Once you have them, you can delete them, I suppose. But, "return" them? Does the Trump team not have access to them so they need Mueller to sent them copies? What are they even saying when they ask to "return" them? Odd.

Brilliant idea!

I like the idea of Trump squirming over what's in them. Delicious!

Mueller's team was able to access computers, laptops, etc.

The archive for the GSA accounts isn't on someone's personal laptop, pda, or computer - it's at the GSA.

And they don't even need a warrant for any particular .pst folder in the government archives.

Haele

This Administration was clueless during the transition and did nothing to cover their tracks. Mueller has all of it and has been building the strongest cases possible.

I think even those on this board will be shocked when everything comes out.

The "Trump transition team" made no effort to cover their tracks during the campaign either. Why should they start after Trump was elected? What a bunch of idiots they are - truly! We need to see these emails and we need to know the complete truth. Mueller will make sure we get it.

I think they thought that if Trump as President he could just pardon everyone around him or stop investigations. Then when they realized they couldn't, they have been stalling.

Mueller has them trapped.

They know he is guilty of what they themselves would call TREASON if any democrat did it.

If any democrat did this there would be teams of deplorables, 20-30 on each teamn, thousands of them, deployed to hunt down and END any democrat who did this.

Said democrat could hide in a cave on Mars and not be safe., but if a republican does it, they dont even notice.

i mean Ok I am partially exaggerating but can you IMAGINE

I think a lot of the Trump voters are (or were) willfully blind. Once they see stuff maybe it's going to change people's minds.

The Russian bots have been going crazy with right-wing nutcase tweets lately - for the last two weeks. People don't realize it's the Russians that are doing a lot of this, and therefore they're fooled into thinking it's all Americans who are doing it. We have to find a way to convince people to not be fooled by this shit.

link: https://crooked.com/article/trump-transition-officials-waived-privacy-rights-per-government-memo/

It's all right there, they signed the memo waiving privacy rights. This is a standard memo that (I'm sure) everyone has to sign before they get assigned a Government email account. It's just standard stuff, and I'll bet they all forgot they signed it.

The linked story explains how journalist Brian Beutler came across it when researching a different story. There's no executive privilege here, not even "fake" executive privilege.

the name is familiar

Was linked to a lot on DU

Her current blog is here:

https://www.emptywheel.net/author/emptywheel/

Bio:

Is this someone inside the Mueller team? If not, how exactly does this person know this stuff?

Which means the source doesn't actually know anything.

I refer You To an OP by H20 Man

“It is possible – even likely – that there may be some fascinating leaks from members of the intelligence community in the upcoming weeks. There is a system that was set up for this long ago, as everyone who has paid attention since the early 1970s knows. And this system is capable of putting groups and individuals outside of the White House in check.

And so now we come to those who started or spread rumors about a new indictment. The majority are probably good people, who sincerely want to see the Trump administration removed from power, and incarcerated. Younger people in particular might be prone to wanting things wrapped up immediately (compared to older folks who remember Watergate and Iran-contra).

Still others might be internet journalists who got ahead of themselves with their predictions. They know that there is a storm brewing, and can be forgiven for thinking that today would bring fireworks. But keep in mind that none of the corporate journalists had predicted anything for today.

Finally, be aware that there are rat-fuckers, intent upon creating confusion and worse. This includes those who purposely spread false rumors on the internet, because they know it can be like a penal institution, where any rumor twice repeated is accepted as fact. Their purpose can include getting good people's hopes up, thus causing disappointment with Mr. Mueller when the anticipated indictment fails to be filed.”

ttps://www.democraticunderground.com/10029989346

says it all.

The speculation is that there may be leaks in the future.

We have been reading on a many times daily basis that either Mueller is going to be fired or that everyone in the Trump administration is going to jail. So far, none of those things have happened.

Most of the "internet journalists" aren't journalists at all, just someone with a computer and an internet connection who likes to throw shit out there.

I'm tempted to alert on every single OP that is this sort of pure speculation, but I won't. Mainly because I am not the kind to alert on anything. No matter how dumb I think it is.

They're clinging to hope and that is all they have at the moment. The ratfers, as H20 calls them, are pretty easy to spot...if you do ....ley your finger do the walker, even if you aren't the type.

her own expertise to make educated supposition as to what might be transpiring based upon available facts. She doesn't claim to know anything beyond what has been made public. She's simply drawing conclusions and attempting to explain her assumptions to those who may not have her unique point of view.

I have no idea how valid her viewpoint is, but she does readily issue corrections when additional information becomes available or errors are pointed out to her.

I linked to her blog and bio above. I assume the post is speculative.

They'll get to spend 5 years in the New Trump Tower

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who is emptywheel?

We sure would like to see those emails!

Gigantic, humongous cork board filled with pictures and emails and newspaper articles and subpoenas, all connected by miles and miles of red thread.