Just a Few Minor Redactions . . .

The federal government, in investigating Trump's acquisition of secret documents and storage of said documents in his Florida home, filed an affidavit that convinced a judge of the need to search Mar-a-Lago.  Demands for the reasoning behind the search convinced the Justice Department to release the affidavit with all of the secret bits blacked out.  After all of the redactions were made, this is what the document looked like. 

And here is the Justice Department lawyer who issued it.

 

All right, I kid a little, but for the most part, this is a serious matter.  Many of the documents found in Trump's possession were classified information gleaned from human intelligence - i.e., spies, like CIA agents, that sort of thing - as well as sensitive information taken from various other sources that, if they got into the wrong hands, could compromise national security.  And Trump had these documents lying around in his mansion.

Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, has ordered a review of sensitive information to see if any damage was done and how much damage may have been done.  Meanwhile, Trump has sued to have an outside review of the documents seized by the FBI from his not-so-humble abode because he says some documents may be privileged information between himself and his lawyers.  Federal judge Aileen Cannon - a Trump appointee - has indicated the need of an account from the Justice Department of all of the documents taken from Mar-a-Lago on August 8 and a report of the government's ongoing review of those same documents so someone can see if any are covered by attorney-client privilege.  Except that the Justice Department says it's already looking for attorney-client-privileged documents.

If Trump gets away with all this, God help us.  But if God wanted to help Americans, why did He let Trump become President?