Donald trump has a decade's old disinterest in keeping records and people taking notes. And he has a disregard for the rules that exist around record keeping. He tore up all manner of documents. People had to follow him around to get them to retrieve them, to tape them back up,. In some cases, he ripped things up and threw them in the toilet, and they ended up flush down.
On Monday, federal agents descended on Mar-a-Lago, the private club and Florida home of former President Donald J. Trump, reportedly looking for classified documents and presidential papers.
Trump supporters expressed outrage about the agency’s actions, while many Democrats reacted with glee. But what do we know about the search, and what comes next?
Guest: Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.
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