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Why is Trump getting "Draft" Subpoenas??? [1]

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Date: 2023-07-28  

Item 75 in the superceding indictment issued yesterday in Trump’s “Stollen” documents case reads as follows:

75. On June 22, 2022, the Department of Justice emailed an attorney for TRUMP's business organization a draft grand jury subpoena requiring the production of certain security camera footage from The Mar-a-Lago Club, including footage from cameras "on ground floor (basement)," where the Storage Room was located.

This set off a chain of events where Trump calls henchman De Oliviera the next day, then Trump henchman Nauta changes his travel plans and leaves for Mar a Lago instead of Illinois with the “Boss”, and Nauta and De Oliviera both comically text with an Trump IT person along the lines of “Bro, you around this weekend? Might need you to pop in for a secret mission lol”. Then Nauta travels back to FL and De Oliviera tells other employees to forget they ever saw Nauta that weekend. Eventually they get together (trying to roll in the IT guy) and scheme how to delete the server with security camera footage on it.

Anyways, I’m really confused as to why the DOJ is emailing Trump’s lawyers “draft” versions of court filings? It certainly isn’t a standard thing to do, and I haven’t seen any explanation for it. And maybe it isn’t the biggest deal to give someone being investigated a 48 hour notice that a subpoena for production of electronic information will be issued isn’t the biggest deal, but Trump has a history of obstruction of justice (e.g. the Mueller Report listed like a dozen instances for starters). This just looks like another instance of DOJ bending over backward to provide Trump with a benefit unavailable to any other person under DOJ investigation.

It brings up whether or not Trump’s Lawyers are provided with “draft” versions of any other court documents prior to their being filed?

I am trying to imagine what would happen if “Hunter” was being notified of subpoenas or warrants 48 hours ahead of their approval by the judge...I imagine there would be pundits’ head’s exploding on cable news...

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