I guess I'm just slow, but I have a question.

[Atticus]

On my TV machine, I have heard "maybe" after "maybe" as to just WHY Trump stole government documents---many highly classified and dealing with national security.

"Maybe" he just wanted them as keepsakes or trophies.

"Maybe" he wanted to use them to---SNORT!---write his memoirs.

"Maybe" he wanted to use them to defend himself against liberal slanders.

"Maybe" he was just so stupid he really believed the ass-kissers who assured him that, "of course", those were his "personal papers".

But, ladies and gentlemen, the one "maybe" no one has had the sand to propose is "MAYBE HE REALLY IS A TRAITOROUS SONOFABITCH WHO INTENDED TO EXCHANGE THEM FOR BAZILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LUCRATIVE FAVORS OR, PERHAPS, SANCTUARY!"

Why is that "maybe" off limits?

Like I said, "maybe" I'm just slow.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The media is covering for one of the most dangerous men in America.

[whathehell]

6. I don't know that the media is "covering" for him..

They do continually include the possibility that he may be "monetizing" the documents. Given that the DOJ hasn't finished its investigation, it may be why they've not yet brought out "the big guns".

[KS Toronado]

14. They "cover" for all Rs

Because they'll pay them back with tax breaks & loop holes. They see us as unfriendly to their bottom line.

[whathehell]

33. They have to weigh that against other factors, including audience

share. If MSNBC, for instance, did nothing but "cover" for Republicans, they wouldn't have the audience they have.

[Martin68]

34. I agree 100% what the hell. We know what we know from the media. The MSM are not "covering"

for anybody. But until an investigation is complete and released to the public, they can only speculate and guess about motivations in many cases.

[whathehell]

36. ..Great minds think alike, Martin68!

I believe there is corporate influence on the news, but there are other considerations as well.

[Evolve Dammit]

28. By Dog, I think you nailed it.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Number 1 on your list I would believe, he is entitled enough to believe he could just take them.

Numbers 2-4 are bullshit excuses and propaganda for the cultist thugs.

Last one is entirely possible to my mind, it will just take a lot more evidence to prove it.

[Bucky]

3. None of those statements are mutually exclusive

The actions alone are treasonous. As a mentally immature egomaniac, he might've rationalized to himself (or to inquisitive staffers) that retaining the classified documents was for memoirs, but kept them with the possibility of future smears against opponents. He can pass for stupid even while having a subrational curiosity and impulsive egotism to holding onto his favorite classified docs like their a kid's teddy bear. Collectively these actions are still illegal and disloyal and any reasonable human would know that retaining them was wrong. He's a grown up, literally speaking, and needs to be prosecuted. I don't give a shit about his subconscience motivations. He broke the law and needs to pay.

[LaMouffette]

4. The truth will out. Trump and his minions are such bad criminals that proof will soon surface that

he has sold secrets to Russia, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, et al.

But I wonder when that happens if the media will continue to cover for him, even as his blubbery, treasonous ass is carted off to jail.

[MLAA]

5. I'd add the bottom line is there is no acceptable or mitigating reason for doing it.

It was illegal and he needs to be charged and given an opportunity to defend the indefensible.

[WarGamer]

7. eventually EVIDENCE will show what he had planned....

Everything else is just fantasy.

[malaise]

8. Says The bank robber:

Maybe I want to admire a million dollars
Lock Slobby the fuck up. Sick of him is mild for my feelings.

[Meadowoak]

9. The last one.

[Warpy]

10. And MAYBE he was planning to hold them hostage

and threatening to release them to enemy intelligence organizations should he be charged with any crime.

However, I think he's a toddler screaming "MINE MINE MINE!"

I just suspect there are those around him who recognized the potential sales potential amount the top secret docs.

[TomSlick]

32. DING! DING! DING! We have a winner.

TFG thought the classified material was his get-of-jail-free card. "I'd hate to see all this classified stuff go missing if I'm ever charged with something"

[barbtries]

11. nope. you're not slow.

our media is failing us.

[Cozmo]

12. Fuck 'em and turn off the TV

[lpbk2713]

13. He always thought he was above the law.

He did it because he could.

And there's no doubt he saw the opportunity for personal gain in his actions as well.

[tavernier]

15. The truth will soon come

And they will all be SHOCKED SHOCKED at the obvious.

[SouthernDem4ever]

29. and concerned.

especially andrea mitchelll and chuck tool. Those two are out in lala land half the time.

[Wounded Bear]

16. I think you may be on to something...

[peppertree]

17. Repugs always swear that Trump's 'the smartest president ever' - except when it comes to high crimes

Then, his IQ suddenly drops 50 points.

As Andy Rooney might say, why is that?

[FuzzyRabbit]

18. No maybe about it.

"HE REALLY IS A TRAITOROUS SONOFABITCH WHO INTENDED TO EXCHANGE THEM FOR BAZILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LUCRATIVE FAVORS OR, PERHAPS, SANCTUARY!"

[spanone]

19. Maybe he's a full-blown Russian Agent AND

MAYBE HE REALLY IS A TRAITOROUS SONOFABITCH WHO INTENDED TO EXCHANGE THEM FOR BAZILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LUCRATIVE FAVORS OR, PERHAPS, SANCTUARY!"

[MLAA]

20. Or maybe he already did.

[iluvtennis]

21. Remember it took mainstream media 3 1/2 years to

stop using “alternative facts” and call them LIES.
3 1/2 years of deferring to the POS simply because he had the title of POTUS.

[Jarqui]

22. I'd add at least one:

It is something like this from the top post:
"Maybe" he wanted to use them to defend himself against liberal slanders.

but I'd word it this way:
"Maybe" he wanted to use them to protect himself against prosecution for obstruction or a crime or people finding out after the statute of limitations which could hurt his re-election chances.

For example there might be stuff on Trump-Russia in there. Or Trump-Ukraine extortion. Or Trump-Jan 6th. Or stuff we don't even know about.

There could be quite a debate about his impeachment docs because the government paid for his lawyers - who were more like White House council and therefore, not personal lawyers entitled to attorney-client privilege:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/08/29/one-big-potentially-pending-question-what-happens-to-trumps-impeachment-1-0-papers/

Trump is all about Trump. He did this for a reason that would benefit Trump.

The fact that he seemed so surprised by the search warrant and he's going crazy with his messaging all over the place means there is a good chance they got some evidence he really did not want them to see.

[Joinfortmill]

23. I'm with you!

[moondust]

24. Maybe free toilet paper?

[Atticus]

25. No, he steals that by sticking it to his shoe. nt

[Brainfodder]

26. Maybe I wonder HTF he is still a free manbaby?

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Reportedly said today on Truth Social that he should be reinstated as President immediately due to Hunter Biden's Laptop scandal being hidden before the election? [more likely asked for new election immediately, just as silly?]

Mirrors Stormy Daniels scandal without the TOAD stuff?

As if this is the first or last thing hidden before an election, what a sad desperate jackass about to be arrested?

[Jack the Greater]

27. Perhaps because libel and slander laws might be used against those who make or publish such...

...statements. Trump is a litigious SOB. Just a wild guess.

[SouthernDem4ever]

30. has he won any of his lawsuits?

[Jack the Greater]

38. Yes

Trump scores legal wins with one lawsuit dropped and another dismissed

[Jack the Greater]

39. He won 1,679 lawsuits versus 139 losses involving his casino operations

Know your enemy.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. You're far from slow. Agent Chaos caused all of this and we don't know what happened, or is still

unfolding. Never have we had a "president" who wants to destroy it all, or sell/give it all, until now. Uncharted. And he is somehow given a wide berth as being victimized by the evil FBI. How far we have fallen.

[Beartracks]

35. After 6 years, why anyone in media gives Trump "the benefit of the doubt" is beyond me.

==========

[Septua]

37. I've heard numerous TV personalities suggest...

..Trump had nefarious intentions in mind for the documents. After all, that is the primary concern and why the 'damage assessment' is taking place. He may have already shared some data with the wrong people.

No telling what he has told Putin. Has everyone forgotten Trump's dream of a Trump Tower in Moscow?

"The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) are working together to facilitate a classification review of relevant materials, including those recovered during the search," Haines wrote, adding that the review will be conducted in a way that "does not unduly interfere with DOJ's ongoing criminal investigation."

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/08/27/Trump-Mar-a-lago-intelligence-DOJ/8221661626716/

[Cherokee100]

40. U nailed it

U nailed it. Ur not slow. Keep up the good work..

[The Bopper]

41. Maybe

Occums razer applies here and with him—you know.

[lees1975]

42. I think you have IT ALL IN CAPS!

Personally, I think anything of significance in there has already been copied and sold. The Russians claim they've seen most of it and while they can be liars as much as he is, why would they say that if they didn't already have them? If they didn't, then they'd be quiet about it.

[ThoughtCriminal]

43. If there is even the flimsiest, circumstantial evidence that suggests a Democrat

or a family member, did something sketchy, the outrage machine goes into full, worst case speculation mode.

See:

Hunter Biden's laptop
Hillary Clinton's email server
Whitewater

But when there is direct, smoking gun evidence that a Republican is committing massive fraud, corruption, sexual assault, and even treason, we have to tip-toe around the blindingly obvious.

[ihaveaquestion]

44. I always have questions

so maybe I'm also slow ...

Trump is a grifter by nature, so I automatically assume he's looking for what he can get from whomever or by whatever means necessary. Somehow, some way, this is a con.

[crabbymanut]

45. Sorry no one of importance is going down.

There is no innocent till proven guilty, unless you have money. Trump is not going to jail. I hate to say it because I am a Democrat but its true. WE have big issues with our system and no one willing to make a change.

[marble falls]

46. Care to make a wager??? I bet 45 is indicted for a last one crime by Aug, next year.

[Demsrule86]

47. I say he is indicted too!