the Justice Department’s best arguments supporting it, including the affidavit, are being made public
No, you dishonest cretin. Even WaPo admits it's expected to be heavily redacted.
That's not making it public, that's making some portion of it public. Some portion that's no doubt supposed to make Trump look as bad as possible while not exposing the shaky ground it likely lies on.
those same advisers began to take the position privately that the real problem was not that Trump had the documents, but that he had returned any at all, sparking an investigation
It's good advice should never apologize to leftists because they'll see it as a sign of weakness and use it against you. I think much the same thing applies here.
No, you dishonest cretin. Even WaPo admits it's expected to be heavily redacted.
That's not making it public, that's making some portion of it public. Some portion that's no doubt supposed to make Trump look as bad as possible while not exposing the shaky ground it likely lies on.
It's good advice should never apologize to leftists because they'll see it as a sign of weakness and use it against you. I think much the same thing applies here.