trumps is getting more deranged by the minute, I'm glad the FBI retrieved the stolen US documents before he was able to get ride of them, he did try to hide them and that's a crime also.
I posted this in the wrong place earlier:
Judicial Watch v. National Archives and Records Administration
Conclusion?:
There was no provision in the Presidential Records Act to force the National Archives to seize records from a former president.
The DOJ successfully argued this and its never been appealed.
Some neat highlights from U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington D.C.,
"Under the statutory scheme established by the PRA, the decision to segregate personal materials from Presidential records is made by the President, during the President's term and in his sole discretion,"
"Since the President is completely entrusted with the management and even the disposal of Presidential records during his time in office, it would be difficult for this Court to conclude that Congress intended that he would have less authority to do what he pleases with what he considers to be his personal records,"
"Because the audiotapes are not physically in the government's possession,
defendant submits that it would be required to seize them directly from President Clinton in order to assume custody and control over them," Jackson noted. "
Defendant considers this to be an 'extraordinary request' that is unfounded, contrary to the PRA's express terms, and contrary to traditional principles of administrative law. The Court agrees."
And who was this Defendant? The Department of Justice.
Jackson also concluded that a decision to challenge a president's decision lies solely with the National Archives and can't be reviewed by a court. If the Archives wants to challenge a decision, that agency and the attorney general can initiate an enforcement mechanism under the law, but it is a civil procedure and has no criminal penalty, she noted.