No, Trump and the Archives were in the midst of negotiations about which documents had to be returned when they raided Mar-a-Lago. Imagine that, a difference of opinion between Trump and some bureaucrat partisan hack that organized a clearly politically motivated raid. So you are right that he broke the law as a Senator but not correct about what was going on when the raid was orchestrated.
As for your last sentence, I am presuming no such defense exists as none has been raised by his multitude of lawyers. You however have presumed said defense based on zero knowledge and contravening facts (i.e., not a defense raised). Mine is logical....yours is nonsense. Or maybe Brandon's 57 lawyers are all either ignorant of this "commonly known" EO loophole and/or they are incompetent or the more likely explanation is that they are aware and know it will not help Brandon. Common sense, logic, facts and reason.....try them some time Goofy.