A Close Look at Manic Disorder

In September, Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News firebrand, interviewed Donald Trump. Here's a dose of his manic carrying-on when the subject turned to the case of documents taken to Mar a Lago that Trump hid and fought against returning to the government:

By the way, the Presidential Records Act restricts the president, declaring that documents are owned by the government — the opposite of what he says. His disorder is in full display in twisting that around to create his own reality:

Trump: Number one, I did nothing wrong because I come under the Presidential Records Act. The fascists who are going after me and are not going after Biden even though he has ten times more documents — maybe more than that. He has documents going back 40 years, or 50 years. We did nothing wrong. I come under the Presidential Records Act. I'm allowed to have these documents. This was done in 1978 and this was done for exactly this reason. I'm allowed to have these documents. The other side doesn't even mention that. They don't even mention the words 'Presidential Records Act'. The Presidential Records Act is very important. Bill Clinton took out in his socks — it's called the socks case — [Biden's] got thousands of documents as a senator and even I watched couple of Democrat senators say very strongly there's no way he took that out from the SKIF [Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility where only those authorized may view classified or secret material]. He's got documents and he's fighting them like crazy. I come under the Presidential Records Act. It's a very simple thing. Number one, it's civil. It's not criminal at all. These fascists and these Marxists, these people that are dealing and they leak and they're disgusting people. They're horrible for the country. We have a deranged guy named Jack Smith who's been overturned at the Supreme Court a number of times and he gets overturned. You know why he gets overturned? Because he goes too far. They don't even mention the Presidential Records Act. This is all about the Presidential Records Act. I'm allowed to have these documents. I'm allowed to take these documents, classified or not classified and frankly, when I have them, they become unclassified. People think you have to go through a ritual. You don't. At least in my opinion, you don't. But it's even beyond that because the Presidential Records Act allows you to do as president, only as president. Now, the other people that we talk about, including Biden. He wasn't president. So what he did, is a different standard, and he should have real problems. They really should be talking about that, not about me. I did absolutely nothing wrong.

Kelly: OK, but let's get to my question. Why would you be holding up a newspaper saying this is still secret?

Trump: I'd have to look at it. I'd have to look at it. I could have declassified. No, I also told Bret Baier, as I remember — I don't know, it was a long time interview. I also told Bret Baier that it wasn't a classified document.

Kelly: What were you waving around in that meeting because it certainly...

Trump: I'm not going to talk to you about that because I think that's already been, I think very substantiated and there's no problem with it.

Kelly: It hasn't been substantiated. Jack Smith says...

Trump: Megyn, lemme just tell ya. Let me tell you. Here we go again. I'm covered by the Presidential Records Act. I'm allowed to do what I want to do. I'm allowed to have documents. The Presidential Records Act is civil, not criminal in any way. It's civil, and I'm covered by it one hundred percent...This should be a case for …

Kelly: I'm not going to come at you criminally.

Trump: Of course you are. This should be a case for Biden because he is not covered by the Presidential Records Act. [Recites other presidents who he says kept documents].

Kelly: The obstruction case isn't about that. So even if you had the right to the documents, once you get the subpoena, you gotta fork 'em over.

Trump: You ready? Are you ready? This is just like the Mueller stuff. They create a fake crime and then they say you obstruct it. This is a fake thing that they've done...When you fight them, they call it obstruction. I have complied with everything. I have given more documents and they came in, they raided Mar a Lago, probably illegally, okay? And we'll find that out. They took documents they were not even allowed to do, but they took documents, they took everything. I have, I have, and I would have given it to them. We had a meeting and I said, what do you want? Instead of doing that, because they're doing this for political reasons. The reason they're doing this is for election interference. [and the back and forth continues].

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