Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) suggested Thursday that Trump’s plan may have been to monetize the classified documents he took from the White House.
Video from Rep. Schiff on ABC’s The View:
representative @AdamSchiff on former Pres. Trump’s indictment in classified documents case: “I assumed he was compliant [the classified documents] because he thought they had value to him. The question was, how was he going to make money from this?”
“This is a problem of Donald Trump’s own making.” pic.twitter.com/4jjqJLghR8
— The View (@TheView) June 22, 2023
Schiff said, “I suppose he kept them because he thought they had value to him.” The question is how was he going to make this money? We just don’t know the answer, but he took them for a reason. It wasn’t just a coincidence. It certainly wasn’t an accident.”
Rep. Schiff went on to talk about Trump’s obstruction, asking, “Why? What was all this for?”
Schiff did ask the big question though. No satisfactory explanation has ever been given as to why Trump did this. Since everything Trump has to do with money, chances are the California congressman probably isn’t far off base.
Would Trump sell the classified documents, or trade them for foreign influence and aid in the 2024 election?
The answer is unknown at this point, but Trump was desperate to hold on to the documents for a reason, and that reason is probably money or power.
Rep. Schiff has done enough research on Trump to know what motivates him, and chances are Trump did it for the money.