re: Unsealed FBI agent testimony in the documents case paints picture of Trump being set up

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I don't even understand the conspiracy theory. This CT requires that there was no opportunity for Trump to identify and return the documents.

I'm not an expert on this portion of the case, but wasn't he given opportunities to return the documents prior to the indictment?

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The issue is the disparate treatment of this case. Presidents normally negotiate with the Archives for up to 2 years on which documents they keep and which they must return. There are examples from nearly every recent president where they’ve kept such documents and none have been prosecuted.

So to set up a trap where they ship the documents to him then A) Don’t process the negotiations in an equal and timely way and B) prosecute him for doing something that no previous president has been held criminally responsible for is the issue.