The National Archives denied the Trump administration help with sorting out the documents. Reagan, Bush1, Clinton, Bush2, and 0bama were all given help sorting things out, and the National Archives shipped presidential papers to facilities they rented and controlled. They didn’t do that for Trump. I suspect they were setting him up for the “documents hoax”.
Just think about it for a few minutes, first, there was the Russian Collusion hoax, the Ukraine phone call hoax, the Russian Bounty hoax, and the WW1 soldiers “suckers” hoax, and January 6th, does anyone for a minute think that the leftist-controlled National Archives would be above getting involved in an operation designed to take down Trump? To say nothing of the Alvin Bragg, Latisha James, E Jean Carroll, and Fanny Willis in Georgia.
“They didn’t do that for Trump. I suspect they were setting him up for the “documents hoax”.”
I think you are correct. They were/are planning ahead with several plots to get Trump whether they eventually use them all or not. This was just one. NARA refused to assist with the sorting of documents and then went after Trump for the ones he didn’t provide. Even though he originally had no idea the NARA categorized them as “Presidential records”. He thought they were his “personal” papers.
The “Trump exception” to all laws, rules, and regulations has gotten way out of hand.