It is hard for me to imagine a crime against America more dangerous than an attempted coup by a president refusing to peacefully transfer power to his successor, but the Former Guy may actually have topped himself by committing the treasonous crime of espionage.
The FBI seized documents at Mar-A-Lago that the Former Guy refused to give back to the government that included highly classified secrets that cannot be held by civilians under any circumstances. He pretended to return all the docs months ago, but that was a lie, which he had one of his attorneys tell on his behalf (disbarment to come I hope). Now he is trying to arouse violent attacks against the FBI and the Department of Justice for executing a properly authorized search warrant to recover the classified documents they had reasonable cause to suspect were still hidden on the property. And they found them.
The more we hear about the documents the worse it gets - 48 EMPTY secret files! - total info on the nuclear secrets of a foreign power!
What else? Why isn't the DOJ issuing search warrants on all of the Trump properties now that there is reasonable cause to suspect that he is hiding American secrets elsewhere as well as Mar-A-Lago?
Biden called this "semi-fascist" behavior on his part and the part of his MAGA Cult. Harsh words, but that seems pretty accurate to me.
What possible reasons could there be for this person to have stolen these documents?
The obvious one is that this man is desperate for money and he sold/planned to sell them for hundreds of millions of dollars. Espionage.
Another one is that he was keeping them as a planned blackmail against America by threatening to give them to hostile foreign powers if America tried to imprison him. Espionage and blackmail.
Another one is....?? I can't think of any non-criminal reason for him to fight to keep these documents. I can understand that this incompetent, bumbling pathological narcissist had documents that he wanted as some kind of souvenirs to show how important he had once been as he faded into oblivion over time. But all he had to do is what all ex-presidents have always done and have appropriate stuff sent to his presidential library. Duh.
Any suggestions as to non-treasonous, non-criminal reasons to hide and refuse to turn over the top secrets of America back to their rightful owner - America? I can't think of one.
Prison please....
