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MiHale

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12. Shoulda used the sarcasm emoji...

Reply to duforsure (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 18, 2022, 07:37 AM

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So, this means if the courts rule a President can wave his hand and declassify, and steal, [View all] duforsure Sep 2022 OP

Or any employee could own their work product. C_U_L8R Sep 2022 #1

That would also mean any President that was corrupt could steal and destroy evidence, duforsure Sep 2022 #2

I think we can assume that trump has done exactly that. brer cat Sep 2022 #3

Yep. duforsure Sep 2022 #4

If the documents now belong to that Prez, he can sell whatever belongs to him. patricia92243 Sep 2022 #5

Exactly, and soon he'll be projecting that to the easy marks that he's conned, duforsure Sep 2022 #6

Does the reverse also work? MiHale Sep 2022 #7

Can Biden use his power to legally classify documents, yes he can. He is the executive, duforsure Sep 2022 #8

Shoulda used the sarcasm emoji... MiHale Sep 2022 #12

My question is does our government have other copies ? mucifer Sep 2022 #9

We should send a moving van full of bankers boxes to Biden's house in Rehoboth Walleye Sep 2022 #10

Yes Trump would argue that the documents belong to him to do with as he wishes. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #11

It is important to note that drumpf hasn't even made that argument in court Takket Sep 2022 #13

No silly...it only works for Bettie Sep 2022 #14

And by extension, anyone can gain access via FOIA request. Snarkoleptic Sep 2022 #15

I don't know. Do you recall in Bush v. Gore when SCOTUS said their steal applied only to that Goodheart Sep 2022 #16

Well Biden just waved his hand and reclassified them last January. Swede Sep 2022 #17

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