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[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Saved you a click:

Trump left classified documents in a ballroom used for public functions.

Boxes of documents in a bathroom.

Trump told employees to move his very important papers … to a more public location.

A bunch of secret documents spilled on the floor.

Trump knowingly talked about exposing classified war plans on tape.

Trump also shared a classified map with a political operative.

National Archives asked for the documents … so Trump moved them to his residence.

Nauta allegedly told the FBI he didn’t know anything about the boxes he was moving.

Trump allegedly suggested lying to the Feds to protect ‘my boxes.’

Trump praised Hillary Clinton’s attorney for destroying evidence.

He made a plucking motion to his attorney to weed out the ‘really bad’ documents.

Melania got dragged into this mess too; A female “Trump family member,” who was probably the former First Lady, texted Nauta to let him know that she wanted her husband’s hoarding behaviors to remain land-based.

Trump did everything he could to keep his papers from the Feds.

Trump changed his travel plans to be present for the search of his precious boxes.

Nauta and De Oliveira told a co-worker that ‘the boss’ wanted surveillance footage deleted.

Nauta said Trump wanted to make sure De Oliveira was loyal.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Just standard mob behavior, exactly what we should have as president folks! Nothing to see here!

[–] NotSpez@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago

I don’t know man. I’m kinda starting to think this guy is unfit to be president…

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Top ten craziest things you must know! Click here to see the files the guvment don’t want you to know! CIA spooks hate this one simple trick!

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I imagine that Trump was initially very very excited to see these indictments, since his name is plastered dozens of times on each page.

[–] BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Looks like there's nothing that crazy that we didn't already know; Trump changed his travel plans so he could be present at Mar-a-Lago when his attorneys searched for the classified documents he was hiding from them, basically.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well that is truly bananas. It seems like he's dead to rights on some of these felony charges. Which may end up slightly inconveniencing him. Wow.

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you or I had done any of that we'd be under the prison by now. I hate this bullshit. And he's allowed to walk free.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Yea, the social inequality in the states is terrible. Given how much we tout our rule of law, it's pretty ineffective when it comes to prosecuting traditionally powerful people.