When the FBI executed a search warrant (not a raid, as Trump’s text to me claims) of classified documents at the former President’s Mar-A-Lago resort, we’ve been given a myriad of reasons for why ex-President Donald Trump did what he did, even as he’s facing the likelihood of some serious legal trouble.

1) These Documents Were Taken By Accident, In The January Chaos.  The first excuse given was that it was a chaotic time in the White House in the final days.  It turns out that the-President Trump really did expect to stay in office past January 6, further evidence for the committee, and only had a short time to pack.  The process was pretty frantic, with aides throwing material into boxes to ship to Mar-A-Lago.  This led defenders of the ex-president to claim it was all just an accident.  The wrong things were mistakenly taken.  Other defenders say it’s hard to know what’s classified and what isn’t sometimes.  This excuse is invalidated by the fact that these documents were demanded back as long ago as May.  Negotiations had been going on with Trump’s lawyers, and still nearly a dozen boxes of classified documents were at the former President’s private residence.