Haberman book: Flushed papers found clogging Trump WH toilet

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Haberman book: Flushed papers found clogging Trump WH toilet
Source: axios



13 mins ago - Politics & Policy Mike Allen

While President Trump was in office, staff in the White House residence periodically discovered wads of printed paper clogging a toilet — and believed the president had flushed pieces of paper, Maggie Haberman scoops in her forthcoming book, "Confidence Man."

Why it matters: The revelation by Haberman, whose coverage as a New York Times White House correspondent was followed obsessively by Trump, adds a vivid new dimension to his lapses in preserving government documents. Axios was provided an exclusive first look at some of her reporting.

Haberman reports Trump has told people that since leaving office, he has remained in contact with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un — whose "love letters," as Trump once called them, were among documents the National Archives retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.

Zoom out: The news of White House toilet-flushing comes as the National Archives has reportedly asked the Biden Justice Department to examine Trump's handling of White House records, amid the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.
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Archives officials found possible classified material in the returned boxes, The New York Times learned.



Read more: https://www.axios.com/maggie-haberman-book-trump-papers-2d59d593-8b89-4edd-8623-8ef709af524f.html


We will never know what documents went down the WH toilets--except Trump poop

 

Maggie Lindsy Haberman (born October 30, 1973) is an American journalist. She is a White House correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for CNN. She previously worked as a political reporter for The New York Post, the New York Daily News, and Politico. She wrote about Donald Trump for those publications and rose to prominence covering his campaign, presidency and post-presidency for the Times.

Star Member gab13by13 (7,492 posts)

1. 2 things here,

we need to stop calling correspondence with enemy foreign leaders, love letters. They are important letters that impact our nation's national security and the incoming president deserves to see these documents.

Secondly, if I understand the situation, the National Archives asked DOJ to take over the investigation and DOJ told the National Archives to investigate the matter itself. That's the way I read what is being reported. maybe Garland again wants to defend the office of the president the way he is defending it against E.Jeanne Carroll, the woman who is accusing Trump of rape and slander.

 

Star Member hamsterjill (13,128 posts)

2. So, can't the DOJ subpoena

The “staff in the White House residence”?

Star Member gab13by13 (7,492 posts)

6. I repeat,

it sounds to me like DOJ is telling the National Archives, You investigate the matter. The Nation Archives does have a unit that does investigations and I believe it has subpoena power.

Star Member gab13by13 (7,492 posts)

16. I saw it on Rachel

the National Archives has its own investigative unit, I imagine it can subpoena. Read what the Times is reporting. The National Archives reached out to DOJ and DOJ told them to have its IG investigate the matter. I am just trying to use reading comprehension here, and it sounds to me like DOJ told the Archives to do the investigation.

Star Member Scrivener7 (40,604 posts)

4. Well, THIS sent a chill down my spine:

Trump has told people that since leaving office, he has remained in contact with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

Star Member Walleye (11,809 posts)

7. Yep. That's what got my attention. How is this not a major national security breach?

Why has Kim been shooting off all those missiles? I’m pretty sure he’s been in touch with Putin as well

Star Member gab13by13 (7,492 posts)

8. If he's remained in contact with Kim,

I'm sure he's remained in contact with Putin. What scares me is a question I have that no one wants to answer. Did DOJ tell the National Archives to do the investigation itself? DOJ didn't hesitate to investigate Hillary.

hkp11 (252 posts)

18. If Drumpf is still in touch with Putin...

Then Putin invading Ukraine would be beneficial by putting in pro-Russian Ukraine President. That Ukraine president can then bring up Hunter Biden's involvement in Burisma for 2024 US presidential election to support Drumpf's 2024 re-election campaign. That way Biden will be set in a bad light during the 2024 election.

 

 

Star Member Samrob (135 posts)

20. Looks like we may need a thorough cleansing of the DOJ and some significant codes changed.

All of our Intel was compromised by the Trump administration and its scary to think about. What does Kim and Putin know that they are using against us via allies and adversaries alike? Think about it!

 

[Old n Grumpy]

After an fbi forensic analysis this is what they found

[ADsOutburst]

Of all the things claimed about Trump, this is in contention for the one that sounds the most made up. It plays right into moronic stereotypes of Trump doing some dirty deed and then floundering around trying to cover it up.

[FiddyBeowulf]

I stopped reading at Haberman. Everything after that is just 

[SVPete]

Of all the things claimed about Trump, this is in contention for the one that sounds the most made up. It plays right into moronic stereotypes of Trump doing some dirty deed and then floundering around trying to cover it up.

Yeah, either she got trolled by a phony story from an annoymorous inside source, or she pulled the story out of her own rectum.