Pro-Trump conservatives are therefore faced with the daunting task of explaining why it is actually good for an ex-president to illegally keep U.S. atomic secrets lying around his club, show off secret military plans to friends as if they were souvenirs, and then refuse to return those documents upon the government’s request.

I have great confidence that they are up for this task. They’re going to do the most outrageous verbal gymnastics to defend this slime ball.