I mean if he just returned the documents that NARA had requested
Beginning in May 2021, NARA officials repeatedly asked Trump to return the documents he had taken to Mar-a-Lago, warning that they would refer the matter to the Justice Department if he failed to comply, according to the indictment.
And no that silly made up argument does not work for me. Nor anything else said that is in correct.
The Presidential Records Act says that, the moment a president leaves office, NARA gets custody and control of all presidential records from his administration