Rescuing the Trump Papers

The New Yorker

A big question nobody’s asking is: What was he going to do with all that stuff in the 15 (now 12) boxes? Another: are some of these classified documents still damp from the toilet? So many questions and so few answers yet. How quickly and thoroughly the DOJ has presumed Trump’s criminal behavior is a dead giveaway (getting the search warrant), all the more so given the rapid and rabid responses of the GOP.

Witnesses have told how he tore up, burned, shredded, flushed and pocketed many documents. It will be a treat to hear their testimony before the Jan. 6 Committee. Maybe there aren’t that many papers left. If only one box of papers is now considered classified, what will that do to the DOJ’s investigation? Who squealed to the FBI that the boxes were still there? More questions, of course.

What we do know is that the Houdini of Presidential Crime will now likely end up charged, if not convicted. He’ll shortly announce his 2024 presidential run, another way to blunt the inquiry and tear the country apart. Just like he shreds documents.

Will he escape from justice one more time? I wouldn’t bet on it.

Enough with the Hearings

I guess my question is what more do we need to know? The only serious question is how much more info they can give to DOJ to make an indictment. The whole thing is getting to be a big drag, like everything about Trump. Many are getting fed up, as the ratings have shown.

The media keeps buzzing about how important tonight’s last hearing will be. It purports to be about what El Cheeto was doing while he watched the riot on TV. We already know or can guess what he was doing, and one CNN piece already gave us a pretty full account of those 187 minutes. You can read that report and avoid watching the hearing tonight.

But CNN-TV goes on and on, trying to build interest in the event, and its blah-blah anchors keep on spieling how significant this all is, inviting boring and constantly reappearing guests to comment. They almost sound like flacks for Trump.

We have two good friends coming over to watch. We will make a pleasant social event out of this. That’s all it deserves. I have laid in a good supply of booze.