If Trump was holding this in mind as a future contingency, here's how he could have primed the trap. Have his staff secretly compose a fictitious document that provides plenty of juicy "evidence" of corrupt purpose, etc., well in advance. Slap a title page on it and run it through the copyright process for a work of fiction. Remove the title page and leave the bogus document in the safe as bait. If they take the bait, it becomes State's Evidence #1 in a big scandal expose. And when it comes to the clinch, bring out the copyrighted original and say "Well, sure. It was a work of fiction that we prepared long ago. Here's the evidence. (You guys are boobs.)" Instant laughingstock.
That may not be the exact way it plays out, but I have a hard time imagining Trump resisting the urge to plant some bait with a delayed-action fuse. Getting some juicy result is the surest way to satisfy the urge to snoop.
If Trump was holding this in mind as a future contingency, here's how he could have primed the trap. Have his staff secretly compose a fictitious document that provides plenty of juicy "evidence" of corrupt purpose, etc., well in advance. Slap a title page on it and run it through the copyright process for a work of fiction. Remove the title page and leave the bogus document in the safe as bait. If they take the bait, it becomes State's Evidence #1 in a big scandal expose. And when it comes to the clinch, bring out the copyrighted original and say "Well, sure. It was a work of fiction that we prepared long ago. Here's the evidence. (You guys are boobs.)" Instant laughingstock.
That may not be the exact way it plays out, but I have a hard time imagining Trump resisting the urge to plant some bait with a delayed-action fuse. Getting some juicy result is the surest way to satisfy the urge to snoop.