Can you imagine anyone but Trump saying- I stole top secret documents, hid them from authorities, lied about having them and was forced to return them 18 months later…and that wouldn’t be a crime?
I don’t think that charges will be brought. I would be surprised if they are.
That is a separate issue from the DOJ doing the right thing to get a warrant to retrieve the property of the US government that Trump had no right or authority to possess.
All your article says is that his motive (maybe- no one knows) was purely ego. It doesn’t change the fact that he stole classified docs and then lied about it. From your article:
I don’t care if he stole them to put under his pillow at night, or to thrill his big shot guests at MAL with a glimpse. This is hardly a flattering article. It says he still stole and lied. What’s your point?
Trump had illegally in his possession material that he had no right to. The US government gave him 18 months to quietly return it without consequence.
When a false affidavit was filed saying that it all been returned then it became a matter that the only way to retrieve the material was through executing a search warrant.
Most people would feel embarrassment instead of victimhood.