Three Possibilities - 6/12/2023

Wow! Trump had a lot of documents.

With regard to the Trump classified documents indictments, there are three broad categories of Trump, two categories in the case of Biden, Pence, or H. Clinton, possessing classified documents in the manner these four are known to have had them. I think this is important context in which the Trump issue has to be viewed.

Because Trump had declassification authority, the first possibility is that he had indeed declassified them, and they still have the stamps marking them, but they were declassified. Similarly, even if classified, the ex-President has authority under the Presidential Records Act to possess many documents, INCLUDING classified docs. The genesis of this problem, as you may recall, was a dispute between a Trump hating bureaucrat in charge of Presidential Records, and Trump, a swamp hating politician. This category can't be applied to Biden, Pence, or Hillary. They weren't the President with declassification authority at the time.

I do believe it is very possible that some of the documents, or fear that some of the documents were Crossfire Hurricane documents that show government malfeasance in the Trump-Russia collusion hoax perpetrated by Hillary Clinton, her campaign, and some Deep State Justice and intelligence officials, were the true motive of the Justice Department's heavy handed handling of this case. Yes, it is very possible, even likely if you ask me, that they feared he held incriminating evidence or their own wrongdoing.

The second possibility is pure and simple carelessness. Documents collected up in the confusion surrounding departure from office and, in Trump's case, the White House. In Trump's case, the dispute in the preceding paragraph and Trump's always being in attack mode and never, ever admitting he is wrong, made simple resolution a non-starter.

Lastly, and I've seen some morons from the left allege this to be the case, he could have taken them to sell secrets to our enemies. No reasonable person believes this. If you believe it, it proves that when it comes to Trump, you have lost your ability to reason. The Espionage Act being brought up feeds this stupidity. Trump is not a foreign agent or traitorous spy. You think that he is? You are a fucking idiot.

I saw mention of a comment on the issue by former Congressman Barney Frank. He said words to the effect that there was no espionage or spying here. He's right. What is here is a combination of the first two: documents, admittedly disputed, that he was allowed to possess, and the second, carelessness compounded by his bellicosity and combativeness. In that regard, this is at least in part a Trump self-inflicted wound. On the other hand, to be fair to Trump, he is NOT being treated fairly or impartially, either. The old cliche, "just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me" is very much in play here.

We are off the rails here, friends. No, Trump is not a total innocent. But what he has done here differs from other high level and high visibility cases I alluded to. Trump is a former President of the United States. He is extremely popular with tens of millions of American people, nearly 100 million isn't too big a stretch. He is the leading candidate for the 2024 nomination. Merrick Garland, our Attorney General, works for his chief opponent, President Biden, who has been even more careless with classified documents himself, and had none of the declassification authority or protections of the Presidential Records Act from his tenure as a Senator and as Vice President. Most of Trump's best excuses and defenses with regard to these documents DO NOT APPLY to Joe Biden.

If you ask me, for the good of our country, Joe Biden ought to order Garland to stand down, and he ought to issue a blanket pardon to Trump, not only for these documents, but for January 6th, as well. He won't though. This is liberal, progressive, Democrat red meat. It's their political Nirvana. The puppet masters who make Joe dance and laugh and walk and talk know that. And they HATE Trump. They are blinded by hate. It prevents them from seeing what's best for our country.

You know what's not best for our country? Locking Trump up for this stuff. But if they can, they will. God help us.