Dante
"The Libido for the Ugly"
I confess that I can see where people could be a bit confused with the thread title: "Never Been A Case In American History Where A Former President Has Engaging In Conduct Remotely Similar To Trump’s." Seeing as Mr. Trump himself has prided himself on not following traditions, breaking rules, ignoring the norms. But this is about his actions in a serious national security case:
In their 12 page filing:
www.nytimes.com
Did Mr. Trump defy attempts by the National Archives to get the records back?
Did he engage in deceptions giving officials at the archives “only a fraction of the documents in his possession while claiming that his production was complete?”
Did Mr. Trump ask one of his lawyers M. Evan Corcoran, to “hide or destroy documents rather than produce them to the government?”
What about Mr. Trump's dealings with his personal aides, Walt Nauta, and Carlos De Oliveira,? We know for a fact that both Mr. Nauta and Mr. De Oliveira have been charged as Mr. Trump’s co-defendants in the case.
In rebuffing what was known as a “selective prosecution” claim by Mr. Trump, the prosecutors said that while many government officials over the years had taken classified materials with them after leaving office — often inadvertently, but occasionally willfully — Mr. Trump’s case remained unique because of the extent to which he had “resisted the government’s lawful efforts to recover them.”
“There has never been a case in American history in which a former official has engaged in conduct remotely similar to Trump’s,” they wrote.
In their 12 page filing:
In their 12-page filing, the prosecutors dismissed as a “conspiracy theory” a separate claim that Mr. Trump has raised in his own defense — that Mr. Biden had “secretly directed” the classified documents case and used the special counsel who filed the indictment, Jack Smith, as a “puppet” and a “stalking horse.”

Prosecutors Reject Claims of Unfairness in Trump Classified Documents Case (Published 2024)
Jack Smith, the special counsel, said in a court filing that never before had a former official “engaged in conduct remotely similar to Trump’s.”
Did Mr. Trump defy attempts by the National Archives to get the records back?
Did he engage in deceptions giving officials at the archives “only a fraction of the documents in his possession while claiming that his production was complete?”
Did Mr. Trump ask one of his lawyers M. Evan Corcoran, to “hide or destroy documents rather than produce them to the government?”
What about Mr. Trump's dealings with his personal aides, Walt Nauta, and Carlos De Oliveira,? We know for a fact that both Mr. Nauta and Mr. De Oliveira have been charged as Mr. Trump’s co-defendants in the case.
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