Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and former Donald Trump sideman, tried a new logic for the former president’s actions: He protected the sensitive documents the FBI found in Mar-a-Lago.
“Really, when you look at the Espionage Act, it’s not really about taking the documents,” Giuliani told Newsmax. “It’s about destroying them. Or hide them. Or give them to the enemy. It’s not about taking them and putting them in a place that’s about as safe as where they were in the first place.”
Trump and his loved ones have told a touching story about what was stored in Mar-a-Lago.
Eric Trump, a son of the former president, claimed that his father “withheld newspaper articles, photos, notes from us”. Trump, as well as those around him, have suggested that the FBI actually “planted” evidence when they executed a search warrant. They then admitted that the FBI had found sensitive documents — not planted — but that Trump released them all (which may not matter).
Now, Giuliani appears to be taking it a step further — admitting the documents were sensitive but claiming Trump actually protected them, and going on to state that Mar-a-Lago was “about as safe” as the White House and other secure federal facilities.
Critics of the former president could hardly believe it:
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
