presentation.
The FBI asked the Court to authorize the retention of the records under exemption 7a, which refers to “records or information compiled for purposes of application of the law, but only to the extent that the production of said records or information of the Application of the Law … could be reasonably expected to interfere with the compliance procedures for the application.
Trump speaks during a press conference in Mar-A-Lago, on January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
In the light of the Scottish that governs about presidential immunity, as well as Trump’s Electoral experience in November, Trump is exempt from criminal procedures, but Howell discovered that documents could still be released due to that fact, since there are no procedures for the application of the law against him.
“Something ironically, constitutional and procedural safeguards together with the criminal process include significant confidentiality mechanisms … with a parallel safeguard in exemption 7 (a) to help preserve the necessary confidentiality of the ongoing criminal investigations that lead to actions of actions of actions of Assembly consultation, but for an immune immune president, exemption 7 (a) may simply not be available, as is here, “Howell said.
The documents were seized during the FBI’s search for the Mar-A-Lago of Donald Trump on August 8, 2022. (Department of Justice through AP/Archive)
“The motion of the defendants for the summary judgment that seeks the trial in their favor regarding the legality of trusting exemption 7 (a) to completely retain the FBI investigation archives of the FOIA’s request processing issue and to affirm a glomar response to the sixth category of information requested, it must be denied, and the marker of the plaintiff is granted for the summary judgment on these legal matters, “the decision concluded. “The parties are ordered jointly, before February 20, 2025, a state report that proposes a schedule to govern future procedures to conclude this case in an expedited manner.”
Howell also pointed out that although Trump is immune to prosecution, anyone who has helped “help, abet and execute criminal acts” is not.
Former President Donald Trump heads a withdrawal of spring donors from the Republican National Committee in Palm Beach, Florida, on May 4, 2024. (Donald Trump 2024 campaign)
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“Of course, although the Supreme Court has provided a layer of protective and presumed immunity for the conduct of a president, that layer is not so great to extend those who help, abet and execute criminal acts on behalf of a criminally immune president,” , Howell wrote, “Howell wrote in a footnote.” The excuse offered after World War II by the facilitators of the fascist regime of ‘Just following orders’ has been rejected for a long time in the jurisprudence of this country. “
