When Trump obstructed the FBI seach for classified documents....

[kentuck]

He was no longer in any "official" capacity. He was just a former president. He had been out of office for about a year and a half.

Could he argue that he was "hiding" those documents as part of an "official" duty?

Is that why Judge Aileen Collins has been requested to drop the case entirely?

[Silent Type]

1. Think trump would be out of luck claiming it's within his official capacity. But, he would appeal and

tie things up longer.

[Irish_Dem]

2. He was still POTUS when he loaded up the truck.

[Ocelot II]

7. He wasn't still POTUS when he refused to turn over the documents,

had his employees hide them, lied about having them, and stored them improperly.

[Irish_Dem]

9. There is some 16th century law the SC will use to make excuses for Trump.

He was POTUS when he gave himself the classified docs.
So they are his in perpetuity.

[SARose]

3. Some might say

when he took the documents and loaded them on his plane, he was still President.

See? This is what Judge Sotomayor meant by the conservative majority textualizing their ruling.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Trump has made no argument of immunity in the docs case. Nt

[Ocelot II]

5. Once he wasn't the president any more he had no official duties.

Hiding the documents, refusing to give them back, and lying about them were the acts of a private citizen.

[kentuck]

6. One would think so...

He was a private citizen when he hid the documents and obstructed the search.

[pwb]

8. Glad to see a positive view of this crap.

Trump is still fucked with all of this. Now this Nov 5th we will pound him down to hell.

[republianmushroom]

10. Going to be interesting and guess who is going to determine

whether is was an official act or an unofficial act ?

[Irish_Dem]

11. Most people haven't figured that out yet.

SC will decide what is official and official POTUS act.

[republianmushroom]

12. Very true after lower court appeals.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Yep, everything will be appealed to the SC who will make final decisions.