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Where Things Stand: Destroying Docs In Shady Ways Was Apparently A Fixture Of The Trump WH
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05.26.22 | 7:13 pm

We already know a bunch of details about ex-President Trump’s proclivity for ripping papers into tiny shreds after he was finished reading them during his presidency, leaving the work of taping the documents back together to National Archives staffers.

We also learned that Trump liked to discard documents in other weird ways a few months ago, back when reports first surfaced that indicated White House staffers might’ve improperly handled some top secret documents when Trump brought boxes of records to Mar-a-Lago after he exited the White House. Those reports included befuddling details about Trump’s penchant for flushing records down the toilet when he was done reading them.

But it appears the unconventional (*cough* maybe illegal *cough*) document-destruction extended beyond the former president himself — a man who we all know had a lot of mystifying habits to begin with.

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on July 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. on July 18, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Where Things Stand: Mike Lee Runs Away From Event To Avoid Addressing Those Texts
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04.20.22 | 6:50 pm

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) exited an event in Utah on Tuesday so quickly that even his staffer was out of breath.

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