passive bystander that got caught up in this ordeal, he was an active participants who was personally involved in the process of packing up documents as he was set to leave the white house and, quote, cause scores of bounces, many of which contained classified documents, to be transported to the mar-a-lago club in palm beach, florida, and quotes. those documents were no ordinary documents. they included, according to the indictment, quote, information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the united states and foreign countries. united states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to militarily attack and plans for a possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack, and quote. once boxes that included hundreds of these types of sensitive documents arrived at mar-a-lago, back in january of 2021, they were shuttled from one room to another across the property. stored out in the open. for the first few months, some boxes sat on a stage of an event space known as the white