(05-25-2024, 10:09 PM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote:

(05-23-2024, 06:03 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: So you think it's okay to take classified documents, lie to the government about having them, actively hide them, and show them to your friends, as long as they're just a copy?

So lemme ask you...

Did you know that former Presidents are allowed to have classified documents? Did you know that they have 5 years to prove why they took them?

Yes or no?

A President, when his term ends, is not allowed to keep classified documents unless he declassifies them first.

If the law said he can, his lawyers would be using that argument.  They aren't.  They are arguing that he declassified the dicuments by the simple act of putting them with his personal documents.

His lawyers are also arguing that any document the President feels is personal is therefore personal, which is also not what the law says.  The law has very specific definitions of what is and what is not personal.  But his lawyers are ignoring that.

So it's not as if his lawyers are sticking to the law.  They aren't. Your version of an argument for Trump is just too preposterous even for his actual lawyers

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