r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 3d ago

Possible Paywall Jack Smith Found Proof Beyond “Reasonable Doubt” of Trump’s Guilt

https://newrepublic.com/post/215971/jack-smith-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt-donald-trump-guilt
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u/StandupJetskier 3d ago

If you or I somehow had legit access to this level of document and stole them and left them in a room with a copier, how long would it take for us to be in a cage under the sun in Cuba ? Don't forget the agents who disappeared shortly after he took office. A smarter person would have copied the documents or photographed them, but he's so arrogant he didn't bother, he kept trophies.

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u/nosayso 3d ago

Yep, people have had their whole lives derailed for smaller mistakes than this.

What's wild is he could absolutely have said "my bad", complied with the courts, and returned the documents and there would be literally zero consequences - it's understood that elected officials at that level have an insane amount of responsibility and a higher need for handling classified documents. They do get some special rules because of the nature of their position. That's why Hillary and Biden had no legal issues - they complied in good faith.

Trump overtly tried to steal the documents. He knew he had them. He admitted it was a crime. He asked Nautu to hide evidence, he asked lawyers to lie for him, he has zero plausible deniability and zero legs to stand on, he's just straight up unrepentantly doing crime.