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Salon
Salon
Politics
Amanda Marcotte

Trump's "defense": Brag about his crimes

The only thing Donald Trump loves more than committing crimes is bragging about all the crimes he commits. So it should come as no surprise that, mere hours after pleading "not guilty" in federal court over the theft-of-classified-documents case, the former president went before a crowding of adoring supporters to describe, in great detail, how guilty he actually is. 

"Whatever documents a president decides to take with him, he has the right to do so. It's an absolute right. This is the law," Trump raved to the crowd gathered at his Bedminster, N.J. golf club for a post-indictment rally.

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