Updates in the replies
That sounds pretty cold and boring but when you find the right person to tell the story... it is anything but... and that person is NOT me. I add commentary but leave the hefty nuance to the experts. I have very debilitating brain fog ATM so please, if I missed something...add it in a comment. I would like this to be a fairly comprehensive depository (repository? Is online storage a deposit?) of information, albeit not as professionally done as some might like.
Before you begin, know that tRUMP was filing late, had a lawyer, M. Evan Corcoran, file for him but it is a jumbled mess and... he is filing Pro Se... which literally means he is REPRESENTING HIMSELF! His struggle to find lawyers is also very real. 'Report: No Respectable Lawyer Willing to Touch Trump With 10-Foot Pole After Mar-a-Lago Raid' (Not a raid, but a literally warranted search and seizure, FFS) https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/donald-trump-lawyer-problems-classified-documents-raid

I cracked up a couple of times , so if you love a sense of humour yet, still want the facts then this is your girl: https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1561851813422252033
I have not read Emptywheel's analysis, but she is usually good for the cold hard facts, even though she sucks at nuance. (Too literal sometimes and I can be too so...) https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1561817258309156864
If you want a bunch of opinions, jokes, memes, info... from Twitter at large, look here. https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Special%20Master%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends
My take away in non legalese is TRUMP's BEING An ASSHOLE Again; hmmm... that might be a better title. Here is the timeline to refresh your meme-ories. (I forgot, "Sure we got a subpoena, but we basically ignored it")

CNN Clown Hall Questions:
COLLINS: Did you ever show those classified documents to anyone? TRUMP: “Not really. I would have the right to.” COLLINS: What do you mean? TRUMP: “Not that I can think of… I have the absolute right to do whatever I want with them.”
This long post is an extension from this original post ... A man with no moral compass can never find his way. - Adam Schiff
UPDATE #52:
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Addendum:
Model Prosecution Memo for Trump Classified Documents
Just Security has some very savvy lawyer assess potential charges that federal prosecutors may bring against tRUMP. (If what has been known, leaked and written about is in fact true...and damn I hope it is) It is long...
Our memo analyzes six federal crimes in depth:
Mishandling of Government Documents 1. Retention of National Defense Information (18 U.S.C. § 793(e)) 2. Concealing Government Records (18 U.S.C. § 2071) 3. Conversion of Government Property (18 U.S.C. § 641)
Obstruction, Contempt, False Information
1. Obstruction of Justice (18 U.S.C. § 1519) 2. Criminal Contempt (18 U.S.C. § 402) 3. False Statements to Federal Investigators (18 U.S.C. § 1001)
https://www.justsecurity.org/86771/model-prosecution-memo-for-trump-classified-documents/
July 2021: as tRUMP prepared for the Saudi LIV golf tournament held 3 months later, Trump met with ghost writers for Mark Meadows’ book, 'per sources.' Trump said it was too hot in Florida in July so met in Bedminster. Trump aide Margo Martin had her laptop and recording devices because tRUMP didn't trust anyone to be truthful in quoting him. (Oh the irony)
In March, when she testified about the tapes, the info was duplicated. On it was tRUMP admitting he retained a 4 page document whereby he says General Milley was itching for a war with Iran*. He also admits he regretted not declassifying it... *UGH, being the General did the opposite: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/youre-gonna-have-a-fucking-war-mark-milleys-fight-to-stop-trump-from-striking-iran
ADDENDUM: Cath has pointed out I was missing some context for the questions paragraph, as it had been inadvertently erased.
Kellyanne Conway was a typical "leaker" from the whitehouse. Whenever I hear "sources" I think of her. In the time of Clinton, then Bush, think Brett Kavanaugh and manipultive GQP operatives are indeed sources... but of misinformation. https://www.npr.org/2022/08/09/1116281152/how-the-republican-party-came-to-embrace-conspiracy-theories-and-denialism
What I had originally proposed is that the 4 page document may have been ordered by tRUMP himself or it may have been a war game scenario that caught tRUMP's eye in the daily briefing and that he felt might give him cover if he ordered a strike/war in Iran. It may also have been simply to discredit Milley as a warmonger. We do not actually know anything about this, or that the copy or rapes actually exist, so in fact the entire scenario may have been a lie simply to discredit Milley. tRUMP is a vindictive SOB.
Thank you Cath.
The liar in chief says so much crap... on purpose, because denial, distraction and delay are always on his mind. Is this more of the same or does he really have it? Is this "leak" from GQP or Dem sources? Is it a tRUMP tactic to get his lies about Milley out there? Are tapes of this recording actually in the DOJ's hands? The Jack Smith investigation is supposedly wrapping up and this piece of evidence should have wrapped it up sooner if they got the copies in March...
I am trying hard to boycott CNN so will add the Guardian story. https://t.co/zZGpu96jSG
Timothy Parlatore, top member of tRUMP's legal team, quit recently and said that Boris Epshteyn,“In my opinion, he was not very honest with us or with the client on certain things,” and that "There were certain things like the searches that he had attempted to interfere with.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/21/trump-lawyers/
UPDATE #51
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While checking out Daily Kos, a lefty community site where people mostly share ideas and stories,some political, some not, I spied this: I have been waiting for someone to point out the obvious "tell" in this photo. Before reading it, let me explain that this is not written by daily Kos staff which is more journalistic and source vetted,, it may not be significant.
I scoffed after reading a couple of paragraphs, because it is obvious this guy is looking for clicks and is not military, but he does make some keen observations.
The reason for having a ruler front and centre made me slightly curious.. but I had no idea it is actually a photo scale used in forensics. https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2017/05/09/Dimensional-Review-of-Scales-for-Forensic-Photography.pdf
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The seemingly purposeful placement if the papers eluded me.
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The placement of this framed magazine cover always seemed like a cringe-worthy joke to me... (The RW rogue FBI agents for tRUMP piss me off so, I did not see beyond a partisan reason to add this in the photo)
I am not going to reproduce this persons work, so please go read it and then make your own observations in the replies. I have been waiting for someone to point out the obvious "tell" in this photo.
Here is just one of the many Government regulations that tRUMP ignored by copying the documents. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-32/subtitle-B/chapter-XXIV/part-2400/subpart-E/section-2400.30
This picture made me curious, so I image searched it. Oddly it cannot be searched. Not by text (And this search tool had read even the most obscured text in the past) and not by having been used anywhere and crawled by Google. Also, there is an internal error message which may mean this may be a specifically doctored pic. (As you can see it visually is doctored with a red tint you can see in the hands and makes the edge blood red) I find that interesting. I wonder where they got it? This forum is open and crawled, so will check to see if it is searchable after a few days. WEIRD !?!?!
FYI, the search still will not translate the simple text nor tell me the page source, but it did show up in a likeness recognition search... but not even first.
The cover pages are colour-coded by confidentiality. (Pic below)
These are hand made from Etzy, so it seems anyone can copy a cover page with some skills involved, https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/sf703.pdf so that is one out for tRUMP as he says he kept them for souvenirs, but...
“SCI” indicates t“sensitive compartmented information,” which is required to be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of National Intelligence. That means to be seen only in a safely controlled SECURE setting - not in your summer mansion office...
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Here is a reminder from the training manual on classified documents, that it is the duty of those handling it to use the utmost care so as not to put other people's lives at risk and to notify the government if you see a compromise. https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/intel/ic-class.pdf The person who wrote this story is correct, The agents seeing the breach were not playing a harmless partisan prank. They were furious.
RE: The black box in the upper left of the photo, I cannot remember for the life of me if this was written about and cannot find it in earlier updates. Anyone, help here? *FOUND ANSWER: external hard drive... tRUMP has never used a computer in his life as he knows data may always be accessible. From which/whose computer?
Also, as I reminded earlier... We have no idea why he did this, but "all of the above" usually applies to the corrupt mind of LOSER45...
Sigh... and someone reminded that there are tunnels under Maralago, with access from the beach. And the rooms and spaces these were in were not even locked until the FBI made a visit and told him to add a padlock. (before the subpoena) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/29/i-wanted-see-how-far-i-could-get-teen-snuck-past-secret-service-into-mar-a-lago-while-trump-was-there-court-documents-say/
UPDATE #50
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Trump workers moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before Justice Dept. came for documents
Update and gifted URL thanks to @Pro-Vaccinator, not procrastinator
As this saga comes closer to what should be charges, the story becomes even more bizarre. tRUMP even held a dress rehearsal before the boxes were moved.
What pisses me off is that the lawyers for the witnesses are being paid via a tRUMP PAC! Also, one can longer comment on the WaPo stories without a prescrition.
tRUMP possibly burying documents with Ivana is no longer a joke...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/25/trump-classified-documents-mar-a-lago/
REMINDER: An assessment of the list of crimes that tRUMP could be charged with.
https://www.justsecurity.org/84168/mar-a-lago-model-prosecution-memo/
UPDATE #49
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Prosecutors Sought Records on Trump’s Foreign Business Deals Since 2017
Update and gifted URL thanks to @Pro-Vaccinator, not procrastinator
The suppoena from special counsel Jack Smith's investigation went to tRUMP's business, tRUMP ORG. When looking into espionage, it is best to look into all the nooks and crannies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/us/politics/trump-records-foreign-deals.html
UPDATE #48
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New evidence in special counsel probe may undercut Trump’s claim documents he took were automatically declassified
FAFO? Hope so... Update thanks to @Pro-Vaccinator, not procrastinator
https://www.news8000.com/news/politics/national-politics/exclusive-new-evidence-in-special-counsel-probe-may-undercut-trump-s-claim-documents-he-took/article_c02dec17-70c9-5a46-a97d-4ae0fa203ffe.html
UPDATE #47
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Here is a blast from the past... from the first time (that we know of) that tRUMP played fast and lose with United states and other county's secrets... https://t.co/Oo8ePwWPt9
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Secret Service testifies to grand jury investigating Trump's mishandling of classified documents
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/7/2162676/-Secret-Service-testifies-to-grand-jury-investigating-Trump-s-mishandling-of-classified-documents
UPDATE #45
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LOSER45 has never been held responsible for his past crimes, and may never be. Instead of this latest crime hanging over him, he will milk it for money, sympathy and more followers. It will be appealed until you are sick of hearing about it.
Meanwhile, he will campaign with his usual ill-gotten donations and very likely become the next president. Please, do everything in your power to make sure this criminal never becomes president or hold any office ever again. Here is a MoveOn petition, should anyone wish to sign.
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/prosecute-trump-for-stealing-documents
UPDATE #44
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DMac has gifted the article for this update
https://wapo.st/3GbDnDw
I hope this is not just a teaser headline, and that the "sources" have given enough evidence to charge LOSER45. I also hope that is the next update
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UPDATE #43
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March 01, 2023
FBI agents undermined Russia investigation, downplayed Jan. 6, tried to block the Mar-a-Lago search. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/1/2155645/-Opposition-to-Mar-a-Lago-search-confirms-the-FBI-is-badly-broken-and-Christopher-Wray-needs-to-go
UPDATE #42
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“Incredible negligence”: More classified docs found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago months after FBI search
H/T to HOS:
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Federal prosecutors have requested a judge order tRUMP lawyer Evan Corcoran to testify before grand jury. The only way to compel his testimony is to cite the fraud/crime exception. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/special-counsel-seeks-testimony-trump-lawyer-prosecutors-allege-eviden-rcna70711
Hopefully this jackass is next! Like Lindsey Graham, Pence is invoking legislative privilege as he dodges another subpoena... https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/14/pence-subpoena-trump-election-00082637
UPDATE #40
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Although unconfirmed that this is the person who had the laptop and thumb drive of Classified info... See update #39 ... this is all too fishy to not at least document.
https://twitter.com/DavidWoodsUSA/status/1625593663534292993
David got a bit dramatic here but whoaa... I can see why... https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/2021%20Moving%20Support.pdf
How does he know where the unit is? An obscure story under a paywall... says it was not just a storage unit as others claimed, but a WaWa grocery storage unit, unsecured and accessed with a number code that anyone could use...
Chamberlain had her fingers in every pie! Like Nixon, tRUMP gave the young'uns the rule of the roost and then bused them to prison. (In and under it) Search pages 18 and 19 in blue... or do a page "find" search for ... Chamberlain Harris. She also wrote for him on "Truth" Social.
https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2023/01/trump-deposition.pdf
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The aide to trump who uploaded the classified files into a laptop and downloaded into a thumb drive is allegedly Chamberlain Harris, a Whitehouse receptionist with Russian ties. If true, she is also the one last recorded as receiving the Maralago batch of boxes according to this GSA exchange of messages...
https://twitter.com/search?q=Chamberlain%20Harris&src=typeahead_click&f=top
If true, these dates are very significant... July/August of 2019, in Russia. September 2019 - August 2020, intern at White House August 2020 to January 2021, receptionist at White House.
Holy shit, she erased the Russian part! See below)
***SHE HAS SCRUBBED HER LINKEDIN!
She did not corrected the "honor that was bestowed upon her though...
"Summa Cum Laude" https://www.linkedin.com/in/chamberlain-harris-45094b14b
Her thesis was a comparison of Obama and tRUMP similarities in communication strategies, WTAF... 'This paper examines the traditional notion that President Obama and President Trump were polar opposites. It seeks to answer the questions of how are similar or different (SIC) the Trump and Obama campaign communication strategies are and how these strategies have changed from campaigning to governing.' mode. https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/honorscollege_pos/32/
Besides being on the "Save America" misnomered PAC, she is also on his 'DJT for president 2024' payroll. WTH? Beside being paid by both, isn't that totally illegal as both are required to have a wall between them? Here is her payroll info...
https://twitter.com/MountainsStars/status/1624473163982684160/photo/1
Busy girl. Was also VP of TPUSA at Albany college...2018 and 19
About that Manila Folder:
When asked about the manila folder that was found on tRUMP's night table his lawyer said:
Oddly, tRUMP said himself he asked to keep the empty folders as keepsakes. At least that had an air plausibility FFS.
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The finding of Pence and Biden classified documents has knocked tRUMP's out of the news. He is back in the running because a new one was found in Maralago, and it seems it was also put on a laptop AND a thumb drive.
Pence and Biden have had multiple locations searched. tRUMP? Nope.. Why is that, DOJ?
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More classified documents have been found in a storage unit in Florida near Maralago. At least two were found at this time.