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While the chyron above says “Speaker McCarthy vehemently defends Trump,” the reality was much less robust. The release of multiple pictures from the special counsel investigation into Donald Trump’s mishandling of possibly dozens of boxes of classified material not hard to find. Images from a small bathroom, on a small stage, in a room under a pipe from the twice-indicted (for now) former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort paint a very clear picture of how the word “mishandling” undersells his 37-count federal indictment.
On Monday, McCarthy was forced to answer reporters’ questions about the indictments Trump faces and his responses were not simply lacking in “vehemence,” they were pathetic.
Asked about the images of classified “boxes in the bathroom” at Mar-a-Lago, McCarthy attempted to deflect the question to President Joe Biden, saying that at least “a bathroom door locks.” Regrettably for McCarthy, questions about a former president facing multiple indictments is a much more interesting topic for news media than whether or not trans athletes should be allowed to wear their preferred running sneakers.
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