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getagrip_already

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1. Deleting tapes IS illegal if you have a duty to preserve them...

Reply to RealityBasedNewYorkr (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2024, 08:52 PM

May 2024

If you are notified that tapes, or any other information/evidence in your possession is subject to legal action, and you destroy it, that is a crime.

But what are we talking about?

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Deleting tapes isn't illegal, just like paying a porn star for silence isn't illegal [View all] RealityBasedNewYorkr May 2024 OP

Deleting tapes IS illegal if you have a duty to preserve them... getagrip_already May 2024 #1

Yes....i believe the president is duty bound to preserve any and all recordings PortTack May 2024 #2