Trump wrote to-do lists for assistant on White House documents marked classified: Sources

FreeinChrist · Sep 18, 2023

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Trump wrote to-do lists for assistant on White House documents marked classified: Sources

A long-time assistant to former President Trump told investigators that Trump wrote to-do lists for her on documents that were marked classified, sources say.

abcnews.go.com

As described to ABC News, the aide, Molly Michael, told investigators that -- more than once -- she received requests or taskings from Trump that were written on the back of notecards, and she later recognized those notecards as sensitive White House materials -- with visible classification markings -- used to brief Trump while he was still in office about phone calls with foreign leaders or other international-related matters.

notecards with classification markings were at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate when FBI agents searched the property on Aug. 8, 2022 -- but the materials were not taken by the FBI, according to sources familiar with what Michael told investigators.

When Michael, who was not present for the search, returned to Mar-a-Lago the next day to clean up her office space, she found the documents underneath a drawer organizer and helped transfer them to the FBI that same day, sources told ABC News......

Sources said that after Trump heard the FBI wanted to interview Michael last year, Trump allegedly told her, "You don't know anything about the boxes."....

Speaking to federal investigators, Michael recounted how, by late 2021, as many as 90 boxes of materials from Trump's time as president were moved into a basement storage room at Mar-a-Lago, and how -- as pressure from the National Archives mounted -- she and Trump aide Walt Nauta would bring boxes to Trump's residence for him to review.....

But then, according to what she told investigators, around the same time that the National Archives found nearly 200 classified documents in the 15 boxes and referred the matter to the FBI, Trump began to seem more reluctant to cooperate with the agency, and he asked Michael to help spread a message that no more boxes existed, sources said she recounted.

That's when Michael became concerned, knowing that scores more boxes were in the storage room, sources said. And as Trump continued to claim that there were no more boxes, Michael even pointed out to him that many people, including maintenance workers, knew otherwise because they had all seen that there were many more than 15 boxes, sources said she told investigators.

Smith's indictment against Trump alleges that Trump asked one of his attorneys at the time, "Wouldn't it be better if we just told them we don't have anything here?"

In other words, can't we just lie to them?

I think things are worse for him.

essentialsaltes · Sep 19, 2023

FreeinChrist said:
I think things are worse for him.

Honestly, this one should be a slam dunk for the prosecution. He kept the documents, kept them after he was asked for them, all but bragged about keeping them, made no secret of covering it up, and his purported defenses are all cockamamie.

Arcangl86 · Sep 19, 2023

essentialsaltes said:
Honestly, this one should be a slam dunk for the prosecution. He kept the documents, kept them after he was asked for them, all but bragged about keeping them, made no secret of covering it up, and his purported defenses are all cockamamie.

It should be but it's too political for it to actually be. All it takes is one Trump hardliner on the jury.

USincognito · Sep 19, 2023

Arcangl86 said:
It should be but it's too political for it to actually be. All it takes is one Trump hardliner on the jury.

The feds are pretty good about weeding out those who might engage in jury nullification. They're batting 1.000 with the J6 riots who go to trial.

Bradskii · Sep 20, 2023

'This looks like Trump's handwriting on this classified document, but I'm not sure.'
'What's it's say?'
'Looks like "Person, woman, man, camera, TV" '.

JustOneWay · Sep 20, 2023

Yes, we have Molly Michael to thank for most of the pictures of trump's beautiful boxes shown in the indictment of trump. trump's weakness is that he can't control everybody in his orbit to follow along with his illegal acts. Not everyone can be bought off. The wonderful thing about all of trump's trouble is that all the evidence of his criminal acts are being exposed by his own hand-picked people.

Handmaid for Jesus · Sep 20, 2023

JustOneWay said:
Yes, we have Molly Michael to thank for most of the pictures of trump's beautiful boxes shown in the indictment of trump. trump's weakness is that he can't control everybody in his orbit to follow along with his illegal acts. Not everyone can be bought off. The wonderful thing about all of trump's trouble is that all the evidence of his criminal acts are being exposed by his own hand-picked people.

It is disturbing that so many people are duped into supporting him. They will not be swayed no matter how many criminal acts of him are exposed.

essentialsaltes · Sep 20, 2023

You're hot. You're hungry. You're the leader of the free world.

But the only paper within reach is a classified document.

What could be more natural than to declassify it with the power of your mind and write a note for your gofer on the back to bring you two ~~hamberders~~ cheeseburgers, large fries (EXTRA KETCHUP) and a jumbo Diet Coke?

NxNW · Sep 20, 2023

essentialsaltes said:
Honestly, this one should be a slam dunk for the prosecution. He kept the documents, kept them after he was asked for them, all but bragged about keeping them, made no secret of covering it up, and his purported defenses are all cockamamie.

After what happened in Texas, I wonder.

Say it aint so · Sep 20, 2023

Arcangl86 said:
It should be but it's too political for it to actually be. All it takes is one Trump hardliner on the jury.

Not only that it's in the state where the craziest headlines within the US start with, "Florida man...."

Arcangl86 · Sep 20, 2023

Say it aint so said:
Not only that it's in the state where the craziest headlines within the US start with, "Florida man...."

Meh. The Florida Man headlines are actually a good thing. They aren't prevalent because people do strange or stupid things more often, but because it has historically been so much easier for journalists to access government records, especially things like police reports.

Pommer · Sep 20, 2023

Handmaid for Jesus said:
It is disturbing that so many people are duped into supporting him. They will not be swayed no matter how many criminal acts of him are exposed.

He’s not bound by the very things that other men are bound by (the law); it almost looks “miraculous”.

essentialsaltes · Sep 20, 2023

NxNW said:
After what happened in Texas, I wonder.

If you mean the impeachment, that's automatically a political thing.

USincognito · Sep 20, 2023

Arcangl86 said:
Meh. The Florida Man headlines are actually a good thing. They aren't prevalent because people do strange or stupid things more often, but because it has historically been so much easier for journalists to access government records, especially things like police reports.

Ah, that's right. "The Sunshine State" isn't just a reference to the weather.

Arcangl86 · Sep 21, 2023

USincognito said:
Ah, that's right. "The Sunshine State" isn't just a reference to the weather.

Sadly in the last few years the sunshine laws have been weakened considerably.

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