‘It Is Just Amazing How Stupid’ Donald Trump Is After Audio of Crime Leaks
Published recording reveals more about former president's open handling of secrets
Donald Trump's proving not to be so smart as further evidence that he's committed serious federal crimes becomes public.
That's according to a former Democratic senator and one-time prosecutor.
The latest development is CNN making public an audio recording of a 2021 meeting in Bedminster, NJ, where Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify.
Trump has been charged with more than 30 felony offenses related to his handling of some of the nation's most sensitive and classified federal documents, including military and nuclear secrets.
“It is so dumb. I mean, he is so stupid. It is just amazing how stupid he is,” said Claire McCaskill, who spent 12 years as a US senator and began her career as prosecutor in Jackson County, Mo. “It reminds me of making closing arguments — and Andrew can probably relate to this — but I always loved as a prosecutor because you got the last word, and invariably, the defense would in their closing arguments say, ‘Well, nobody could be this stupid,’ and I’d always stand up in my rebuttal and say, 'If we have to open the prison doors for stupid, we won’t have anybody in prison,’ because everybody who does criminal activity at some level is dumb.
“They think they won’t get caught or they think they’re too smart or they think it’s worth it, whatever. This guy — the thing also about this case, Nicolle, we have to remember, is a courtroom is a different thing for Donald Trump because all of the stuff falls away, and the only thing that comes in front of the jury are the facts as the judge determines are relevant,” McCaskill added, in an on-camera appearance on MSNBC host Nicholle Wallace's program. “And oaths are taken, not only by witnesses do they stand in front of everybody and take a solemn oath before God, so does the jury. The jury takes a solemn oath before God about their duty and following the law and listening to the facts.
“So, this is a very treacherous territory for a guy like Donald Trump, because his wheeling and dealing and his lying at every turn just doesn’t work in a courtroom,” she said.
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