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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,526 posts)
Mon Feb 13, 2023, 01:59 PM Feb 2023

A folder marked 'classified' Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago was empty and just used to cover up a light th

that bothered him, his lawyer claimed

Former President Donald Trump used an empty folder labeled "classified" to block a blue light on his nightstand that had been keeping him awake at night, one of his lawyers told CNN on Sunday.

Timothy Parlatore was responding to reports last week that claimed Trump's lawyers turned over an empty manilla folder marked "Classified Evening Briefing" to the Department of Justice last month.

The DOJ had issued a subpoena for the folder after prosecutors discovered that it was located inside the private quarters of the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, The Guardian and CNN reported.

Parlatore, who represents Trump in the investigation into the handling of classified material, confirmed that they handed over additional classified documents to the DOJ and that one of them was the folder. He added, however, that it was empty and had been used by Trump as a way to block light in his bedroom.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-folder-marked-classified-trump-kept-at-mar-a-lago-was-empty-and-just-used-to-cover-up-a-light-that-bothered-him-his-lawyer-claimed/ar-AA17qGqv

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A folder marked 'classified' Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago was empty and just used to cover up a light th (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 OP
No doubt all the stolen documents were repurposed for equally innocent FoxNewsSucks Feb 2023 #1
Because he couldn't possibly be bothered to move the phone. louis-t Feb 2023 #2
Meanwhile, RW media machine tells us that Trump kept these classified documents in secure locations. Midnight Writer Feb 2023 #3
Which means he knew he had them. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #4

louis-t

(24,484 posts)
2. Because he couldn't possibly be bothered to move the phone.
Mon Feb 13, 2023, 02:08 PM
Feb 2023

Or put a towel over it. Or any one of a hundred other solutions to 'block the light'. Yeah, he HAD to use a folder from a classified document. Isn't he a genius? Such a remarkable solution to the most inane problem ever. Fucking idiot. My guess is, that excuse won't fly.

Midnight Writer

(24,854 posts)
3. Meanwhile, RW media machine tells us that Trump kept these classified documents in secure locations.
Mon Feb 13, 2023, 02:08 PM
Feb 2023

As opposed to Biden who had them in his garage.

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