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Unpacking the FBI's Search at Mar-a-Lago

The Lawfare Podcast

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Are We Probably Dealing With Something That Is Extreme?

In a speech he which is mostly remembered for his criticisms of her conduct, jim comey also explained why no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of clearly intentional and wilful mishandling of classified information or vast quantities of material exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct. And so you look at that and you say, well, are we likely dealing with something that is extreme in one of those ways? Or bycon asked, is it possible just that they need to satisfy themselves that they've actually recovered what they've a lost? It seems to me the latter is, at least plausibly a more likely explanation than the

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