“The ex-President now stands accused not only of absconding from the White House with “hundreds” of secret documents that he then sought to withhold from the government but also of secretly ordering his staff to destroy incriminating surveillance tapes.

According to the original indictment, Trump was caught on tape doing so. But he went on television and denied it anyway. “I had no documents,” he said. “I didn’t have any documents.” Oops. Now the D.O.J. has charged him with possession of the documents he claimed did not exist.”