I'm not arguing that point. I'm saying that the FBI needed an opening bid and Trump supplied it with the stolen documents.The FBI had nothing to do with Trump's cavalier attitude towards classified or top secret information. That was a problem through his whole presidency.
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Trump's turbulent White House years culminate in Fla. search
Former President Donald Trump has had a lifelong habit of collecting things. That's been combined with more recent activities: disregarding the rules of government record keeping, careless handling of classified information, and fostering a chaotic transition as he refused to concede defeat in 2020.apnews.com
Now the FBI/DOJ are going to use that as one of several strategies to eliminate Trump from the running. There would even be too much risk of allowing Trump to become one of the candidates.
The pissing hookers story hasn't died and it never will. That's where Russia was able to make Trump ineligible because of him being fatally compromised.