Photographs of Donald Trump’s toilets apparently clogged with torn-up paper emerge

Images allegedly depicting Donald Trump’s toilets clogged with torn-up pieces of paper have emerged after the former president denied claims he would flush official documents during his time in the White House.

Maggie Haberman, a New York Times White House correspondent who closely followed Trump during his presidency for an upcoming book, claimed to have obtained pictures of presidential notes stuffed into the residence toilets. 

The images published by Axios on Monday purportedly show two sets of notes in the toilets, one of which is said to be located in a White House bathroom, and the other in an undisclosed location abroad during a foreign presidential trip – though the papers appeared to be handwritten rather than official documents. 

One of the ripped up papers on top of a stack in the toilet shows what appears to be lawmakers names scrawled down in all capital letters in black sharpie.

Two names can be seen clearly on the paper – Rogers and Stefanik – although the rest of the torn up papers are mostly illegible. 

It’s likely the names are referencing Republican Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama and GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, a Trump defender.

Trump previously dismissed allegations he was prone to ripping up White House documents when Haberman first tweeted about the alleged incidents in February.

The images published by Axios purportedly show two sets of notes in the toilets, though they do not appear to be official documents

‘Here’s some reporting from the book’s later years — White House residence staff periodically found papers had clogged a toilet, leaving staff believing Trump had flushed material he’d ripped into pieces,’ the author said amid promotion of her book Confidence Man which is set for release in October.

Trump quickly refuted the claims, declaring the story as ‘categorically untrue and simply made up by a reporter in order to get publicity for a mostly fictitious book.’

This sentiment was echoed by his communications manager, who told Axios this week amid the release of the pictures: ‘You have to be pretty desperate to sell books if pictures of paper in a toilet bowl is part of your promotional plan.

‘We know… there’s enough people willing to fabricate stories like this in order to impress the media class — a media class who is willing to run with anything, as long as it anti-Trump.’

DailyMail.com has contacted Trump’s office for comment. 

Trump previously dismissed allegations he was prone to ripping up official documents in February, when Haberman first tweeted the allegations

White House correspondent Maggie Haberman said White House staff would routinely find papers clogging up toilet bowls

There has been no conclusive proof that Trump flushed official White House documents or otherwise during his time in office.

But the National Archives, which obtains a full set of all presidential documents and records for safekeeping at the end of each president’s administration, said in February that Trump returned 15 boxes of documents he had ‘improperly removed’ from the White House at the end of his term in office.

The archives said the trove included ‘items marked as classified national security information’.

A federal law called the US Presidential Records Act requires the preservation of memos, letters, notes, emails, faxes and other written communications related to a president’s official duties, and federal prosecutors are now investigating whether Trump mishandled classified records.

Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich said: ‘President Trump consistently handled all documents in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Belated attempts to second-guess that clear fact are politically motivated and misguided.’

Trump previously confirmed that he agreed to return certain records to the Archives, calling it ‘an ordinary and routine process.’

The archives also alleged that government officials were forced to tape back together some White House documents for preservation after the former president tore them up while he was in office. 

Haberman’s book covering Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency and time in office will be released in October

Donald Trump yesterday dropped his strongest hint yet of a potential 2024 presidential bid

It comes as Trump this weekend told fellow Republicans ‘the time is coming’ for him to make a formal announcement about whether he intends to make another bid for a second term in the White House. 

Trump said during his near-two-hour-long remarks Saturday that he believes ‘people are going to be very happy’ with his decision while noting that America has ‘lost everything’ under Biden’s leadership.

Giving the keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, the former president confirmed he will be making his plans to run for office public in the near future.

‘It’s certainly not a very long period, the time is coming,’ Trump said Saturday in response to questions from Fox News.

‘I think people are going to be very happy, our country has never been in a position like this, we’ve lost everything.’

He argued the nation was facing both domestic and foreign policy crises, stating America lost its ‘prestige’ when Biden withdrew US troops from Afghanistan last year.

‘Our country has never been at a worse point,’ Trump said. 

‘They gave away $85 billion worth of equipment, dead soldiers, you still have Americans over there probably as hostages, eventually will be hostages, there has never been a time like this.’