The previous president, according to Donald Trump’s biographer Timothy O’Brien, was “profoundly misinformed” and “knew the stakes the minute that search warrant that was issued” at his Mar-a-Lago home last week.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found 11 sets of sensitive documents while conducting searches at Mr. Trump’s Florida office and private property.
Some of the records were classified as top secret, and others could only be examined in a safe government building.
Trump asserted that the records had been made public.
In a panel discussion on MSNBC, the author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald claimed that the former president’s “hidden power” was “message” and that he took use of this between the FBI to search at Mar-a-Lago and the Justice Department’s public statement on it.
“Then there was this void around how to interpret the FBI search, and he leapt into that by labeling it a raid and saying the United States had a broken legal system, just like third world countries and this was a political hit,” O’Brien explained.
“All that got embraced by Fox News and the enablers in the GOP. And they had about two new cycles worth of momentum out of that. By the time Merrick Garland belatedly gave guidance to the American public about what the Justice Department’s intentions were here, I think the wheel had turned,” he added.
It’s probable the former president discovered some financial inducements in these records, according to O’Brien.
“Donald Trump’s business is under enormous stress,” he pointed out, explaining that New York attorney general Letitia James’ investigation into his real estate dealings “could put him out of business”.
“He owes a lot of debt. His son-in-law and former Treasury Secretary both cashed in under relationships with the Saudis,” O’Brien added.
“I think he saw people in his administration monetizing their service. I think we can’t put it past anyone that Trump saw some of these documents as avenues for him to making money,” he said.
“I think that the third possible basket here is damage control for his own reputation, actions you might have taken before your eyes leadership while he was president.”
As the released search warrant indicated he was under investigation for obstruction of justice, probable violations of the Espionage Act, and other offenses, Trump told Fox News on Monday that Americans “are not going to stand for another scam.”
