{"id":1615585,"date":"2022-08-19T00:35:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T04:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1615585"},"modified":"2022-08-19T00:35:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T04:35:13","slug":"former-overstock-ceo-files-motion-urging-release-of-trump-raid-affidavit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-overstock-ceo-files-motion-urging-release-of-trump-raid-affidavit\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Overstock CEO Files Motion Urging Release of Trump Raid Affidavit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-overstock-ceo-files-motion-urging-release-of-trump-raid-affidavit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1615585&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, a key figure in a December 2020 White House meeting seeking to encourage then President Donald Trump to investigate allegations of election fraud, has filed a motion in the Department of Justice\u2019s investigation of Trump, calling for the release of the key document justifying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> raid on Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<p>Agents on Aug. 8 seized more than two dozen boxes of records from Trump\u2019s Florida resort, which contained 11 sets of documents with classified markings, according to an FBI property receipt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/judge-unseals-mar-a-lago-raid-warrant-reveals-why-fbi-is-investigating-trump_4661031.html\">made public<\/a> on Aug. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-all-mar-a-lago-materials-were-declassified_4661231.html\">said<\/a> that he had declassified all the confiscated records before leaving office and demanded the immediate release of unredacted affidavit behind the FBI warrant.<\/p>\n<p>Byrne, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/jan-6-committee-closed-door-hearing-was-cordial-patrick-byrne-says_4602590.html\">recently testified<\/a> before the House Jan. 6 Committee, argued in his Aug. 18 motion that Trump had such powers to declassify as president, citing a meeting in the Oval Office in December 2020 where he said the former president twice exercised the same presidential authority.<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit should be unsealed along with other records shedding light on the raid to promote transparency and accountability in government, Byrne argued in the court filing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s position was that \u2026 if this was not just some police state raid but there was a good reason for this raid, then, let\u2019s see it,\u201d Byrne told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Trump was telling the truth\u201d and he in fact declassified all the documents, and the FBI submitted an affidavit accusing Trump of mishandling classified documents, \u201cthat means they were lying to the court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump was only mishandling classified documents if those documents were in fact, classified, but if he declassified then he was not mishandling classified documents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Byrne during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/exclusive-patrick-byrne-on-his-dec-2020-white-house-meeting-with-trump_4600411.html\">closed door meeting<\/a> at the White House on Dec. 18, 2020, urged the former president to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, a key figure in a December 2020 White House meeting seeking to encourage then President Donald Trump to investigate allegations of election fraud, has filed a motion in the Department of Justice\u2019s investigation of Trump, calling for the release of the key document justifying the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. 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