Photos show handwritten notes that Trump apparently ripped up and attempted to flush down toilet

CNN ^ | August 8, 2022 | Shania Shelton

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Newly revealed photographs reveal two occasions on which former President Donald Trump apparently flushed documents down the toilet.

Maggie Haberman...is publishing the new images in her forthcoming book, "Confidence Man," and the images were earlier posted by Axios. CNN has previously reported how Trump flouted presidential record-keeping laws and would often tear up documents, drafts and memos after reading them.

He periodically flushed papers down the toilet in the White House residence -- only to be discovered later on when repairmen were summoned to fix the clogged toilets. Trump has denied the allegations, and in a statement given to Axios on Monday, a spokesman claimed that reporting about the practice was fabricated. This picture shows notes that former President Donald Trump apparently ripped up and attempted to flush down the toilet.

This picture shows notes that former President Donald Trump apparently ripped up and attempted to flush down the toilet.

In the images revealed on Monday, it's unclear what the documents are in reference to -- and who authored them -- but they appear to be written in Trump's handwriting in black marker. Haberman said one image is from a White House toilet and the other one is from an overseas trip that was provided to her by a Trump White House source. "Who knows what this paper was? Only he would know and presumably whoever was dealing with it, but the important point is about the records," Haberman told CNN's John Berman and Brianna Keilar on "New Day" Monday morning. Trump had a pattern of disregarding normal record preservation procedures. In one occasion, Trump asked if anyone wanted to put a copy of a speech he just delivered up for auction on eBay, during a mid-flight visit to the press cabin Air Force One.

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Did you see the photo. It looked like notes for a speech, large black hand written letters from a sharpy on note cards.

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Did you see the photo. It looked like notes for a speech, large black hand written letters from a sharpy on note cards.

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And notice that there are clear, full names on the pieces of paper —the paper was not torn in haste; it was torn in a way to show names of two of those ensnared in the Russia hoax. Despicable....truly...... Or....the paper was torn first and then the names added. Gotta have a clear photo shot.....