Why the raid? Earlier this year, Trump had delayed returning 15 boxes of material to the National Archives. Phil Mudd, who served as an analyst on the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center, said that the former president may have had documents “in his beach house” that he — in his former capacity — would have been barred from reviewing. “Well, if you look at the security in a place like the Department of Justice, look at the security in place like at the Department of Energy, compared to a beach house, are you kidding me?” an incensed Mudd replied. “One of the reasons the Department of Justice would have asked from the videos from Mar-a-Lago, ask basic questions you would never have to ask if these documents were properly secured.” “For example, who brought stuff in? Do we have the stuff that they brought in; did it disappear on another day?” he continued. “More significantly, who went in that room? I’m going to guarantee you, with national security stuff related to nuclear weapons in there, that people who went in that room not all of them had the appropriate clearance.” “So, you don’t know what’s in there. You don’t know who is accessing it. You don’t know if those people know how to secure these kinds of secrets,” the exasperated Mudd added. “I don’t know what to say, John. You’re keeping nuclear stuff at a beach house that I couldn’t review at the CIA, enough said.” (The Gabber) On a personal note, Donald “the Don” Trump brings a lot of this on himself by not cooperating. The “Don” had better hope they don’t find any of the above-mentioned materials. If they do, he won’t be running for president in 2024, he’ll be serving time in 2024.
