By Ken Zino

The Justice Department in a 36-page court filing* late Tuesday night responded to the latest attempt at avoidance of accountability by FPOTUS -- Former President Donald Trump -- via an independent special master review of classified documents of the most important type recovered from the legal FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. 

Simply put; Trump’s and his sycophant’s treachery are worse than had previously been revealed. They lied when the claimed falsely that all national security-sensitive documents had been returned. The search found three classified documents in desks inside FPOTUS’ Mar-a-Lago office. 

More outrageous still was more than 100 documents in 13 boxes with classification markings in the residence, including some at the most sensitive levels. This is at least two times the number of classified documents the former president’s lawyers turned over voluntarily while falsely swearing that they had returned all the material wanted by the National Archives or Federal Government. **

The DOJ asserts: “In particular, the government developed evidence that a search limited to the storage room would not have uncovered all the classified documents at the premises. The government also developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation.”

In my view, it’s time for democratic rule and the respect for law to proceed. Free DOJ of having to respond to the “stay out of jail” maneuverings of proven liars. Let DOJ and national security officials who need to assess the damages and threats from Trump’s treacheries do their jobs. And if indictments come, so be it – even in the face of Republican threats of violence. It’s time to address these treacheries in U.S. courts under the rule of U.S. laws.

Read the * and ** filings referenced above in the center column.