It is becoming increasingly apparent that those who serve at the highest level of government in the U.S. have failed to protect the national security of this nation. Recent investigations have shown that Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Hillary Clinton and former FBI director James Comey have been complicit in failing to protect this country’s secrets by incorrectly storing and poorly handling classified documents. But according to a Thursday filing from special prosecutor Jack Smith, Donald Trump stands apart in his hoarding of national security documents.
The chief executive should lead by example; those who work in the Intelligence Community and the Departments of State, Defense, and Homeland Security who put their lives on the line to safeguard this country expect nothing less. Trump allegedly held onto 70 boxes of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “During his presidency, Trump used dozens of boxes to accumulate and store records in an informal filing system,” prosecutors allege. “At the end of his presidency in January 2021, around 85 to 95 of these boxes were removed from the White House and transported to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s residence in Palm Beach, Florida, where they were later placed in a storage room.”
