# Post ts_109738453250224144

- Post ID: `ts_109738453250224144`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-23T12:11:50.197Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109738453250224144
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109738453250224144/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109738453250224144.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “The Justice Department has shown us that this has been a DOUBLE STANDARD, no doubt about it. Also, Election interference was in effect, given the fact that they sat on this information and we didn’t know until January (long after the Election was over).” From the Great Maria Bartiromo on Mornings with Maria.

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.423Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:52:18.600Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Trump Quotes Maria Bartiromo on Biden Classified Documents "Double Standard"

### Context
This post quotes Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo regarding the Biden classified documents situation. The FBI had searched Biden's Wilmington home on Jan 20-21, finding additional classified materials. Trump uses this to argue a double standard exists between how he and Biden were treated regarding classified documents, and frames the delayed disclosure as "election interference."

### Authorship
Posted at 12:11 UTC = 7:11 AM ET. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (same timezone). Early morning, consistent with his pattern of watching morning shows and reacting. The use of ALL CAPS ("DOUBLE STANDARD"), the editorial framing, and the attribution style ("From the Great Maria Bartiromo") are authentic Trump markers.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is a textbook example of **projection** and **whataboutism**. Trump, himself under investigation by Special Counsel Jack Smith for mishandling classified documents (and having resisted returning them), seizes on Biden's document issues to claim victimhood. The quote is carefully selected—using Bartiromo's words as a shield gives him plausible distance while advancing his narrative.

The "election interference" framing reveals a persistent **persecutory schema**: all legal actions against him are politically motivated, while equivalent scrutiny of opponents vindicates his worldview.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Appeal to authority** via friendly media figure ("the Great Maria Bartiromo")
- **Whataboutism**: redirecting from his own document scandal to Biden's
- **Idealization** of allied media personality
- **Framing by quotation**: letting someone else make the argument

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "DOJ sat on Biden classified document information until after the election" | **Mostly True** | Biden's attorneys found first documents Nov 2, 2022 (days before midterms). Public disclosure came Jan 9, 2023. However, DOJ was notified promptly—the delay in public knowledge was partly due to standard investigative practice, not necessarily political suppression. |
| "Double standard in treatment of Trump vs Biden classified documents" | **Half True** | Key difference: Biden's team voluntarily reported and cooperated with returns; Trump resisted subpoenas and allegedly obstructed. However, the initial media/political reaction was arguably more muted for Biden. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- 7:11 AM ET posting time consistent with morning show watching
- ALL CAPS emphasis on DOUBLE STANDARD
- Characteristic epithet 'the Great Maria Bartiromo'
- Editorial framing around the quote is Trump's voice

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Special Counsel investigation into his own classified documents handling)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Quoting trusted media figure to validate audience's existing beliefs
- Framing shared grievance narrative

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Implies DOJ deliberately concealed Biden documents to affect election outcome
- False equivalence between cooperative and non-cooperative document returns

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> DOJ sat on Biden classified document information until after the election

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Biden's attorneys found first documents Nov 2, 2022 (days before midterms). Public disclosure came Jan 9, 2023. However, DOJ was notified promptly—the delay in public knowledge was partly due to standard investigative practice, not necessarily political suppression.

Sources: CBS News broke the story January 9, 2023; National Archives was notified November 2022

> Double standard in treatment of Trump vs Biden classified documents

**HALF TRUE**

Key difference: Biden's team voluntarily reported and cooperated with returns; Trump resisted subpoenas and allegedly obstructed. However, the initial media/political reaction was arguably more muted for Biden.

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- classified_documents (90%)
- whataboutism (80%)
- victimhood_narrative (70%)
- media_ally_amplification (60%)

## That day

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

**Golf Trophies and Grievance Spirals: A Day of Whataboutism Over Classified Documents**

Trump opened the day celebrating a senior golf championship at his own club, then spent most of the remaining hours hammering a single theme: that Biden's classified documents situation proves the Mar-a-Lago search was unjust. The mood shifted from self-congratulation to agitation as the day wore on, with a late-night cluster of posts after 1 AM showing rising anger about the Special Counsel investigation. The most heated moments came around midday, when he used a racist nickname to attack Mitch McConnell's wife, defended his imprisoned former CFO Allen Weisselberg, and repeatedly demanded his own exoneration. The Monterey Park mass shooting, which killed eleven people the night before, went unacknowledged except as a vehicle for grievance about January 6th defendants.

Full digest for 2023-01-23: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 23). “The Justice Department has shown us that this... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109738453250224144
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“The Justice Department has shown us that this has been a..." Truth Social, 23 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109738453250224144. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“The Justice Department has shown us that this has been a...," Truth Social, January 23, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109738453250224144.

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