Circling the drain? Internet erupts over snap of indicted Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago bathtub stacked to ceiling with boxes of classified documents and SHOWER CURTAIN used to conceal them
- Viewers have noticed more boxes creeping from inside the shower in photo
- The photos were published in a 49-page indictment unsealed on Friday
- The indicted former president on Friday accused the FBI of staging photographs
As social media continues to pour over the photos of classified documents store at Mar-a-Lago, eagle eyed viewers have been noticing there are even more boxes in the photos than initially thought.
The photos were published in a 49-page indictment unsealed on Friday, with the embattled Republican frontrunner expecting to plead not guilty to the claims in a Miami court Tuesday.
One Twitter user noticed that a photo showing boxes stacked high in a Mar-a-Lago bathtub actually had several other boxes concealed by a shower curtain and a chandelier.
‘Everyone has been posting this photo of boxes of documents in the bathroom at Mar a Lago, but look closely,’ the Twitter user noted. ‘It’s so much worse than it first appears.’
They included three spots where you could see visible boxes peaking out of the shower.
As social media continues to pour over the photos of classified documents store at Mar-a-Lago, eagle eyed viewers have been noticing there are even more boxes in the photos than initially thought
Twitter was filled with jokes reacting to the revelations.
‘Who among us has not stored critical papers in our shower units, and of course the shower has a crystal chandelier!’ cracked Adele Abrams.
Another wrote: ‘Its like an episode of Storage Wars with Trump selling the blind contents of the bathroom to the highest bidder.’
‘Those are extra secure behind the curtain,’ cracked another.
‘Plumbing tip, if anything is leaking in the bathroom it should not be classified documents,’ joked another user.
Trump on Friday accused the FBI of staging photographs which show the boxes of classified documents illegally stored at his Florida estate.
Trump said the photos were suspicious, writing on Truth Social: ‘Strange! Everything about the boxes was so neat, orderly, and clean.’
‘Did the FBI tip over the one box the way they ‘staged’ the papers on the floor during the raid of Mar-a-Lago, only to apologize after getting caught?’
Trump is making his first public appearances this weekend at a rally in North Carolina
The 76-year-old on Thursday said he had been told he was being indicted in relation to espionage – the first time in U.S. history that a former president has faced federal charges.
Trump is facing four separate counts each carrying a potential prison time of 20 years: conspiracy to obstruct justice; withholding a document or record; corruptly concealing a document or record; and concealing a document in a federal investigation.
One count carries a 10 year sentence: willful retention of national defense information.
And the final two counts have a maximum of five years each: scheme to conceal, and false statements and representations. Trump’s indictment remains under seal, but his decision to publicize it means feds could unseal it as early as Friday, ahead of next Tuesday’s court appearance in Miami.
The news was met with outrage among the Republican party, with even his 2024 rival, Ron DeSantis, declaring that the ‘weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society.’ DeSantis stopped short of saying whether he’d pardon his rival if Trump was convicted, despite calls for the Florida governor to commit to doing so.
Trump himself – who was in Bedminster, New Jersey when the charging news broke – condemned the indictment in a clip which The New York Times said was pre-recorded, saying it was political persecution, and said: ‘I am innocent.’
Donald Trump supporters at the Columbus Airport in Columbus, Georgia on Saturday
Extraordinary new photos (above) revealed in the damning filing lay out how Trump valet Walt Nauta walked into a storage room and found intelligence files on allies including the United Kingdom and Australia spilled on the floor
In one photo, the cardboard boxes are seen stacked in front of a shower curtain and next to a sink in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom. Some of Trump’s aides simply called the files ‘his papers’
He will appear in court in Miami on Tuesday at 3pm, where the charges will be put to him. Trump denies all allegations he faces.
Jack Smith, the special counsel who is overseeing the investigation, has not commented.
He was indicted in Manhattan in April on state charges of making hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels – those state charges, too, were historic.
But the classified information charges are federal and significantly more serious, and carry hefty prison sentences.
THE CHARGES TRUMP FACES AND THE MAXIMUM PRISON SENTENCES
Trump lawyers have confirmed he is facing seven federal charges. They have not received the formal indictment, but have been sent summonses that suggest he will face the below counts and maximum sentences.
- Willful retention of national defense information in violation of The Espionage Act (maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted)
- Conspiracy to obstruct justice (20 years)
- Withholding a document or record (20 years)
- Corruptly concealing a document or record (20 years)
- Concealing a document in a federal investigation (20 years)
- Scheme to conceal (five years)
- False statements and representations (five years)
Prosecutors have investigated the transfer of presidential files to his Mar-a-Lago Florida estate since last year.
The probe exploded into the headlines in August when the FBI searched Trump’s Florida home, recovering 11,000 documents, including about 100 that were marked as classified.
For his part, Trump has repeatedly insisted he did nothing wrong and that he is the victim of a federal witch hunt.
At times the controversy has even boosted his standing in the polls and allowed him to raise money from supporters who see a ‘deep state’ plot to take him out of the 2024 race.
‘The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax, even though Joe Biden has 1850 Boxes at the University of Delaware, additional Boxes in Chinatown, D.C., with even more Boxes at the University of Pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floor where he parks his Corvette, and which is ‘secured’ by only a garage door that is paper thin, and open much of the time,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday night.
‘I have been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM. I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States, who received far more votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican, in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election. I AM AN INNOCENT MAN!’
Later Thursday night, he put out a video.
‘Very sadly we’re a nation in decline and yet they go after a very popular president,’ Trump said.
‘I’m an innocent man, I did nothing wrong,’ he continued, vowing to ‘fight this out.’
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Trump also said he would ‘of course’ plead not guilty.
Security is already being increased around the courthouse in Miami ahead of his appearance before a judge, scheduled for 3pm on Tuesday.
The investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents is being overseen by a special counsel, Jack Smith, who was appointed by the Attorney General Merrick Garland in November.
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