Was TFG illegally taking top classified documents to sell, or use to blackmail the government with?

[duforsure]

He's acting desperate for money, and he's very capable of using damming information for revenge. I think he likely thought he could tie up giving documents back in the courts, and the DOJ have people inside informing them, plus recent people testifying. Is there more evidence at his towers? Another search warrant coming very soon? Other people involved helping remove documents to be called before a grand jury soon? Other close WH aides also took classified documents too?

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Neither. He really had no plan, but just grabbed things...

that looked like they might have some use some day.

[duforsure]

5. To get this far at staying out of jail , he has planned better then anyone thought,

And I'm waiting on him, as prosecutors close in more, he'll start suggesting he knows a lot of damming information on Biden and others, then threaten to expose them with it. Documentation will provide him with a way to escape justice, which he knows they got him boxed in.

[gab13by13]

7. Exactly, saying that Trump is stupid is a huge mistake.

He is still the leader of the GQP and came within an eyelash of becoming king. The coup is still ongoing, DOJ needs to indict some inner circle people before the election.

[RockRaven]

2. Don't underestimate his incredible narcissism and sense of entitlement... He could have taken

-- and refused to give back despite threats of consequences -- classified documents just because he wanted to have them, as souvenirs or for bragging later. Something related to himself in some way, or an event which he saw as a triumph like a drone strike/assassination, or an intelligence assessment about one of his besties (DPRK, Russia, China, Saudi, Israel).

[Kablooie]

3. Perhaps it's things like recordings of his secret meetings with Putin.

Things he doesn’t want anyone to learn about but he’s proud of so doesn’t want to destroy them. He may listen to himself in the meeting to glory in how important he is.

[duforsure]

6. Or lists of people he has compromised in Congress with evidence he can use against them.

Or secret bank accounts offshore used for payoffs and dark money from countries that are our enemies. He'll start with threats legally, then suggest others do violence for him. That's why I thinks things ae going to happen at a much faster pace very soon.

[Captain Zero]

8. I always thought he scooped FBI docs on enemies

I always thought with the way he extorts and blackmails that he probably now has historical FBI documentation on his PERSONAL enemies or people who know where bodies are buried.

Also during first impeachment weren't there some phone calls recordings about trying to extort Ukraine that went in a defense intelligence safe where they did not belong?

Does anyone remember that??
Maybe he snagged those before he left.
Those are definitely government property not his.

[Tetrachloride]

4. Certainly, many people can blackmail Trump now,

Certainly, Trump has debts. Jared and ivanka may have money that Trump wants.

and our favorite subpoenas are a momentum that has Magats “upset “.

His paranoia, greed and lying can never stop, except during 440 “Fifth Amendment “ statements. During those statements, the lying stops but the paranoia continues.

[gibraltar72]

9. Yes.

[viva la]

10. A blast from the past...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/16/trump-sharing-russia-chills-israeli-intelligence/101762992/