Some
people
have
the
absolute
worst
luck.
Like
Donald
Trump,
who
suffered
an
unfortunate
incident
at
Mar-a-Lago
last
year
when
a
pool
flooded
and
ended
up
spilling
into
the
server
room.
That
just
happens
to
be
where
the
club
kept
all
the
surveillance
video
logs
that
might
include
information
about
the
comings
and
goings
around
the
pool
locker
where
the
former
president
apparently
kept
some
of
the
nation’s
most
delicate
secrets.
Thankfully,
CNN
reports
that
prosecutors
were
told
that
the
flood
did
not
damage
any
of
the
equipment.
And
it’s
particularly
rotten
luck,
because
it’s
deja
vu
all
over
again
for
this
guy!
Decades
ago,
when
New
York
City
auditors
launched
a
probe
over
allegedly
delinquent
payments
from
the
then-Trump-owned
Grand
Hyatt,
key
documents
that
Trump’s
lease
obligations
required
him
to
maintain
and
turn
over
got
lost…
in
a
flood.
As
Raw
Story
notes:
“In
September,
1988,
the
Hotel
informed
us
that
it
could
not
locate
seven
of
the
twelve
monthly
general
ledgers,
because
they
‘were
discarded
after
they
were
severely
damaged
by
water
when
the
room
in
which
they
were
stored
was
flooded,’”
the
report
said.
Imagine
having
to
deal
with
devastating
water
damage…
and
whenever
investigations
zero
in
on
key
materials
in
your
possession!
From
the
CNN
report:
Prosecutors
for
special
counsel
Jack
Smith
have
been
asking
questions
in
recent
months
about
the
handling
of
surveillance
footage
at
Mar-a-Lago
resort
and
discussions
Trump’s
employees
had
about
the
surveillance
system
after
the
subpoena
last
summer
for
the
footage,
according
to
multiple
sources.Recently,
investigators
have
asked
questions
indicating
they
are
trying
to
determine
if
workers
at
Mar-a-Lago
received
specific
direction
from
above,
particularly
from
Trump
himself,
to
obstruct
the
investigation.
Summer
subpoena…
October
flood.
Terrible
timing
to
suffer
Superstorm
Clogged
Drain.
From
the
perspective
of
prosecutors,
who
are
reportedly
focused
on
possible
“gaps
in
the
surveillance
footage,”
the
1988
flood
must
raise
an
eyebrow
or
two.
But
is
it
something
they
could
take
to
court?
Rule
404(b)
would
typically
bar
evidence
of
prior
acts
to
prove
conformity,
but
there’s
an
exception
to
prove
absence
of
accident.
That
said,
raising
an
event
over
10
years
old
—
indeed
35
years
old
at
this
point
—
is
generally
frowned
upon
as
too
remote
in
time.
Assuming
these
are
the
only
floods,
of
course.
Just
terrible…
luck.
Revealed:
Mar-a-Lago
wasn’t
the
first
time
Trump
‘evidence’
was
flooded
[Raw
Story]
Exclusive:
Mar-a-Lago
pool
flood
raises
suspicions
among
prosecutors
in
Trump
classified
documents
case
[CNN]
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