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Miles Archer

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28. Congress Warns Donald Trump: Stop Deleting Your Tweets
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 12:23 AM
Mar 2017
Congress Warns Donald Trump: Stop Deleting Your Tweets

By doing so, Trump and his staff may be violating federal record keeping laws.
By Marina Fang

WASHINGTON ― When President Donald Trump or a member of his staff deletes a tweet, they may be violating federal law, two top congressmen warned the White House this week.

Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to White House counsel Don McGahn on Wednesday expressing concerns about the Trump administration’s record keeping habits and its nontransparent use of social media and other forms of electronic communication.

One example the lawmakers cited is Trump’s habit of misspelling and then deleting tweets, which they warned “could pose a violation to the Presidential Records Act” if the deleted tweets are not archived.

“Many of the messages sent from these accounts are likely to be presidential records and therefore must be preserved,” they wrote, referring to both Trump’s personal @realDonaldTrump account and his official @POTUS account. “It has been reported, however, that President Trump has deleted tweets, and if those tweets were not archived, it could pose a violation of the Presidential Records Act,” Chaffetz and Cummings wrote in the letter.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-tweets-archived_us_58c1a8d3e4b0d1078ca51126
Of course you're right. babylonsister Mar 2017 #1
Yes, and Lawrence! GWC58 Mar 2017 #11
And the FISA warrant was granted in October! L. Coyote Mar 2017 #41
It really is true what they say! GWC58 Mar 2017 #72
but while they are putting together the jigsaw we are losing every shred of progress demtenjeep Mar 2017 #2
we can not survive demtenjeep Mar 2017 #3
Hang in there my friend. Cary Mar 2017 #6
Not even. Patience, grasshopper. babylonsister Mar 2017 #7
By Pence? drm604 Mar 2017 #65
Sure, I'm nervous but GWC58 Mar 2017 #12
Have faith Tanuki Mar 2017 #14
THANK YOU! furtheradu Mar 2017 #32
We SHALL overcome. . furtheradu Mar 2017 #31
thank you for that demtenjeep Mar 2017 #45
Goood people do goood furtheradu Mar 2017 #74
Welcome to DU, furtheradu! calimary Mar 2017 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author furtheradu Mar 2017 #75
Thank you, Calimary! furtheradu Mar 2017 #76
short term maybe - long term NO! Ligyron Mar 2017 #46
No doubt about that! kentuck Mar 2017 #5
What happens on March 20th? nt babylonsister Mar 2017 #8
That is when the hearing begins... kentuck Mar 2017 #10
Spring starts? nt. druidity33 Mar 2017 #63
This is what a one-party state looks like. - nt KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #47
Scandals..... Cary Mar 2017 #4
This is completely insane mcar Mar 2017 #9
Snowball? Sounds like an avalanche. mwooldri Mar 2017 #13
Shep Smith LOSES COOL on Donald Trump's LIES March 4th Mar 2017 #15
Mr. Smith seems to be a decent person Skittles Mar 2017 #22
If Rupert Murdoch goes after Trump ..... L. Coyote Mar 2017 #42
Maybe so ... FakeNoose Mar 2017 #64
K&R... spanone Mar 2017 #16
K&R. dchill Mar 2017 #17
this story is either the world's biggest scandal or the world's biggest over-hyped nothingburgers Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #18
As the Republicans proved with Benghazi, Whitewater, Fast & Furious, and a dozen other things... TrollBuster9090 Mar 2017 #23
it's amazing and depressing how much mileage the GOP got out of their bullshit scandals Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #37
well then it's the former because it sure isn't the latter. Schema Thing Mar 2017 #49
certainly that's my hope and strong opinion Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #50
The fishy shit IS the scandal. The question is whether or not it will be handled. Schema Thing Mar 2017 #51
true... I guess I meant more specifically if it leads to concrete crimes that were broken Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #60
and it has not even been TWO MONTHS since inaug. day. things are speeding! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2017 #19
Thank you! Thekaspervote Mar 2017 #20
Yet I'm listening to my Republican Congressman on a tele town hall and mchill Mar 2017 #21
Yes, I don't want this to be over with quickly. I want it to drag on for at least a year, giving TrollBuster9090 Mar 2017 #24
LOL - You've gotta strong constitution LeftInTX Mar 2017 #25
Yes, I like to look on Trump as a political LAXATIVE. (On the subject of constitutions.) TrollBuster9090 Mar 2017 #26
ROFL LeftInTX Mar 2017 #27
Assuming the laxative comes out with the shit that will work for me randr Mar 2017 #43
Trump suppository? lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #61
DUzy malaise Mar 2017 #68
In that case.. radical noodle Mar 2017 #40
THIS mac56 Mar 2017 #48
Then in 2018 Desert grandma Mar 2017 #54
Congress Warns Donald Trump: Stop Deleting Your Tweets Miles Archer Mar 2017 #28
Unconditional surrender. He must resign. Anything less and WheelWalker Mar 2017 #29
I've been pretty upset and anxious lately about the situation; however.. Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #30
Me too. I'm not a hawk by a long shot hollowdweller Mar 2017 #33
Oh I hope so but it never seems to pick up speed. Kablooie Mar 2017 #34
I really hope you're right. Solly Mack Mar 2017 #35
Seems like it triron Mar 2017 #36
I'm looking forward to the early Saturday morning tweets. LOL. Vinca Mar 2017 #38
In the meanwhile lillypaddle Mar 2017 #39
When Rump goes down we all need to go to Washington DC and force a new election flamingdem Mar 2017 #52
As the old 'toon madokie Mar 2017 #44
I feel you. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #53
Needed that reminder to calm the frustration. Eventually that snowball Enoki33 Mar 2017 #55
As I understand U.S. Constitutional procedures, only Congress can do something about this Texin Mar 2017 #56
And even if the best of all possible outcomes happens....they still stole the election LiberalLovinLug Mar 2017 #57
Watergate took 3 years before Nixon finally left benld74 Mar 2017 #58
And, remember . . . OldRedneck Mar 2017 #62
Ahhyup proud patriot Mar 2017 #66
538 Says the Media was in a Bubble On the Road Mar 2017 #67
The Democratic Party's problem is it has failed to communicate clearly. Nearly all of its positions Doodley Mar 2017 #77
If no one is willing to prosecute, it is all for not. briv1016 Mar 2017 #69
In that case, the Democrats would have no choice but... kentuck Mar 2017 #70
You really think congressional republicans are going to vote to impeach Donald briv1016 Mar 2017 #71
No. But should that stop them from pressing for impeachment? kentuck Mar 2017 #73
Agreed. Everything should be done to educate the public about Trump and reach more people Doodley Mar 2017 #78
In the meantime they're gutting Medicaid, thucythucy Mar 2017 #79
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