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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reportedly-pitched-trading-classified-files-for-documents-proving-russia-probe-was-a-hoaxInstead of returning the classified materials hed taken to Mar-a-Lago from the White House, Donald Trump allegedly wanted to trade them for documents showing the FBI investigated his 2016 campaign ties to Russia, according to reporting from The New York Times.
For more than a year, National Archives officials hounded the former presidents aides and attorneys to return the boxes. Trump insisted they contained nothing important, some just had dirty laundry. But after more pushing from his team, Trump pitched a deal: give the government back its files in exchange for proof that the FBIs Russia investigation was a hoax, the Times reported.
His aides knew the idea would be a non-starter and never acted on it. After one of Trumps attorneys warned him he could face serious consequences if he did not return the classified documents, the former president, who kept insisting the boxes were mine, began going through them last December, the Times said.
The news is the latest in the ongoing saga, which has sparked a Justice Department investigation into Trump's handling of the classified material. Federal investigators still believe he is withholding government documents, the Times reported earlier this week.
Read it at The New York Times
FalloutShelter
(11,866 posts)Just the latest excuse for stealing and lying. "I just needed the papers to swap for proof the FBI was wiretapping me in the Russia hoax."
Pardon my French, but horse shit!
Is this what the lawyer with the 3m retainer came up with?
NJCher
(35,675 posts)Thats the only guy on the team with any sense. And, of course, because he was paid with donations, his value to trump is zero. Three million is what hes already been paid.
purr-rat beauty
(543 posts)dchill
(38,493 posts)I honestly don't know.
Silent3
(15,212 posts)Did he really know that using stolen government documents as leverage to strong-arm the government into giving him fake evidence for attacking political rivals was a crime?
That SOOOO hard to prove!
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Demobrat
(8,978 posts)He wanted to swap stolen classified materials for documents that exist only in his mind.
Is that about it?
The article is firewalled, so maybe Im missing something.
Grasswire2
(13,570 posts)I subscribe, and I'm happy to do this any time for anyone here.
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Grasswire2
(13,570 posts)Demobrat
(8,978 posts)which Trump just assumes, or wants to believe, say what he wants them to say.
Still nuttier than a fruitcake.
niyad
(113,306 posts)aggiesal
(8,914 posts)then nobody would be able to find out what really happened.
He's an idiot.
NARA would probably give him.copies.
Did mention Pendejo45 is an idiot?
Beetwasher.
(2,977 posts)There was a compartmentalized investigation he couldnt get access to started by Obama DOJ. Good news.
I think you're on to something.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)kentuck
(111,095 posts)What does he get out of that? Personal satisfaction?
Perhaps there is Russian information that he does not want anyone else to see?
Grasswire2
(13,570 posts)Can we still rely on NARA to keep our precious secrets safe?
He asked them to do unlawful things. That what a mob boss does, to bend the person to his will.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)Too bad pictures are deceiving. I will continue to hope for the worst for him.
Martin68
(22,801 posts)piece of shit.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,346 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,686 posts)Won't help him deflect collusion. It was the mobile oil refinery job in return for the Moscow Trump tower deal. What was the guy? Minuchin? Who was in and out at the start of his reign? Flynn was in on it, too.
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