Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush expressed his confusion toward former President Donald Trump‘s recent accusations that his father took presidential materials to a bowling alley.
During a rally over the weekend, Trump blasted the Justice Department investigation into his handling of classified material by pointing to other presidents such as George H.W. Bush.
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“George H.W. Bush took millions of documents to a former bowling alley and a former Chinese restaurant where they combined them. So they’re in a bowling alley slash Chinese restaurant,” Trump said at a rally. Jeb downplayed the accusation, asking what “the heck” was up with the former president.
“I am so confused. My dad enjoyed a good Chinese meal and enjoyed the challenge of 7 10 split. What the heck is up with you?” Jeb tweeted in response.
Independent fact-checkers have dunked on Trump’s claim, saying it was misleading while noting that the National Archives and Records Administration combed through George H.W. Bush’s documents for his library at a facility that was once a Chinese restaurant/bowling alley.
Unlike Trump’s moving of documents to Mar-a-Lago, it appears that George H.W. Bush did not move the documents there. In August, the FBI conducted a search and seizure at Trump’s resort and reportedly confiscated roughly 100 pages of material with classified markings.
The DOJ is investigating possible violations of the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice in its inquiry about the document tranche at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump has vehemently denied wrongdoing, insisting that he declassified the material while maintaining that a president can declassify material “even by thinking about it.” His legal team previously agreed that “it would be appropriate for a special master to possess a Top Secret/SCI security clearance” to review the documents.
During the rally, Trump also demanded that authorities return the material seized. A special master, a third-party reviewer tasked with filtering out privileged material from the stash, is currently going through the records.
Trump: I had a small number of boxes in storage… There is no crime. They should give me immediately back everything they have taken from me because it’s mine. pic.twitter.com/nSR2MjmAMk
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 10, 2022
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Trump has famously feuded with the Bush family, along with all other living presidents in recent years. During the 2016 campaign, he dubbed Jeb, once the early front-runner in the GOP primary, as “low energy.” He has also condemned former President George W. Bush for the Iraq War.
Jeb, meanwhile, has rebuked Trump’s temperament, contending that Trump’s public conduct is beneath the presidency. His brother, George W. Bush, has reportedly been stumping for Republican candidates such as Colorado Senate hopeful Joe O’Dea who have bucked Trump.
