From The Washington Post:
One of the Justice Department’s most experienced national security prosecutors has joined the team overseeing the intensifying investigation of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and private club, people familiar with the matter said.
National security law experts interviewed by The Washington Post say prosecutors appear to have amassed evidence in the case that would meet some of the criteria for bringing charges against the former president — an unprecedented action that they said likely would only happen if the Justice Department believes it has an extremely strong case.
David Raskin,who served for many years as a senior federal prosecutor in New York City, and more recently has worked as a prosecutor in Kansas City, Mo., has been quietly assisting in the investigation into Trump and his aides, according to the people familiar with the matter, who like others interviewed for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe an ongoing investigation.
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According to NatSec law experts, including the great Barbara McQuade, Raskin’s hiring strongly suggests that a certain evidentiary threshold has been reached in the case, one in which charges are very likely.
This is encouraging news, despite the fact that TFG should already be behind bars. The DOJ is clearly dotting all its i’s and crossing all its t’s. After all, it isn’t every day that charges are brought against a former President of the United States.
Godspeed to Mr. Raskin and everyone else on this slam dunk of a case. Please arrest TFG ASAP.
Update 8:24pm ET: From Maru in the comments:
Update 8:34pm ET: From the comments, 1bq found this little nugget about Raskin’s hiring:
“There is no other case in history like this,” said Mary McCord, who served as acting assistant attorney general for national security during the Obama administration. “This is the former president of the United States. This is someone who was the commander in chief, someone who spent four years being briefed every single day on national security issues. It isn’t like any other case, so the steps prosecutors take aren’t going to look the same as any other case.”
Update 10:55am ET: I was just made aware by admin that my title photo had been of a different David Raskin. I have corrected my error. Sorry, everybody, and thanks.