Posted: 08 September 2022 at 1:43am | IP Logged | 12
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One thing is clear from the act: the United States own any Presidential records and is supposed to retain possession and control of them.
Upon conclusion of a President's term of office, the Archivist is supposed to assume responsibility for custody, control, preservation and access to the records for that President.
So I agree, Andrew, that he is not supposed to have these documents. Nor are they his possessions. This much is very clear.
I honestly don't see where the act covers explicitly what has happened, nor am I aware of any legal precedent on the matter.
This is separate to the issue of confidentiality, which is an area of which I think the details are still alleged or not entirely clear. On the face of it, as I said before, it doesn't look good. But neither, on the face of it, was Hillary's possession of classified documents on a non-secure server. The 'lock her up' argument was unpersuasive there for similar reasons to why I find it unpersuasive (as yet with the currently available information) here.
With the lack of precedent and the limited detail, I would be hesitant to assert a probability of prison time.
Speculation on Mossad assassinating him on the basis of the information available is, frankly, laughable.
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