By what law????? The one Trump made up?
How does this let him off the hook for lying to the FBI, refusing to return the documents, even when given a Court Order to do so, hiding the documents, or obstructing the investigation?
If Trump had, at any time, simply returned the documents, nothing would have happened. Instead, he went out of his way to be a complete asshole and got himself arrested for it. Why?
Why did he have to rant and rave and carry on like a complete asshole when E. Jean Carroll's book came out? Probably because he thought he could bully her around. Trump likes bullying women around. If he had said nothing, the book would have been forgotten in a week, but Trump had to make it into a real big ******* deal, by lying about this woman. Because he thought he could.
Trump has no one to blame but himself for the mess he's made of everything.