# Post ts_109514366013646350

- Post ID: `ts_109514366013646350`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-14T22:23:30.305Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109514366013646350
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109514366013646350/analysis
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## Post text

> WHY WASN’T JAMES COMEY RAIDED? FLASHBACK: 2019“Comey told the OIG that, when he was removed as FBI Director, he had four memos—Memo 2, Memo 4, Memo 6, and Memo 7—in his personal safe at home. He stated that he did not notify anyone at the FBI that he had retained these documents….

## Engagement

- Likes: 17,278
- Reposts: 5,248
- Replies: 519
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.426Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:59:38.594Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post exemplifies Trump's primary defense strategy during the classified documents investigation: whataboutism through false equivalence. Triggered by the discovery of additional classified items at a West Palm Beach storage unit, Trump redirects to Comey's 2019 memo retention — citing the OIG report to lend credibility to a fundamentally misleading comparison. The Comey memos were contemporaneous personal notes (some containing classified info); Trump's case involved marked classified government documents with prolonged resistance to return. The ALL CAPS rhetorical question presupposes equivalent conduct, while the structured OIG citation suggests aide involvement in crafting a legally-flavored defense. Psychologically, this reflects vulnerable narcissistic state under legal threat, employing projection (accusing others of his own behavior) and rationalization (constructing logical-seeming justification). The post functions simultaneously as legal narrative construction, base mobilization through shared grievance, and psychological defense against the anxiety of criminal exposure.

## Analysis: "WHY WASN'T JAMES COMEY RAIDED?" (2022-12-14)

This post is a classic whataboutism defense responding to the classified documents investigation. Trump draws a parallel between his own retention of classified documents (which led to the Mar-a-Lago raid) and Comey's retention of personal memos, citing the 2019 OIG report. The post spans two Truth Social entries (this one and a continuation).

**Context:** This comes during the week when Trump's lawyers discovered additional classified items at a West Palm Beach storage unit, intensifying legal pressure. The post is a direct defensive response to this escalating legal jeopardy.

**Rhetorical Strategy:** The ALL CAPS opening question is designed to frame an equivalence between Comey's retention of personal memos (which the OIG found were not classified at the time of retention, though some contained classified information) and Trump's retention of classified government documents. This is a false equivalence — the Comey memos were contemporaneous personal notes, not government records with classification markings — but rhetorically effective for the base.

**Timing:** 5:23 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago in December). Business hours posting with a structured, citation-heavy format suggests aide involvement, though the ALL CAPS opener has authentic Trump energy. Likely a hybrid — Trump directive, aide execution with the OIG citation.

**Psychological Function:** The post serves as externalization of legal threat through projection ("why aren't THEY being raided?") and grievance amplification.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Comey retained four memos in his personal safe at home after being removed as FBI Director" | **True** | The 2019 OIG report confirmed Comey retained personal memos at home |
| "Implicit claim: Comey's document retention is equivalent to Trump's" | **Mostly False** | Comey's memos were contemporaneous personal notes; some contained classified information but the OIG found no prosecutable offense. Trump's case involved marked classified government documents. The situations differ in document type, classification status, and cooperation with retrieval. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS opening suggests Trump input
- Structured citation of OIG report suggests aide research
- Business hours posting (5:23 PM ET)
- Hybrid: Trump directive with aide formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Classified documents investigation escalation)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting James Comey / DOJ double standards
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance
- rhetorical question to prompt audience agreement

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- False equivalence between fundamentally different document retention situations
- Framing selective prosecution narrative to distort understanding of legal distinctions

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Comey retained four memos in his personal safe at home after being removed as FBI Director

**TRUE**

The 2019 OIG report confirmed Comey retained personal memos at home

Sources: DOJ OIG Report o1902

> Implicit claim: Comey's document retention is equivalent to Trump's

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Comey's memos were contemporaneous personal notes; some contained classified information but the OIG found no prosecutable offense. Trump's case involved marked classified government documents. The situations differ in document type, classification status, and cooperation with retrieval.

Sources: DOJ OIG Report 2019; DOJ Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- classified_documents (90%)
- whataboutism (80%)
- comey (70%)
- persecution_narrative (70%)

## That day

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

**Superhero Fantasy and Legal Anxiety Collide in an Evening Flood of Self-Validation**

Trump spent a relatively quiet day punctuated by two bursts of activity. The morning brought a flashy tease promising a "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT" tomorrow, complete with superhero imagery -- which would turn out to be widely mocked NFT trading cards. The real action came in a rapid-fire evening session of over twenty posts in under an hour, mostly links to favorable articles about himself. Buried in that barrage was a pointed multi-post thread about James Comey keeping FBI memos at home, a transparent attempt to deflect from the expanding classified documents investigation. The overall mood was relentlessly self-promotional with a brief flash of legal defensiveness breaking through the curated confidence.

Full digest for 2022-12-14: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 14). WHY WASN’T JAMES COMEY RAIDED? FLASHBACK:... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109514366013646350
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "WHY WASN’T JAMES COMEY RAIDED? FLASHBACK: 2019“Comey told..." Truth Social, 14 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109514366013646350. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "WHY WASN’T JAMES COMEY RAIDED? FLASHBACK: 2019“Comey told...," Truth Social, December 14, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109514366013646350.

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