TFG keeping boxes of materials at home for a year

[intrepidity]

What are the chances that it may have been a deliberate stalling tactic--something he's famous for--in order to run out the clock on (probably) several statutes of limitations on crimes he has committed?

[calimary]

1. I think that's a really good call.

That's his pattern. Glad to see others recognizing it, too.

The more you know... and all that.

[Ocelot II]

2. I'd bet krugerrands to kroner that he took many of those documents

because they are evidence either of crimes or at least of actions that would be politically or personally embarrassing if they became public.

[kentuck]

4. That would probably be the case...

He hid them to protect himself from criminal liability.

[Irish_Dem]

6. How about evidence of other people doing crimes or evidence that lets him

him off the hook?

Wouldn't he just burn self-incriminating evidence?

[Ocelot II]

7. There might be stuff that he thinks makes him look good politically

but that he knows is criminal or at least crime-adjacent. I'm guessing the obviously-incriminating stuff went down the WH toilets.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yes that makes sense.

He thinks the documents he brought home will make him look good, or protect him.

I also suspect he might have material to black mail potential witnesses or would damage Dems.

[PatSeg]

3. Excellent point

[SharonClark]

5. Do we know he hasn't destroyed other documents?

[Bayard]

8. We do

Many went in a, "burn bag." Others were flushed down the toilet. Gawd knows how many he ate (per Omarosa).