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    The Theory That Explains Everything About the Trump Documents Case

    And so much else about Donald Trump’s unusual presidency
    by David A. Graham Jun 27, 2023 4 minutes
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    Donald Trump is not an articulate speaker, but he is an effective one, because he understands the power of the spoken word and deftly wields tone and inflection. One reason the tape of him boasting about sexual assault was such a bombshell was that you could actually listen to Trump saying it all in his inimitable manner. What if there had been tapes of his conversations with FBI Director James Comey? Or his attempt to—a phone call in which implication seemed so important but is impossible to capture on the page? Or of his with Kevin McCarthy on January 6?

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