He then threatened, with all the ferocity that a craven, weaselly Trump lickspittle can muster: "Attorney General Garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar." It is possible that a stickler for the rules such as Garland is offended by Trump's complete indifference to the rules of presidential document preservation. But enforcement depended, in part, on the norms held and implemented by the president and his senior staff. It is also possible that a search formally justified by the protection of presidential documents could have other legal purposes — including feeding into other FBI investigations. I would bet, based on everything we know about Garland, that his action was based on the high likelihood of finding legally damning material.

Source: Washington Post August 11, 2022 22:51 UTC