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It would be the Supreme Irony if TFG is prevented from holding office due to R. Nixon.
The Presidential Records Act of 1978This act was enacted to specifically criminalize the actions R. Nixon took to destroy/withhold evidence from the Watergate Committee.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1924
18 U.S. Code § 1924 - Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material
18 U.S. Code § 1924 - Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material
It would be the supreme irony if TFG got convicted under this statute that was totally due to his idol in crime.
Trump’s Presidential Records Act Violations: Short- and Long-Term Solutions
https://www.lawfareblog.com/trumps-presidential-records-act-violations-short-and-long-term-solutions
On Jan. 31 and Feb. 5, The Washington Post reported that former President Trump routinely “tore up briefings and schedules, articles and letters, memos both sensitive and mundane” in violation of the Presidential Records Act (PRA)
More specific to records, 18 U.S.C. § 2071 makes it a felony to willfully and unlawfully remove, mutilate or destroy—or to attempt to remove, mutilate or destroy—any record deposited in any public office or with any public officer of the United States. That same provision also makes it a felony for anyone having custody of such records to remove, mutilate or destroy those records and imposes severe consequences: a violation requires the individual to “forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States.”
https://www.lawfareblog.com/trumps-presidential-records-act-violations-short-and-long-term-solutions
On Jan. 31 and Feb. 5, The Washington Post reported that former President Trump routinely “tore up briefings and schedules, articles and letters, memos both sensitive and mundane” in violation of the Presidential Records Act (PRA)
More specific to records, 18 U.S.C. § 2071 makes it a felony to willfully and unlawfully remove, mutilate or destroy—or to attempt to remove, mutilate or destroy—any record deposited in any public office or with any public officer of the United States. That same provision also makes it a felony for anyone having custody of such records to remove, mutilate or destroy those records and imposes severe consequences: a violation requires the individual to “forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States.”
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