Trump was warned about retaining classified documents, notes reveal

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Federal prosecutors have evidence Donald Trump was put on notice that he could not retain any classified documents after he was subpoenaed for their return last year, as they examine whether the subsequent failure to fully comply with the subpoena was a deliberate act of obstruction by the former president.

The previously unreported warning conveyed to Trump by his lawyer Evan Corcoran could be significant in the criminal investigation surrounding Trump’s handling of classified materials given it shows he knew about his subpoena obligations.

Last June, Corcoran found roughly 40 classified documents in the storage room at Mar-a-Lago and told the justice department that no further materials remained at the property. That was later shown to be untrue, after the FBI later returned with a warrant and seized 101 additional classified documents.

The federal investigation led by special counsel Jack Smith has recently focused on why the subpoena was not compiled with, notably whether Trump arranged for boxes of classified documents to be moved out of the storage room so he could illegally retain them.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/22/trump-warning-classified-documents-mar-a-lago

[oldsoftie]

1. File under the heading "NO SHIT"

If nothing else, the subpoena should've told him to NOT keep the damn documents if common sense wasnt enough.

[Walleye]

2. Hiding the documents and lying about them is what Trump calls "negotiating"

I remember it when I lived in New York somebody telling me, conmen do this, they say, “give me all the money then we’ll talk about it belongs to”

[dlk]

3. Trump has never really experienced any consequences for his actions

He truly believes he’s above the law because of that.

[gab13by13]

5. He has had civil consequences, not criminal though.

[dlk]

6. Not of any significance to him, personally

If it doesn’t hurt him directly, he doesn’t care.

[gab13by13]

4. So why did Corcoran write the document

that the documents were all returned? He knew enough to get another lawyer to sign it.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Wildfire speed going on here nt

[Historic NY]

8. Given he's one to show off stuff he was keeping it all for his vanity walls

I could just see the launch codes framed and signed in his traditional marker.