How the Picture of Top Secret Folders at Mar-a-Lago Came About
1st September 2022
The Justice Department used 35 pages of type in a court filing on Tuesday to provide new details of its investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of hundreds of classified documents that were taken from the White House at the end of his term.
But the most easily digestible element of the filing was appended at the end: a single photograph showing documents with secret and top secret markings arrayed on a patterned carpet, with a carton of framed pictures on one side. The photograph did not clearly display any details of the subject matter of the documents, which were conspicuously bordered in red when labeled secret and in yellow for top secret.
So they admit that it was posed.
But the genesis of the photograph appears to be in keeping with standard protocols for how federal agents handle evidence they come across in a search.
Really? They pose ‘evidence’ for pictures as ‘standard protocols’? Really?
The folders were arrayed by agents at Mar-a-Lago after being removed from what the filing indicated was Mr. Trump’s office — they were not discovered scattered on the floor, according to two federal law enforcement officials.
And that tells you everything you need to know about this picture.