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NCDem47

(2,257 posts) Tue Aug 9, 2022, 10:08 AM Aug 2022

This isn't rocket science. [View all]

The documents Trump took---AND HID IN A SAFE AT HIS PRIVATE RESDIENCE---had value to him, which he wanted no one else to have.

They either:

1. Incriminate him with some detail he needed to retain in hard copy form for whatever reason

2. Incriminate others and could be used as blackmail

3. Held value to trade for currency

If they didn't possess any value, he would toss them. I don't buy for a minute he wanted anything for sentimental or historical purposes. We know his mafia ethos.

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This isn't rocket science. [View all] NCDem47 Aug 2022 OP

I wonder if any of these have been redacted underpants Aug 2022 #1

I agree. fightforfreedom Aug 2022 #2

Great thread. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #3

+1. Remember he cashed a 13-cent check dalton99a Aug 2022 #4

Of course I know he is a toxic narcissist and ruthless sociopath. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #8

You forget atreides1 Aug 2022 #7

Yes he is not that smart and could have made a stupid mistake. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #9

And he's always had lawyers and fixers which has allowed... brush Aug 2022 #15

Maybe incriminating evidence had others invloved NCDem47 Aug 2022 #10

Of yes, this is something Trump would do for sure. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #11

Probably somewhere he has info on sensitive sources MarcA Aug 2022 #14

"to trade for currency" - that's my bet. Treason. My opinion is that our adversaries have already Firestorm49 Aug 2022 #5

The beauty of it is, if he goes down hard, he will take a bunch of his collaborators with him brewens Aug 2022 #6

They are likely the docs tht... 2naSalit Aug 2022 #12

Could be something fringe, worth big money, that would appeal to Trump? Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #13

There is no evidence that Government documents were in Trump's safe... brooklynite Aug 2022 #16

Good point. NCDem47 Aug 2022 #18

Something incriminating against the FBI/DOJ/US government. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #17

4. A combination of any or all of the above. GoCubsGo Aug 2022 #19

Maybe we'll never know what was retrieved or what was searched for. NCDem47 Aug 2022 #20