No one has yet provided an answer to WHY Trump had the docs and refused to turn them back over to the govt when asked nicely and subsequently by subpoena.
He clearly was aware he had the documents since they were stored in multiple places (storage room, his office and his office desk at least). The whole he didn’t pack the boxes so he didn’t know he had them was a lie. Unless someone other than him was moving the docs around without his knowledge. If that’s the case, did those people have proper clearances. Or did he allow people without clearance to have access to classified docs?
His lawyers admit that the docs were classified (they are bound by Fed R Civ P11 to not “lie” in pleadings). They also admit his defense of declassification is a lie since they concede the docs were classified and the special master they want appointed has to have top secret sci clearance.
So once again, WHY did he have the docs and refuse to give them back?