So, Conspiracy To Commit Blackmail?

NEW: Trump, seeking Russian investigation-related classified documents last fall from archives, proposed a deal to advisers: tell archives he would trade the Mar-a-Lago documents he had for them. @nytmike and me https://t.co/ZRTzQUBqDY

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 8, 2022

Around this time, soon after Trump went through the boxes, Trump told one of his lawyers to tell the archives that Trump had returned everything, despite NARA's suspicions. The lawyer, concerned about making a definitive statement to fed officials, refused https://t.co/ZRTzQUBqDY

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 8, 2022

Probably not. But Trump remains his own worst enemy.  I’m convinced he’s “gotten away with it” all these years because he never did anything egregious enough to warrant the attention.

That’s what’s changed.

He truly is mentally ill. https://t.co/1fmqRm6YPT pic.twitter.com/sXuxgWdLG2

— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) October 8, 2022

Also true.