Keep posting through it, Mr. Former President. You're doing great.
Why could this social media message be a huge problem for Trump? To start with, it’s a rather blunt acknowledgment that Trump not only knew he had classified documents in his possession, in violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978, but that he knew where they were and how they were stored. And several lawyers made this point on Twitter.“Trump now whines that the documents weren’t on the floor like that. ‘They took them out of cartons,’ he says.
If Trump knew he still had classified documents, that would be at odds to a sworn statement from Trump’s legal team that everything had already been handed over. The name of Trump’s legal representative who sworn to that claim is redacted in the court filing.also said the classified documents, “were likely concealed,” and that, “efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation.” And Trump never even bothered to argue against that point.
The other thing Trump’s new Truth Social post makes clear is that these documents couldn’t have been planted by the FBI, an allegation that has been made repeatedly by Trump supporters on Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN. The idea that documents could’ve been planted isn’t impossible, as we’ve seen plenty of videos showingin recent years thanks to the advent of body cameras. But let’s take the drug analogy further. Imagine Trump had been accused of holding heroin at Mar-a-Lago.
The problem for Trump becomes much more clear now, as anyone with a little bit of common sense can see.The other crime that Trump could potentially be charged with is violations of the Espionage Act. It’s entirely possible that Trump was showing these documents to visitors, or in a more nefarious possibility, selling the documents to foreign governments.
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