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But yes, there's a valid case to be made whether the FBI over-reacted and played into Trump's hands by publicly raiding him over what looks to most people like a procedural issue. Still, you gotta ask yourself how else they could have got their hands on the documents otherwise, if he refused to return them? You could have also asked about whether Biden intentionally held back his documents disclosure till after the mid-terms.
And another interesting question would have been, if by Trump's rulebook a private email server is enough to 'lock her up', so would surely keeping confidential documents after having been asked to return them?
Sitting presidents can't be prosecuted.
A) other countries by being warmongering neocons?
B) civil liberties by continuing to expand the surveillance state?
C) unborn foetuses by allowing abortion?
D) democracy by fundraising from corporate donors as heavily as the republicans?
E) the definition of the word 'woman' by supporting trans rights?
F) (...?)
Please pick one or several of the above, which are all true and not ironic, or add more ways US 'liberals' are destroying the world in F.
You should join Trump's defence team. They need lawyers like you.