The risk of assuming facts not in evidence
The report that the documents identified in the search warrant included documents relating to nuclear weapons has triggered a wave of assumptions not yet supported by the reported information. in particular, here and elsewhere, people are assuming that the sought-after documents were nuclear codes, or nuclear weapons locations, or nuclear technology. Some go further and assume that the documents in question have been provided to Putin or the Saudis or some other third party.
Yet, the only thing actually reported is that documents relating to nuclear weapons were a subject of the search. What sort of documents? Unknown. More importantly, it has not been reported that any of the sought-after documents were found. Not everything named in a search warrant is always found in a search.
The risk in assuming too much that the results may not meet expectations, (something we've all experienced over the years when it comes to reports of this or that imminent action). More significantly, if the search didn't turn up the documents that folks are assuming it has turned up, Trump will use this in an effort to discredit the entire search. His post this morning (claiming the nuclear angle is a "hoax" ) suggests that is going to be the case. Remember, he knows what was in the warrant and what was found.
I hope the search found the most damning material possible, but I'm not going to count my chickens before they hatch.
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No doubt about it!
Trump never fails to exceed my worst fears of just what a putrid, soulless creature he truly is!
With Trump - always assume he's guilty of the worst crimes imaginable - and you'll never go wrong.
It's the tip of the iceberg!
My hunch: I think if there was a real national security concern they would have seized the documents in early 2021.
My hunch is the documents are like J Edgar Hoover's "political enemies" files. Mostly political dirt on people with a chance of some nuclear weapon info in them.
