Even before the FBI seized records at Mar-a-Lago in August, former President Trump and his allies have been hawking one line: he declassified the documents, by hook, by crook –even by virtue of his mind.
The Presidential Records Act mandates that records from his administration should have gone to the National Archives – classified or not.
Sweet, sweet music.
he declassified the documents, by hook, by crook –even by virtue of his mind.
It’s an assertion that Trump has made over and over again, everywhere except in court.
No need to make a statement in court (under penalty of perjury and professional sanction) when judge loosey cannon will cheerfully issue rullings as if you had made the assertion.
This article states: “In a new filing opposing an attempt by Trump to have the Supreme Court intervene in the Mar-a-Lago case, the DOJ thoroughly demolishes that logic…”
I am not so sure that the Supreme Court in its present state employs “logic,” as evidenced by its recent rulings.
Clarence Thomas may be so deep in the crazy that he can’t tell the difference any longer, but that brief is a refreshing dose of sanity.
Has Putin filed a FOIA request yet? I mean, since they’ve been declassified and all.
OT: The Dynamic Duo.
The DOJ can argue whatever they want, Uncle Thomas is going to do whatever Mistress Ginni tells him, just because he can.
He is running out of excuses, and I believe, running out of time. ETA: The lunatic truly believes that he is still President. I’d love to smack that idea out of him.
I don’t get it
Now we know why Scalia kept Thomas silent all those years. He opens his mouth and removes all doubt to his partiality. He is like some dastardly Dan in the old silent movies rubbing his hands in glee as Nell is tied to the railroad tracks.
It was most definitely by “crook.”
Another false flag operation by a Trumper. This is as dumb as suggesting bombing Mexico and blaming China for it.
Trump did not comply by following the law of the PRA and return the documents. That is a felony. Mear possession of the documents is also a felony and he may have broken the espionage act as well.
It’s a narrower request than the ones Trump has been making, but no less radical: It could allow Trump’s attorneys to review highly secret records that may end up being used to charge him.
Nit pick. There’s nothing wrong with Trump’s attorneys reviewing highly secret records that do end up being used to charge him. That’s what it means to have a right to confront the evidence against you.
There is a big national security problem with granting Trump’s attorneys the right to review classified documents that aren’t used to charge him.
Presumably one of the things DoJ is doing right now is negotiating with the agencies involved about which documents to charge him with stealing, since those will need to be disclosed to the defense and the jury
I have to admit. I’m a little surprised that he hasn’t used the “But I’m still president” defense. You know he’d at least get Uncle Thomas to back him up.
I am pretty sure that a majority of the legal community that cares about the rule of law agrees with you.
Silly. Felonies are only for the great unwashed, not for the politically connected or people with real money.
