A former U.S. Army prosecutor said former President Donald Trump‘s handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate suggests “premeditation to obstruct justice.”
What Happened: Glenn Kirschner, reacting to The Washington Post’s Thursday report, which revealed that Trump employees supposedly moved documents at Mar-a-Lago, said it showed premeditation and the intent to commit crimes on the part of Trump and his allies.
“What Donald Trump and his criminal associates did at Mar-a-Lago is no different from what those bank robbers in those movies we’ve all seen did,” Kirschner said in his YouTube video.
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“A trial run, a dress rehearsal, because they wanted to succeed in the crime they were intending, they were planning, they were premeditating. And that is why the government, through the prosecutor, is asking you to vote guilty, simply to hold Donald Trump accountable for the crime he committed. For the crime, the evidence proves he has committed.”
As per the Post's report, Trump employees allegedly relocated documents in June last year, just before FBI agents and a prosecutor arrived with a subpoena to collect them.
The report added that Trump and his associates conducted a practice session, dubbed “a dress rehearsal,” for moving the documents in the face of mounting pressure to return them.
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Why It Matters: Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents is among several cases under investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and special counsel Jack Smith.
Despite several pieces of evidence pointing otherwise, Trump continues to assert his innocence in the case of the document, as he has done in all other legal disputes, including the cases involving adult film star Stormy Daniels and writer E. Jean Carroll.
He also contends that he had the authority to possess the documents at his residence since he had declassified them prior to his departure from the White House.
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