Why was former President Donald Trump’s taking of all those secret documents from the White House so egregious? Some of those documents are so secret that less than one hundred people even know what information is on the sensitive ones. Of course that was before Trump would show them to friends and visitors at parties and meetings.

            The following is the chain of events: Trump’s people included many files of confidential documents in the personal boxes to be moved to Mar-a-Lago. Whether the National Archives found some listing or was told by people who knew he had stolen them necessitating contact with his lawyers. Some documents were turned over. The National Archives were told by someone that more existed. Another meeting got more boxes and signed assurances no more existed. They were then told many more existed so the FBI obtained a search warrant and recovered the rest. Trump now wants to know who in his entourage the leak is.

            Before condemning the Justice Department remember a Chinese spy was caught trying to enter Mar-a-Lago last year. How did she know something was there? Was she the first spy to attempt or was she the first to get caught? How many other people from other countries haven’t succeeded or DID and we don’t know? Those documents, especially the nuclear ones, are worth millions which means international gangs might sell the pictures of those unguarded documents. Of course Trump had been showing them to many people for his ego but there are many financial possibilities for him to use them.

            We have locked many people up for doing less with documents of less importance. As the Attorney General said “No one is above the law.”

            What a decision Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has to make in the next few months. No former President has ever been tried for a crime. AG Garland may well be forced to make the decision to form a grand jury to try former President Donald Trump for several crimes including treason.

            Garland has to decide if he tries Trump, what the reaction will be from Trump’s deceived followers and is it worth the possible violence. Should he hold off until after the mid-term election? What should he request in the pre-trial negotiations for Trump’s punishment? The possibilities are jail time, home confinement, parole with no politicking, social media, interviews, public meetings or something else. All would involve public statements about how and why he conned people into believing “The Big Lie” and other conspiracies put forth by his friends and others.

            If he decided to go the max and put Trump in jail, where would it be and where would his security detail be? Perhaps the Secret Service agents who have been covering for him should be his protective detail inside the prison. There is a difference between physical protection and criminal activity like destroying records and tests.

            The Attorney General is supposed to be independent and Garland has shown he agrees with that policy. Whichever path he decides to take will probably be expedited to the Supreme Court where Trump placed three Justices – one of which is Clarence Thomas. Thomas is sure to overturn any conviction of Trump.

            Whichever way Garland goes it will make him the most historic Attorney General since Mitchell.

            He started a cult which made him an idol. Violence was dividing the country’s people. The opposition was denigrated so he could gain power. The power brokers who put him in power found they had created a beast they couldn’t control. He was responsible for a failed uprising. Political enemies were too scared of his power to confront him. He met with his country’s enemies and called them his friends. His influence and power put his sycophants into positions of power to make sure his plans for total control was carried out. Those people were in law enforcement and judicial positions. He had ideas about eliminating the legislative body making him the total leader. He was a narcissist and demanded total loyalty to him over their country.

            If this sounds familiar, it should. He started World War II with his gigantic ego.

            Karma is when bad things a person has done in the past come back to haunt them. Sometimes the person manages to keep past crimes hidden because people don’t consider it worthwhile or unlikely to convict the person for the crimes. Sometimes they stay hidden.

            Some CPAs spend their work lives learning how to confuse their client’s taxes or hide the evasion. Often those CPAs participate in the crime of evasion.

            Why is this relevant today? Donald J. Trump, his children (minus Barron), and their corporation are in great trouble for tax evasion. Both New York City and the State of New York are investigating his property evaluations for loans, appraisals and real estate taxes.

            Their appraisal for the Westchester Golf Club was inflated by saying membership initiation cost was $150,000.00 when the real figure was usually a third of that figure. Another deception was to say the land surrounding one of his country mansions as having other mansions built on it, thus raising the value of that land from raw to developed. The Penthouse in Trump Tower was supposed to be 20,000 square feet making it several times more valuable than its 6,000 square feet. When thee appraisals were used to get loans that is criminal fraud.

            Using other appraisals for paying real estate taxes on the same properties which are much less than the actual value is tax evasion and criminal fraud. All the evidence is in front of Grand Juries and indictments are probable.