The recently unsealed indictment of Donald J. Trump and Waltine Nauta is a damning character study of a man whose flaws are all too familiar and yet still manage to shock and appall. The 49-page legal document contains 38 counts of squalid detail, detailing the relentless selfishness of Trump’s conduct. Prosecutors have accused the former president of lying to his lawyers, pushing them to hide evidence on his behalf, and allowing them to submit a blatantly false affidavit to federal authorities while proclaiming himself an “open book.”
Furthermore, Trump stored highly classified government secrets on the stage of the Mar-a-Lago ballroom and permitted secret “Five Eyes” intelligence material to spill onto the floor of a storage room that was easily accessible from the pool patio. Trump’s conduct with classified information is particularly egregious considering how he hammered his 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, for mishandling classified information.
The indictment does not explore Trump’s motives for his actions, but one possible explanation could be his need to possess things that he believes belong to him. Trump’s pathological narcissism is on full display in this document, with others only existing to serve his needs and sacrifice themselves to Trump’s greater good. The indictment even quotes a Trump family member reminding Nauta, the former president’s personal aide, to not take too many boxes on their flight, as the plane would be “full with luggage.”
Prosecutors have described the indictment as a “speaking indictment” that narrates a story of criminal conduct. The document makes it clear that Trump is a liar, hypocrite, and a crook, and that he should never again be allowed anywhere near the levers of power. It is a legal document that should never have had to be written about an American president, but Trump’s conduct made it unavoidably necessary.
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