A classified document reportedly containing details of a massive deployment of troops and a potential invasion of Iran is missing. And a meeting discussing this document (prior to it going missing) was a focal point in the criminal investigation of Trump’s handling of national security secrets.

For context, near the end of Trump’s unforgettable term, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley was concerned that Trump might set off a full-scale conflict by doing Trump things, and he instructed the joint chiefs to ensure that Trump issued no illegal orders. When Trump learned about this story reported in The New Yorker, his fragile ego was bruised, and he brings up this classified document to folks in the room (aides, biographers — people without security clearance), saying that it undermines what Milley stated in the story. This conversation and many others around that time were recorded, and a source states that Trump refers to the document as if it is in his hands. But this is Trump, he could be waving today’s crossword puzzle with only one answer filled in, and not the actual document.

It’s in this conversation that Trump acknowledges that this information is classified, and he doesn’t have the authority post-presidency to declassify records, undercutting any later assertions that he had already declassified everything by “just thinking about it.”

A subpoena was eventually issued for any and all documents and materials related to Mark Milley and Iran, including maps or invasion plans. In response to the subpoena, Trump’s attorneys turned over material in mid-March, but they were unable to find the document itself. This has been the most frightening part of the investigation. Prosecutors know information is missing, but they aren’t certain of what. There are highly sensitive US secrets that are unaccounted for, and could conceivably be in the wrong hands right now, putting American lives and interests at risk. One man did this, either for personal enrichment or escape from consequences.

  • A Russian-speaking immigrant entered Mar-a-Lago using a fake identity and cozied up to Trump’s inner circle, including Lindsey Graham, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Caroline Wren
  • Former intelligence officials have stated that Mar-a-Lago has become a magnet for foreign spies during the 18 months that these classified documents have been stored in ballrooms and bathrooms
  • There were several Chinese spies at Mar-a-Lago during 45’s presidency

So where’s the document? How many others are missing? Were they taken by foreign agents visiting Mar-a-Lago? Were they moved to another Trump property? Were they destroyed to cover up evidence? Were they sold for profit? And at what point do we see evidence of this?

There has to be an extreme level of cognitive dissonance involved for anyone not to see this for what it is: TRE45ON.