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Of Course He Would, but It’s Still Insane

Posted by Matt Birchler
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Eric Tucker: Trump Allies Cite Clinton Email Probe to Attack Classified Records Case. There Are Big Differences

Beyond just the hoarding of documents — in locations including a bathroom, ballroom, shower and his bedroom — the Justice Department says Trump showed highly sensitive material to visitors without security clearances and obstructed the FBI by, among other things, directing a personal aide who was charged alongside him to move boxes around Mar-a-Lago to conceal them from investigators.

The details of this case are wild, and everyone can pick the part that blows them away most. For me, it’s that he showed them to people to…flex, I guess? I mean of course he would, but it’s still insane.