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kentuck

(111,111 posts)
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 10:10 AM Oct 2022

Cut away the BS, the confusion, the diversions...

..in the Mar-a-Lago documents case and get to the common denominator.

The documents were stolen.

They were taken to Trump's country club in Mar-a-Lago.

They were placed in a storage room in his basement. (Some were later discovered in his office closet and in his desk)

The National Archives attempted for more than a year to get them returned.

Fifteen boxes were finally returned, along with many classified documents, to the National Archives.

The NARA discovered that there were more boxes missing and asked for the assistance of the DOJ.

A legal representative of the former president lied to the FBI by telling them there were no more "classified" documents at Mar-a-Lago.

The FBI got a search warrant to look for the missing documents and found hundreds of pages of classified information. Open and shut case, right? Obstruction of justice and possible espionage.

But then, the former president did what he always does. He took them to court. He found a friendly judge that would do what he wanted and the delay games began.

He is pulling the strings of our justice system in an attempt to divert their attention away from the serious crimes he committed. It is all about diversion and delay.

The more he can confuse the issues, the better for him. He can say the documents were his. He can say that he de-classified all of them. He can say that he had the right to do whatever he wanted because he was still the president at the time and had the authority to do everything that he did.

But it is all meant to confuse. He still stole the documents and had them in his possession. He lied about having them. As a former president, he had no right to the documents.

The justice system needs to continue to cut away the bullshit and the diversions and focus on the crimes committed.

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Cut away the BS, the confusion, the diversions... (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2022 OP
Well, if you're going to base your opinions on facts, there's no hope for you... Wounded Bear Oct 2022 #1
Exactly right. FalloutShelter Oct 2022 #2
He Won't Be Held Accountable SoCalDavidS Oct 2022 #3
Maybe if he built a human-centipede of white children in his basement Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2022 #5
IOKIYAR Wah_Guy Oct 2022 #4

FalloutShelter

(11,905 posts)
2. Exactly right.
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 10:14 AM
Oct 2022

Docs. were stolen. He lied about them being stolen. He suborned perjury from his lawyers.
Possibly intimidated witnesses.

What more do we need?

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
5. Maybe if he built a human-centipede of white children in his basement
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 10:51 AM
Oct 2022

* if you don't know that horror movie reference, you may want to NOT look it up

Then he might be held accountable.

But they'd have to be white.

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