so this is gray. we don t really know quite what s happening here with the facts, but it is very troublesome and indeed, the act is a result of nixon threatening to destroy his tapes and papers. maggie, do you have any reporting on the why here? why was this stuff all taken? and also, you know, paula s nuanced reporting also on this letter that does indicate in terms of destruction of stuff, the president, former president s propensity to tear stuff up, he had been warned not to. right, john, we know the president has been, was more the former president was warned several times by various staffers, we had heard this throughout the administration after my colleague andy carni reported that trump was in the habit of ripping up official records or official pieces of paper that should have been preserved but we don t know what the motive is, what the rationale is. all we know now is