# Post ts_108883707707614939

- Post ID: `ts_108883707707614939`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-25T13:18:48.254Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108883707707614939
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108883707707614939/analysis
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## Post text

> The Justice Department and FBI are “leaking” at levels never seen before - and I did nothing wrong!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 46,408
- Reposts: 11,205
- Replies: 3,150
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.436Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:22:22.019Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: "The Justice Department and FBI are 'leaking'..."

### Context
Posted August 25, 2022 at 9:18 AM ET (Trump likely at Bedminster, NJ for summer). This is one of several posts that day responding to the Mar-a-Lago search aftermath. The post is brief and reactive.

### Authorship
Morning business hours, relatively short and grammatically correct, but the emotional reactivity ("!!!"), scare quotes around "leaking," and the defensive coda "I did nothing wrong" are classic Trump markers. Likely authentic but could be either—the brevity makes it ambiguous.

### Psychological State
This post is part of a sustained barrage on August 25 all focused on the Mar-a-Lago search. The pattern across posts shows escalating grievance and persecution framing. This particular post combines two classic moves: (1) attack the institution investigating you, (2) assert innocence.

The scare quotes around "leaking" are notable—they simultaneously assert the claim while hedging it, a rhetorical move allowing deniability about the specific accusation.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: Framing investigative transparency/reporting as improper "leaking" redirects attention from the substance of what's being reported to the process.
- **Denial**: "I did nothing wrong" is a flat denial without engagement with specifics.

### Rhetorical Devices
- Hyperbole: "levels never seen before"
- Delegitimization of institutions
- Brevity as emotional emphasis—the short declarative contrasts with his longer posts, suggesting genuine frustration compressed into a burst.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Justice Department and FBI are leaking at levels never seen before" | **Unverifiable** | No specific leaks identified; media reporting on the Mar-a-Lago search drew from court filings, sources, and official statements. The characterization of 'levels never seen before' is hyperbolic and unsubstantiated. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Emotional punctuation (!!!)
- Scare quotes usage
- Morning hours but reactive tone
- Short burst style consistent with authentic frustration

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (DOJ/FBI investigation and media coverage of Mar-a-Lago search)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting DOJ and FBI
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- denial (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared victimhood framing
- institutional distrust cultivation

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimization of federal law enforcement during period of documented threats against FBI/DOJ personnel

### Gaslighting

- Framing legitimate investigative activity as improper 'leaking' to reframe narrative

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> The Justice Department and FBI are leaking at levels never seen before

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No specific leaks identified; media reporting on the Mar-a-Lago search drew from court filings, sources, and official statements. The characterization of 'levels never seen before' is hyperbolic and unsubstantiated.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- institutional_delegitimization (80%)
- mar-a-lago_investigation (100%)
- persecution_narrative (70%)
- denial (60%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Morning Siege Mentality: Five Posts in 28 Minutes Hammer One Obsessive Theme**

Trump spent a concentrated half-hour Thursday morning firing off five posts about the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation, two weeks after the FBI search. The mood was a blend of defiance and victimhood — he declared himself completely innocent while casting federal investigators as criminals who "illegally raided" his home. Every single post circled the same topic, with no other subject breaking through. The tone stayed at a steady simmer rather than boiling over, but the repeated framing of lawful law enforcement as illegal persecution stood out against a backdrop of documented threats to FBI agents.

Full digest for 2022-08-25: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 25). The Justice Department and FBI are “leaking” at... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108883707707614939
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Justice Department and FBI are “leaking” at levels..." Truth Social, 25 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108883707707614939. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Justice Department and FBI are “leaking” at levels...," Truth Social, August 25, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108883707707614939.

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