Trump's valet 'thought ex-president was hoarding hairspray' in boxes that contained secret papers

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: UK Independent

1 hour ago


Donald Trump’s valet said he mistook boxes containing secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate for boxes of hairspray, according to a transcript of an FBI interview.

According to the May 2022 interview transcript, the former president’s valet Walt Nauta repeatedly insisted that he thought the boxes of classified documents on Mr Trump’s property contained news clippings, hairspray, shampoo, picture frames and other miscellaneous materials.

The documents are now at the centre of one of four criminal cases against Mr Trump, while Mr Nauta has been charged with conspiring to conceal documents as well as lying to the FBI in his interview about the location and movement of boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago. He has pleaded not guilty.

The transcript shows that during the interview, Mr Nauta was asked by investigators whether he was aware of Mr Trump showing a document with classified markings to people while on a plane. No such event was alleged in the indictment against Mr Trump.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-walt-nauta-valet-hairspray-boxes-b2527777.html

[Wonder Why]

1. Yes, but he declassified the hairspray in his own mind!

[Blue Owl]

2. An honest mistake

Dapper Diarrhea Donny probably goes through a case of that shit a week to fashion his odd hair helmet abomination

[MorbidButterflyTat]

31. You're really good at *rump snark

[LiberalFighter]

3. Who told him to say that?

[bullimiami]

4. It's pretty damn stupid so either he came up with it or trump told him to.

[AllaN01Bear]

16. i was going to say that , but i say who paid him to say that.

[murielm99]

30. Borowitz.

[UpInArms]

5. Of course!

We all hoard hairspray and move it around to hide it from the FBI!

[Irish_Dem]

6. He can't even tell a believable lie.

SMH I hate it when criminals insult my intelligence.

At least cook up a good story.

[pandr32]

18. We are not dealing with intelligent 'criminals'...

but well-connected to international thugs ones.
It is scary to me that stupid criminals hold so much power. No wonder the whole planet is f*cked.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Not all the GOP criminals are stupid.

Or they would not be able to hold so much power and do so much damage.

[pandr32]

23. Yes. There are also psychopaths in key places.

They have no concerns about damage to others and the world either.

[Irish_Dem]

25. Yes there must be some very smart psychopaths keeping it all going.

[Delphinus]

22. Thank you!

Yes, it's an insult to our intelligence to say such stupidity.

[AverageOldGuy]

7. I was feeling a little low this morning . . .

. . . but am now ROTFLMAO!!!!

Thank you, Walt Natua, for starting my day with a laugh!!!

[marble falls]

8. Looking at TFG's doo, I can see how Nauta could believe it. Or is he claiming plausible deniability? ...

... or has TFG and Butthead Jr got him believing that "only following orders" is a positive defense?

[tanyev]

9. Someone had written on them in Sharpie, "JUST HAIRSPRAY! NO CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN HERE!"

[getagrip_already]

10. Didnt he have pictures of spilled docs with classification markings on his phone?

That must be some magical hair spray.

[moniss]

11. My goodness yes Waltine

who in their right mind wouldn't believe you?

[trusty elf]

12. I've often wondered whether his dementia might be due in part to

a lifetime of sniffing hairspray fumes.

[mentalsolstice]

13. Aqua Net!

Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Net

Besides hairstyling, Aqua Net has been used:
as a fixative in microbiology, typically during staining procedures;[36][37][38]
as a fixative for charcoal or pastel artworks;[39]
by ballerinas, to reduce slippage of pointe shoe ribbons;[19]
for stiffening or straightening crinolines, skirts and tulle;[19]
as a solvent for un-gluing hair extensions;[19]
as a stain remover for makeup;[19]
as an insect killer;[40]
as a propellant in potato cannons;[41][42][43][44]
as an inhalant in recreational substance abuse;[45]
for increasing print adhesion in 3D Printing.[46][47][48]

[twodogsbarking]

20. I think it works as a blowtorch too.

[intrepidity]

29. I keep some on hand for flying insect emergencies

Stops 'em midflight.

[Ray Bruns]

14. And there it is. The stupidest fucking thing I have read all day.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Glad to oblige!

TGIF!!

[llmart]

15. K&R just because...

this is without a doubt the worst ever excuse next to "the dog ate my homework". Geez oh Pete. At least come up with something better if you don't want to take the fall for tsf.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. Oh, horseshit...

He's really willing to go to jail for 20 years for Trump?

What an absolute idiot.

[twodogsbarking]

21. Anyone believe him? Anyone?

Insert echo sound. Anyone?

[FSogol]

26. Liar! Anyone who has moved a box of papers knows the difference. n/t

[LiberalFighter]

27. How many bottles of hairspray were there? Any fingerprints on them?

[ChazInAz]

28. Oh, Walt!

In hossing all those big boxes around, didn't you even once wonder why that hairspray weighed so much?

[intrepidity]

32. Well, but, to be fair

Trump *did* deliberately mix in a bunch of innocuous personal items, such as hairspray, as a decoy and to either conceal his intentions ("oh! How did that get in there?!&quot or to give the appearance that it was all okay ("What? It's just all my *stuff*?!)

I mean, Nauta was covering, but there's a kernal of truth.

[et tu]

33. that kernal popped

a long time ago. lol

[Prairie Gates]

34. The guy has numerous witnesses, documentary, and video evidence that he

actively sought to conceal these boxes of precious hairspray from the National Archives and other federal search agents.

He's caught dead to rights, and is damn lucky he doesn't have an additional lying to the FBI charge on this, which would also be a slam dunk case if the Trumpy judge ever allowed it to come to trial.

[Owl]

35. Such BS