Monday, August 8, 2022

Trump's hiding of records at Mar-a-Lago


There's a good Wikipedia article, to which I contributed: FBI search of Mar-a-Lago


Also, a retrospective on Washington Post articles on the background of this topic, published before the August 8, 2022 search.

"‘He never stopped ripping things up’: Inside Trump’s relentless document destruction habits" (Feb 5, 2022)
"National Archives had to retrieve Trump White House records from Mar-a-Lago" (Feb 7, 2022)
"Some Trump records taken to Mar-a-Lago clearly marked as classified, including documents at ‘top secret’ level" (Feb 10, 2022)
"15 boxes: Inside the long, strange trip of Trump’s classified records" (Feb 12, 2022)
"Some records taken by Trump are so sensitive they may not be described in public" (Feb 25, 2022)
"Grand jury used in probe of classified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago" (May 12, 2022)



Also, as discussed on "All In with Chris Hayes" on August 31: Trump's lawyers claimed they'd turned in all the documents in response to prior government requests. But there were more documents. Did lawyers like Christina Bobb know? Former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne explained her theory: "Either she knew what she was saying was a lie, at which point she's a co-defendant, and if she didn't know, she's a witness." In other words, the lawyer, if questioned directly, would have to say either I lied for my client or My client lied all by himself. Therefore, they shouldn't be representing Trump anymore. "It's a real threat for Trump. Because these people are not going to go to jail for him. And it makes it possible that they are available for flipping." (33:30–34:40)


On March 23, 2023, Trump, facing imminent indictment, posted on social media: "OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED, AS THEY TELL US TO BE PEACEFUL!" This is incitement of violence. The next day, he referred to prosecutors as "degenerate psychopath[s]," saying "it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed, & also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country".

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