{"id":1628389,"date":"2022-08-31T13:20:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T17:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628389"},"modified":"2022-08-31T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T17:20:16","slug":"law-professor-says-doj-photo-of-top-secret-mar-a-lago-documents-could-be-misleading-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-professor-says-doj-photo-of-top-secret-mar-a-lago-documents-could-be-misleading-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Professor Says DOJ Photo of \u2018TOP SECRET\u2019 Mar-a-Lago Documents Could Be \u2018Misleading\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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%2Flaw-professor-says-doj-photo-of-top-secret-mar-a-lago-documents-could-be-misleading-2%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=1628389&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>Constitutional lawyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-jonathan-turley\">Jonathan Turley<\/a> wrote that a newly disclosed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> photo taken at former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago could leave a \u201cmisleading impression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The image appears to show six documents labeled \u201ctop secret\u201d and others dubbed \u201csecret,\u201d apparently captured inside Trump\u2019s Florida residence during the FBI raid in early August. It was included toward the bottom of a government filing in response to Trump\u2019s motion seeking a special master, or a neutral third party, to review the materials before the Department of Justice (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-doj\">DOJ<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe picture could be seen by many that secret documents were strewn over the floor when this appears the method used by the FBI to isolate classified documents. It also seems entirely superfluous in releasing this one picture,\u201d Turley <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2022\/08\/31\/justice-department-opposes-any-special-master-and-alleges-that-obstructive-conduct-occurred-at-mar-a-lago\/\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Turley, a professor of constitutional law at George Washington University, said that the DOJ\u2019s choice to include the photo is unusual and could easily be taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is curious that the DOJ would release this particular picture which suggests classified material laying around on the floor,\u201d according to the legal scholar. \u201cThe point is to state a fact that hardly needs an optical confirmation: the possession of documents with classified cover sheets. Indeed, the top of roughly half of the documents are redacted in photo. The government could simply affirmatively state the fact of the covered pages and would not likely be challenged on that point without the inclusion of this one photo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turley then suggested that the release of the photo follows a pattern of \u201cexaggerated claims\u201d that are being made about the case and the FBI raid and \u201cmay appear\u201d to be \u201canother effort (with prior leaks) to help frame the public optics and discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly the court did not need the visual aid of a picture of documents with covers. It<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley wrote that a newly disclosed FBI photo taken at former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago could leave a \u201cmisleading impression.\u201d The image appears to show six documents labeled \u201ctop secret\u201d and others dubbed \u201csecret,\u201d apparently captured inside Trump\u2019s Florida residence during the FBI raid in early August. 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