Shadowy Man
Contributor
To me it's the apoplectic behavior of the "Orange Man Bad" troop. They seeth and gnash that he's the new Hitler (he/him). But then their guy does the same shit, but more embarrassingly. Chef's kiss.True, but not among Biden's defenders. Hypocrisy is on display with those failing to see the difference between Trump's blatant obstructionism and Biden's honest cooperation.
Good news! There is a 4 1/2 minute video that explains why you're dead fucking wrong.
But keep going with your witty rants about hypocrisy on two instances when the context is vastly different. You sound really sane and knowledgeable when you do that.
Trump's latest excuse - and you can't make this stuff up - is that he didn't keep the classified documents at all.
He just kept the folders they came in. Because he thought they would be - his words - a "cool keepsake." You know...because you're a President having a national security briefing in the White House, an aide hands out top secret documents to your advisors, you finish the briefing and when they're gathering up the highly classified material you say "hey, can I take just the folders home with me? I like the pretty words on the front." Then an aide says "Mr. President...you are home. This is where you live. We're having this meeting in your office."
He went on to say that during the "raid," the FBI "planted" actual classified documents in the completely harmless (but totally cool) folders he kept. Because of course.
As weak as it may be, I think the "cool keepsake" thing is to push toward a "no malicious intent" defense on Trump's part. It is what the DoJ looks for in these cases.
If Trump actually had the habit of paying his lawyers they might come up with better defenses.