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applegrove

(133,102 posts)
Mon Jan 31, 2022, 09:11 PM Jan 2022

Some Trump Records Were Torn Up and Taped Together

Some Trump Records Were Torn Up and Taped Together

January 31, 2022 at 7:52 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 2 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/01/31/some-trump-records-were-torn-up-and-taped-together/

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“When the National Archives and Records Administration handed over a trove of documents to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, some of the Trump White House records had been ripped up and then taped back together,“ the Washington Post reports.

“Former president Donald Trump was known inside the White House for his unusual and potentially unlawful habit of tearing presidential records into shreds and tossing them on the floor — creating a headache for records management analysts who meticulously used Scotch tape to piece together fragments of paper that were sometimes as small as confetti.”

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Some Trump Records Were Torn Up and Taped Together (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2022 OP
Since when does a crime boss keep written records? OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #1
When he knows he is above the law. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #2
All part of narcissism liberal N proud Jan 2022 #3
Thank heavens Jr. and Gums shredded their email printouts Blue Owl Jan 2022 #4
You mean as small as covfefe lame54 Jan 2022 #5
And now we know why (for certain) world wide wally Jan 2022 #6
No collusion though? czarjak Jan 2022 #7
So when will he be arrested? twodogsbarking Feb 2022 #8
One of them must have been the Constitution. spanone Feb 2022 #9
This L. Coyote Feb 2022 #10
What about the ones he chewed p and swallowed? Were they able to retrieve KPN Feb 2022 #11

liberal N proud

(61,203 posts)
3. All part of narcissism
Mon Jan 31, 2022, 09:26 PM
Jan 2022

He was going to keep them for history because he assumed he would be in power for the rest of his life

KPN

(17,510 posts)
11. What about the ones he chewed p and swallowed? Were they able to retrieve
Tue Feb 1, 2022, 01:45 PM
Feb 2022

and restore those?

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