Why did Trump send back 15 boxes of documents to the National Archive?

[kentuck]

Some of them classified?

If he thought they belonged to him, why did he give them back? Could it be that he knew they were the property of the National Archives?

So, he knows he broke the law by withholding the other boxes from the Archives.

He knows he broke the law when he stole the documents.

He is thumbing his nose at the rule of law.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Kept some very important classified docs.

Maybe not at MAL.

[Mr.Bill]

4. He gave them what he thought was enough

to make them think that was all of them. I'm sure Garland knows better.

What he gave back was nothing but a decoy. Right now there are documents hidden in places where they will never be found. And the longer we do nothing but investigate, investigate, investigate...the worse and more damaging it gets.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. We have lost our minds, the entire country. Something that would put anyone else in prison

as quickly as judicially possible, is still being argued by the scum.

[agingdem]

3. Because he's the smartest guy in the room..

sending back 15 boxes would satisfy the National Archives and they would never know there were more..

[Midnight Writer]

5. Delay.

Drag your feet on everything.

I reckon this is how he handles his creditors as well. Pay'em a bit, act surprised they didn't get the whole thing, dispute the amount of the charges, negotiate a reduction, tell them it's in the mail, tell them there is a mistake by the bank, take'em to court, appeal, accuse them of chicanery, counter-sue, call them all a bunch of liars, etc.

It seems to work for him. Like a kid who doesn't want to eat his veggies, so he stalls until they are inedible.

[elias7]

6. I guess the DOJ doesn't mind being jerked around.

Nothing any of us could get away with it

[NCjack]

7. He gave back those 15 boxes of docs because their value plummeted

after he sold copies. Their market value crashed.