Karl Rove, a former high aide to President George W. Bush, is excoriating former President Donald Trump over an indictment alleging he mishandled labeled paperwork, saying his “childish impulses” are forcing America to “pay a high price.”
Mr. Rove scolded the newest GOP president in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal this week.
“America has been plunged into an unprecedented crisis by the indictment of Donald Trump,” Mr. Rove, a key participant in Mr. Bush’s political profession, wrote. “The blame for this calamity rests solely on Mr. Trump and his childish impulse to keep mementos from his time in the Oval Office, no matter what the law says.”
Mr. Trump pleaded not responsible this week to 37 counts that allege he unlawfully saved labeled paperwork at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida and obstructed federal efforts to return them to the National Archives.
Mr. Trump and his followers say the indictment is a witch hunt designed to thwart the ex-president’s marketing campaign for president in 2024.
Yet Mr. Rove says Mr. Trump knew his labeled papers weren’t private property and will have spared the nation from partisan strife.
The authorized case “will further tear our country apart, as it has a heavy impact on the presidential campaign and — wrongly — undermines confidence in our justice system,” he wrote.
“Extreme as this situation is, it could easily have been avoided if Mr. Trump simply followed the law and left behind his precious keepsakes,” Mr. Rove stated.
Mr. Trump and his allies have sparred with Bush officers prior to now, saying they left American staff behind and have been too fast to launch wars overseas.
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