Maggie Haberman, political editor of the New York Times, secured the photos, which will be included in “Confidence Man,” her upcoming book about the White House in the Trump days.
The Republican former president Donald Trump it turns out that he was throwing away documents which he had previously chopped into toilet bowls, reveals photographic material that saw the light of day yesterday Monday.
Maggie Haberman, political editor of the New York Times, secured the photos, which will be included in “Confidence Man,” her upcoming book about the White House in the Trump days.
Despite the repeated denials of the tycoon, the photos show scraps of documents inside two toilet bowls, with notes that have his characteristic graphic character.
“Some of (Mr Trump’s) associates were aware of his habit,” Ms Haberman told the Axios news website, which uploaded the footage.
It was a continuation of Trump’s “long habit of shredding documents that should have been kept and filed,” the NYT reporter added.
According to the Axios report, one photo is taken in a restroom at the White House and the second in a foreign country where the former president had traveled.
It is impossible to say what the subject of the destroyed documents was. However, the last name “Stefanik” — probably referring to Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik — can be seen on one of the torn papers.
If Trump broke a law on the removal of official records, would he be barred from future office?https://t.co/HjoaRX9or3
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) August 9, 2022
Mr. Trump took a wry look at the report and the book under publication. “You must be absolutely desperate if your plan to promote the sale of a book is to publish pictures of toilet bowls,” his spokesman commented.
The tempestuous tycoon, who was twice impeached by the House of Representatives for trial in the Senate, was known for years to shred documents in his frequent outbursts of rage, forcing associates to pick up the pieces and assemble them for filing in the national archives.
Mr. Trump took with him to Florida when he left the White House on Jan. 20, 2021, several boxes of documents, including some classified as classified.
Something Illegal: It runs afoul of the US Presidential Records Act, which expressly states that all papers of any head of state are public property and must be archived and preserved.
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