It has long been known that Donald Trump, as US President, is said to have disposed of important documents in the toilet. The Republican has so far rejected this. Now photos should prove his dubious handling of government documents.
In connection with allegations against ex-US President Donald Trump, photos have emerged that are intended to prove that the Republican illegally destroyed government documents during his tenure. The footage shows several toilet bowls with bits of paper floating in them. It is said to be torn notes from the President.
The photos were published by the US news site Axios. Accordingly, they are said to have been leaked to journalist Maggie Haberman. Haberman, known as a long-time Trump investigative journalist for The New York Times, published a book about the ex-president in October, which also contains the allegations about documents being dumped in the toilet bowl.
The anecdote was made public in February. At the time, it was said that the toilet in the White House was clogged several times because Trump tried to sink torn records in the living area of the presidential seat. Trump had vehemently denied this account. A spokesman for Trump said "Axios": "You have to be very desperate to sell books when photos of paper in toilet bowls are part of the advertising plan."
Whether the photos of the toilets that have surfaced are the famous "smoking gun" in this affair is uncertain. According to "Axios", Trump's handwriting can be seen on the snippets, the notes were written with the "Sharpie ink" pen - a pen that Trump likes to use. One fragment reads the name of Elise Stefanik, a New York MP who is close to Trump. According to Axios, Haberman's source assures that the two pictures showed a bowl in the White House and one from an unknown location during a trip abroad.
In any case, the photos come at a bad time for Trump. The FBI has just searched Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. The background of the action is not officially known. However, US media believe that the allegations are similar to those of the toilet affair: Trump is said to have failed to hand over 15 boxes of government documents such as personal records to the National Archives after his term in office. Among them is said to have been classified information on national security.
