Lawrence ODonnell Says Donald Trump ‘Confessed’ With This 1 Rally Line – Yahoo News

MSNBCs Lawrence ODonnell on Monday spotted the moment he believes Donald Trump essentially confessed to illegally storing classified government records at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

At a weekend rally in Arizona, Trump admitted: I had a small number of boxes in storage at Mar-a-Lago guarded by Secret Service and my people and everybody. I mean its safe.

The former president later added: There is no crime. Its not a crime and they should give me immediately back everything that theyve taken from me because its mine, its mine.

ODonnell said that with those comments, Trump has in front of thousands of witnesses proved beyond a shadow of a doubt his criminal intent to continue to illegally possess government records, including classified records.

Donald Trump, with that statement, made it clear that he had the criminal intent and planned to never return the governments property to the government, he continued.

Trumps rally comments blew apart his potential defense that he simply didnt know the documents were there, said ODonnell, who pointed out that the excuse may have created enough reasonable doubt in the mind of a jury to acquit Trump if hes charged.

Trump was essentially taunting Attorney General Merrick Garland to indict him, said ODonnell.

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This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.

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