White House docs were stored in Trump's personal Mar-a-Lago suite

[dutch508]

Star Member kpete (68,575 posts)
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White House docs were stored in Trump's personal Mar-a-Lago suite


In his carefully-crafted statement confirming the National Archives (NARA) was forced to transport 15 cartons of White House documents and other items from Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump claimed discussions had been "collaborative and respectful"and the "papers were given easily and without conflict and on a very friendly basis."

A CNN report published Friday evening reveals that's false.

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Also startling, CNN reports "a top official in the former President's orbit warned his aides last fall: Do not touch those boxes" that "were being stored at the time in Trump's personal suite at his Florida" Mar-a-Lago club.

"The senior official in Trump's inner circle did not want to risk exposing sensitive materials to aides who may have lacked the appropriate security clearances," apparently meaning classified documents were sitting, at least somewhat accessible, in Trump's rooms.

 

Star Member Samrob (163 posts)

1. The fact that he didn't burn them indicates his intelligence. nt

Star Member gab13by13 (7,556 posts)

3. Those 15 boxes were probably gone over by Trump lawyers,

reporters are claiming there are more documents in Trump's possession, no hurry to retrieve them I guess until they are gone over.

I am resigned to the fact that DOJ isn't going to investigate, the National Archives should do its own investigation.

Star Member North Shore Chicago (2,449 posts)

5. Each and every day

we awaken to a new atrocity. Outrage fatigue anyone?

Star Member Irish_Dem (20,490 posts)

6. Apparently Trump can claim he declassified all of these docs.

Which a POTUS has a right to do.

So it will be hard to charge him with a crime.

 

Star Member mopinko (61,895 posts)

8. i've heard that, but

tho allegedly he only has to wave his hand, BUT if they werent relabeled, does that count?
if not a single one of them has been relabeled, i dont think that flies.

 

Star Member Dave says (4,030 posts)

14. Can we see evidence ...

… that he officially declassified them? He lost the power to do so at noon on January 20.

 

Star Member KY_EnviroGuy (13,510 posts)

10. So much for the tRump Presidential Library.

Open by private invitation only to select Rethug billionaires........

I figure tRump had a huuuge grift in mind, of selling those documents on-line for say, $1,000 per page as MAGAT souvenirs....

Star Member CincyDem (5,103 posts)

12. If I had 15 boxes of gov't docs, possibly including classified info...

…2 dozen federal agent would come through my front door at 5am on a no knock warrant and go through every crevasse of my house.

Damn sure I wouldn’t get a “would you please, when you have time, pack them up so we can collect them at you convenience” letter.

Unfortunately, while Nixon shocked the nation when he said “it’s not illegal if the president does it”, without enforcement he may have been right.

 

[SVPete]

   Trump did work at MaL, and took docs with him. The Secret Service made alterations and other security arrangements for those times.  

   GWB did work at his ranch near Crawford, TX, and took docs with him. The Secret Service made alterations and other security arrangements for those times.  

   GHWB did work at Kennebunkport, ME, and took docs with him. The Secret Service made alterations and other security arrangements for those times.  

   Reagan did work at his ranch near Santa Barbara, CA, and took docs with him. The Secret Service made alterations and other security arrangements for those times.  

Clinton and Obama mostly globe trotted, but the Secret Service handled security and communications. Did Carter do some of his work in Plains, GA? Or did he use Camp David?

As they often do, DUpipo are trying to criminalize normal when someone they hate did it.

[SVPete]

Star Member CincyDem (5,103 posts)

12. If I had 15 boxes of gov't docs, possibly including classified info...

…2 dozen federal agent would come through my front door at 5am on a no knock warrant and go through every crevasse of my house.

Well since you aren't authorized to do secret work, yeah, that would be appropriate. OTOH, Trump had that authority. Star Moron CincyDem's attempted analogy isn't analogous. No one replied to his post to point out his grossly obvious gotcha-fail. Unsurprisingly.

Adding to my previous post, since Biden actually has a home at which he supposedly does work, he obviously has documents there.

[Mr Mannn]

This is just the latest in Lefty wet dreams. Every few weeks its another bombshell that amounts to nothing.
Last time it was Trump flushing documents down the crapper.

Primitives eat this stuff up, but normal people filter out the crap and ignore this.

[DLR Pyro]

This is just the latest in Lefty wet dreams. Every few weeks its another bombshell that amounts to nothing.
Last time it was Trump flushing documents down the crapper.

Primitives eat this stuff up, but normal people filter out the crap and ignore this.

They eat it up because it's all they've got