Evidently, we’ve gone from a “down the drain” problem to an “up in smoke” problem. — MaddowBlog
When taking stock of the Trump White House’s worst qualities, it’s easy to point to the former president and his team’s corruption, incompetence, mismanagement, bigotry, hostility toward the rule of law, wholesale indifference toward reason and evidence, and general disdain for democracy and the United States’ system of government.
The committee has ... gathered testimony that Mr. Meadows used the fireplace in his office to burn documents, according to two people briefed on the panel’s questions. The committee has asked witnesses about how Mr. Meadows handled documents and records after the election. Mr. Meadows’s lawyer did not respond to a question about the testimony regarding the fireplace.
This reporting has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, though The Washington Post alsothat some of the witnesses who’ve spoken to the bipartisan select panel “said Meadows used his fireplace to burn documents.” The Republican obviously wasn’t the only one destroying materials in the White House. Donald Trump, for example, had a habit of tearing up official records into piecesA few months ago, there was related reporting about Trump, during his presidency, trying to flush documentsThis week, evidently, we’ve gone from a “down the drain” problem to an “up in smoke” problem.
Stepping back, the documents we’ve already seen from the Trump White House are some of the most damning in American history. It’s hard not to wonder what might have been in the materials Meadows literally set on fire.
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