Twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures (or the Mar-a-Lago equivalent)
If you are into that sort of thing, Just Security compiled “a comprehensive account of the publicly available information” on Donald Trump’s theft of public records:
Readers should decide for themselves what conclusions they reach based on the record below. On our view, the record as a whole points to Trump’s culpability based on evidence that
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- Trump was warned in late 2021 by his former White House lawyer that it was unlawful to retain the documents, especially classified information;
- Trump personally sorted through the documents in late 2021;
- Trump’s personal knowledge and possession, access, and control of the documents is indicated by the quantity, content, and location of documents with classified markings (including intermingled with personal belongings) and by his admissions on Truth Social;
- Trump repeatedly stated privately that the documents were his to possess and he was not willing to deliver them to the government;
- Trump aides repeatedly tried to get him to return the documents to the government;
- Trump was repeatedly put on notice by Archives and Justice Department that his retention of the documents were unlawful and a potential threat to national security;
- Trump was apparently involved in obstructive acts of trying to conceal documents from the government after receiving a subpoena.
But you knew that.
Marcy Wheeler hosts her own archive of similar materials at emptywheel.
“Yesterday [Wednesday], Trump filed the complaints he had originally filed under seal as well as another bid to delay the Special Master process,” Wheeler explains. His attorneys now claims the FBI removed 200,000 documents from Mar-a-Lago and so Plaintiff will require much, much, more time, etc., etc.
Wheeler writes:
This universe of documents reflects the contents of 27 boxes plus the contents of Trump’s desk drawer (ignoring the 520 pages of potentially privileged documents, some of which came from the desk drawers, and all but one email of which Trump has had for 13 days). If the 200,000 number were accurate, every box and the drawer would have, on average, over 7,000 pages of documents, which is far more than even a large case of paper would include (10 reams of paper at 500 pages each, or 5,000). And some of these boxes include books (33 altogether) and clothing or gifts (19 total), which would fill space really quickly.
But even assuming that someone in government told him that the 27 boxes of documents plus the contents of Trump’s desk drawer amount to 200,000 pages of material, even assuming Trump would need to review every page of every government document he stole, this is still misleading.
This is Trump’s latest attempt to delay his rendezvous with justice. Endless delay has worked for him for decades. No reason he would change his stripes now.
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