(September 8, 2022 at 6:35 am)Angrboda Wrote:(September 8, 2022 at 5:45 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: What they seem to be missing is that it doesn't matter - even a little bit - WHY he had these documents in his possession. Whether he planned to sell them or use them for political clout or put them into fancy frames as wall art - none of that matters. The Presidential Records act makes it a crime for him to simply have these things.
When you hear the conservative MAGAts offering various justifications for Trump moving sensitive material from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, it's an attempt at distraction, nothing more.
Boru
No, but demonstrating a motive goes a long way toward convincing a jury that he was actively involved in bringing them to Mar-a-lago and had that intent.
Possibly, but I can easily imagine a judge enjoining the jury from considering motive, since the law under which he would (hopefully) be indicted and tried says nothing about motive.
Boru
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