# The 15 boxes of classified documents taken by DOJ from Trump's Mar-a-Lago **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 20, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136 "2022-04-20T19:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/21 "2022-04-21T12:40:59Z")
**Modnote** : In the future please make both the Title more descriptive and include some actual information in your OP. I’ll modify the title. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/22 "2022-04-21T12:56:22Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > I still think it’s more likely that somebody in the Trump organization found the boxes and said, “Wait, we’re not supposed to still have these” and contacted the appropriate authorities to come and get them. If it was any other presidency I’d agree. Norms of behavior go out the window with these people. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/23 "2022-04-21T13:21:11Z")
Absolutely. However, the facts seem to consist of “15 boxes of classified documents existed at Maralago months after there should have been no classified documents at Maralago”. That’s it. I think if there was more to the story the reporting would have reflected that with more specifics. Not that I don’t think Trump is capable of doing the latter, I just think the details of the story would be different if he had in this case. And I’m deeply frustrated with the news that reports the later as fact when as far as I can tell there’s several possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/24 "2022-04-23T06:14:37Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised that, given Trump’s habit of taking documents to the private quarters, and his demonstrated indifference to any required handling procedures, these were simply what he had hauled up there and not returned, which were packed up with everything else during the rushed process of evicting him from the White House after all his attempts to stay failed. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/25 "2022-04-23T11:53:00Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > Trump’s habit of taking documents to the private quarters, I’d never heard of that. What would he do with them there- he wouldn’t even read his daily briefs, and those were, aiui, dumbed down. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/26 "2022-04-23T19:29:42Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > > [@Bookkeeper](#): > > > > Trump’s habit of taking documents to the private quarters, > > I’d never heard of that. What would he do with them there Flush them down the toilet, apparently. [https://www.axios.com/maggie-haberman-book-trump-papers-2d59d593-8b89-4edd-8623-8ef709af524f.html](https://www.axios.com/maggie-haberman-book-trump-papers-2d59d593-8b89-4edd-8623-8ef709af524f.html) ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/27 "2022-04-24T11:49:31Z")
Why cant he simply burn the papers, if he want them gone or hidden? He could justify the absense of papers by saying they were stolen (by democrats) or some other great excuse? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/28 "2022-04-24T12:17:38Z")
Trying to hide things isn’t the only reason he might have absconded with classified documents. He could also have taken them with the intent to sell them. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/29 "2022-04-24T12:21:09Z")
Who know how many of his “guests” might have had access to them. I think that there’s supposed to be a secure way to store classified documents. Did Mara Lardo have a secure facility? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/30 "2022-04-24T13:53:26Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Did Mara Lardo have a secure facility? [yes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_compartmented_information_facility#/media/File:President_Donald_Trump_receives_a_briefing_on_a_military_strike.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136/31 "2022-04-24T16:15:30Z")
Is he making them sit on dining room chairs? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136.md?page=1)