Marcy Wheeler | Trump Org Really Doesn't Want FBI to Have Cohen Files. Are Documents Being Destroyed?



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Marcy Wheeler, Emptywheel
Wheeler writes: "We do know that the Trump Organization has recently been destroying documents - in its Panama property, in advance of the majority owner kicking them out."
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