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Steal classified documents and refuse to return them. No big deal!

As long as you’re rich and powerful, you can steal classified documents from the government, refuse to return them, and get away with it.

I had such high hopes for finally getting real accountability for Donald Trump and his consistent disregard for the rule of law. When I learned the facts surrounding the classified documents case, I thought, “This is it! There is NO WAY he’s getting out of this one!”

I mean, even if you don’t factor in the possibility that he was selling or sharing our country’s secrets with his besties in Russia and China, there are just too many obvious factors here.

Because here in the USA: If you’re rich and powerful, you can steal classified documents

He stole the documents. He was asked to return them—he refused. He was subpoenaed to return them—he gave some back. Then his lawyer lied and said he had returned them all.

They have security camera footage and testimony from his valet saying Trump told him to move the documents after he received the subpoena.

The National Archives and FBI didn’t believe that he’d returned them all, and they must’ve had compelling evidence supporting that belief because they were able to obtain a warrant to raid the home of a former U.S. President.

The FBI raids Mar-a-lago and finds dozens of boxes of classified documents, some so confidential they can only be viewed in a highly secure room.

The documents totaled more than 100. Also discovered: 48 empty folders missing their contents. That’s 100 documents after he and his lawyer signed a document stating they’d returned all of them.

Where are the 48 classified documents missing from the folders? Trump’s team even found classified documents in a storage unit owned by Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, so where could we find more? (My theory below)

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A photo showed top secret and classified documents uncovered during an FBI search of Donald Trump’s home

Come on, you can’t tell me that he did nothing wrong. However, on Morning Joe today, a Wall Street Journal reporter was discussing the fact that Jack Smith is wrapping up the case and will now determine: if he’s going to prosecute, if he’ll recommend that Attorney General Merrick Garland prosecute, or if he doesn’t feel Trump should be prosecuted at all.

WHY IS THAT EVEN AN OPTION BEING DISCUSSED?! Of course he should be prosecuted! If he’s not, the faith in the fairness of our criminal justice system will be irrevocably destroyed.

Not that it isn’t on shaky ground already, but every American citizen knows that if they were in Trump’s shoes, not only would they be prosecuted, they would’ve been arrested immediately after it was discovered they had stolen Classified documents from the United States government.

I still can’t believe that with everything we know about Donald Trump’s ties to Putin, there wasn’t a concerted effort to put him behind bars so he couldn’t share copies of the classified documents or the data he gleaned from them with our adversaries.

We recently learned about notes taken by a Trump lawyer that prove Trump knew he wasn’t supposed to have the classified documents (no kidding). Everything we’ve learned seems to make an open and shut case, and we don’t know all of the details that Jack Smith’s team has learned.

At this time, the former president’s lawyers are requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland now that the case is wrapping up.

Why?

To threaten him?

Bribe him?

Blackmail him?

Sorry, that’s just where my mind goes when it comes to the “mob boss” Donald Trump. Nothing else can explain the fear and allegiance that some GOP officials have.

I mean, how else do you explain their inability to admit obvious truths, or when they do, they take it back and revert to the ass-kissing 24 hours later?

One last thing. I realize this is as close to a conspiracy theory as it gets, but the fact that Trump buried his ex-wife after she was cremated, and he buried her on his golf course in New Jersey, really makes me wonder what might be in that coffin with her. If you wonder the same, please say so in the comments so I don’t feel like I’m in the Left’s version of “Q.”

Serena Zehlius is a passionate writer and Certified Human Rights Consultant with a knack for blending humor and satire into her insights on news, politics, and social issues. Her love for animals is matched only by her commitment to human rights and progressive values. When she’s not writing about politics, you’ll find her advocating for a better world for both people and animals.

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