FBI legal search of Mar-A-L ago recovered stolen White House documents

Atlantic report "Retaining classified documents is not even close to the worst thing Trump has done. We are, after all, speaking of a man who twice tried to subvert the democratic process, first by using foreign aid in an attempt to blackmail Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into falsely implicating then–Democratic rival Joe Biden in a crime, and later by attempting to use a mob to seize power by force after bureaucratic means failed. But those were both overtly political acts, subject to distortions of perception and emphasis, and this one is rather more straightforward. It is illegal to “knowingly” remove “such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location.”- Adam Serwer

Letter to the Editor published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel in Green Valley California:

Dear Editor:  Some right wing extremists that follow the Trumpziism cult are wrongly equating the legally conducted search on the Mar-a-Lago golf club as a raid and the definition of evil. 

But, here is the truth: A search warrant, approved by two governmental agencies, Department Of Justice and a federal judge that showed enough evidence to get the warrant, not Biden. 

CNN- The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) negotiated with former President Donald Trump throughout 2021, to recover documents that he (illegally) took to Mar-a-Lago while leaving the White House.

In fact, Trump was served the warrant along with a list of what the FBI was looking to retrieve, per federal law. He could tell us but would rather use the situation to fundraise. They did not raid the home. FBI called Secret Service more than two hours ahead to let them know they would be arriving. Twelve boxes were removed from the basement; this search warrant pertained to classified government property taken when Trump left the White House.

The Guardian: The Department of Justice has released redacted photographs of documents seized during the search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

The National Archives have been trying since Trump left office to get items returned. These 12 boxes now add to the 15 boxes retrieved earlier this year.

— Opinion letter from Donita Adams, in Santa Cruz California

Vladimir Putin: Sickening deplorable evil

Echo opinion letter published in The Lima News in Lima, Ohio:

Evil of Vladimir Putin:  As I sit and watch the news, I'm appalled about the Ukrainian carnage caused by Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator who wants to be a delusional Czar:
Deplorable. 

It makes me sick; what can we do about it? Pretty much nothing.

We are in “power” to watch and keep world peace. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his "virtual speech" to the U.S. joint session of Congress said, "President Biden: You are the leader of the nation, of your great nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace. Thank you. Slava Ukrayini."

The Monument of Independence in Kharkiv includes the phrase Slava Ukrayini.

If we lift a physical finger, it will be an all-out war. It will become worldwide and come to our shores.

To the point. Vladimir Putin makes some of the world’s other cruel leaders look like kittens. He has invaded a perfectly calm and evolving nation and is trying to destroy it and its citizens.

From what I see, it’s for nothing but to make himself look important.

He’s such an evil man, trying to get his own way. Does it matter if he has ruined lives, killed innocent people, displaced children and old people? No, it’s all about him!

I pray the world can find a way to circumvent this madness and save the world.

But I do have to wonder: How can Donald Trump, in his words, still support that evil "smart and very clever man"?

Please join in whatever you and I can do to help this world. 

My answer is to pray. Join me if you can!

Louise Myers, Cairo, Ohio