/2 Prior to the Mar-A-Lago raid, FBI officials were reportedly concerned about Bratt’s history of donating to Democrats and his “overly aggressive” tactics. The Biden-Harris DOJ dismissed claims that Bratt was biased against Trump and said Bratt pursued all cases aggressively. pic.twitter.com/BIY1Fp13ih
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/4 Before Bratt joined Special Counsel Smith’s team to persecute Trump, Bratt coordinated DOJ and NARA’s recovery and investigation of Biden’s misplaced boxes.
The Hur Report summarized DOJ’s role, but we are presenting Bratt’s emails for the first time in this timeline… ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/aj6gEhwgEL
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/6 Later that evening, NARA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) made a “referral” to Jay Bratt of DOJ’s National Security Division.
This was the Friday before the 2022 Midterm Election.
The public would not learn about Biden’s classified documents until January 2023. pic.twitter.com/s7kyBxoc6i
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/8 By Sunday (11/6), NARA OIG had discussions with Jay Bratt at DOJ and Intelligence Community investigators and lawyers at ODNI, and “the guidance received is that NARA should proceed with their retrieval/inventory/review.”
No FBI raid of the Biden Center or his properties! pic.twitter.com/64cZT6y0Iy
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/10 But “input from the FBI” changed NARA’s plan later that night: “We are now intending to take temporary physical custody of all materials.”
Bratt’s guidance would have allowed much of the materials to remain at the Penn-Biden Center, but the FBI cautioned NARA otherwise… pic.twitter.com/EkF1cyqMrc
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) October 29, 2024
/12 Here are chat logs between NARA’s Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel getting their ducks in a row before their call with Bratt… pic.twitter.com/HfBLbVR5yL
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/14 On November 18th, Bratt would join Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team to investigate President Trump. pic.twitter.com/gtRxvLZTiF
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/16 On January 10th, after CBS broke the news that AG Garland had assigned U.S. Attorney Lausch to investigate Biden’s classified documents, NARA requested Lausch and Austin Evers (a partisan operative at DOJ) to assist with drafting NARA’s public statement. https://t.co/rfyPlCwoGE pic.twitter.com/GAsNQlHN5m
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) October 29, 2024
/18 Here is a photo we obtained of the 9 boxes of Joe Biden’s records that were improperly stored at a law firm in Boston. pic.twitter.com/iLGzbIkoIx
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/20 Later, on Special Counsel Jack’s team, Bratt would meet with Biden’s White House counsel’s office weeks before President Trump’s indictment pic.twitter.com/p9EyBZFtPw
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) October 29, 2024