Posted on 06/15/2023 6:41:51 PM PDT by randita
It's time to confront some hard truths. As a conservative, I value truth, even when it's inconvenient. Here's the truth: Donald Trump mishandled highly sensitive, classified information and lied to the public about his authority to do so. This conversation is not something I enjoy, considering he held the position of president. However, the recent indictment against him has left me outraged.
It appears that what the former president did was not just careless but criminal. He stored hundreds of highly sensitive documents that can pose a grave threat to national security if disclosed at Mar-a-Lago with complete carelessness. These documents, containing information on matters as serious as our defense capabilities, nuclear programs and potential vulnerabilities, were allegedly found in the most inappropriate of places -- from ballrooms to bathrooms. His discretion, or lack thereof, in disclosing these documents, purportedly even showing them to unauthorized individuals while stating to them he had no authority to do so, is extremely concerning.
Adding to the puzzle, Trump's alleged measures to keep these documents out of sight defy belief, even purportedly instructing his staff to hide them before federal agents could execute a search. His resistance to surrender the documents, even under a grand jury subpoena, adds to the list of allegations. There is even an accusation that he was not entirely truthful with his own lawyers about his possession of the documents.
The question naturally arises: Why did Trump retain these documents? It seems unlikely that he intended to engage in illicit activities such as selling them to foreign entities. My guess is either an attempt to keep himself in the news with further controversy, or to retain keepsakes from his time in office.
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Every sentence of this article is either outright false, propaganda/opinion or pure speculation
Yet Biden was found with stacks of classified docs in his garage.
Were none of those important ?
We are betrayed by these so called conservatives…. Pure selfish evil.
Sounds like the UPS delivery of the 30 pieces of Uniparty silver made it to Armstrong Williams’ porch.
I believe that this attack on Trump is quite inaccurate. The Presidential Records Act clearly gives Trump the right to possess the sensitive information in question, and his conduct with such information seems no worse than Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden.
I hope that Trump isn’t the Republican nominee, but not at all due to the bogus indictments he has recently been subjected to.
BS! The fate of our nation is in the balance
Didn’t Armstrong Williams, an alleged conservative, endorse and vote for 0bama in 2008?
I can picture Armstrong Williams and Mitch McConnell doing the Beast With Two Backs in the Senate cloakroom.
Trump by has the ability to destroy the Republican Party for at least a decade.
It’s something you should consider as you “thrash around” on Free Republic.
How does the author know what was in those classified docs? He can’t read them without getting a security clearance which I doubt many journalists have. So that means he’s relying on the media’s representation of what’s in them, and they’re relying on the FBI & DOJ for that. IOW, he doesn’t have a clue but he believes anything the media says. And yet he claims to be a “conservative?” 🤣
Didn’t Armstrong Williams, an alleged conservative, endorse and vote for 0bama in 2008?
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He’s a black conservative, so it wouldn’t surprise me.
Et tu, Armstrong?! Phu Cough.
30 pieces of silver is a better lubricant than WD-40.
It turns out he was embroiled in controversy some years ago when it was revealed that the U.S. Department of Education under the GWB administration was paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars to use his syndicated columns and radio show to promote the “No Child Left Behind” Act.
He’s a grifter and a phony … which is probably why I haven’t read or heard anything he’s has to say in years.
And how, exactly, does Armstrong Williams KNOW that these documents “pose a grave threat to national security[?]” Just because Jack Smith says so? Maybe the media told Armstrong.
In fact, he as no idea.
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