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In reply to the discussion: Haberman book: Flushed papers found clogging Trump WH toilet [View all]Scrivener7
(59,451 posts)29. Yes. But like with so many other things, no other President was ever so blatant in
violating those laws, so there aren't real consequences. At least that's what I got from the article. But, also from the article, I get the impression that they are working to create consequences for the future. That doesn't help us now, but for so many of these mores he has trampled, nothing is being done to prevent the next - smarter - guy from doing it worse. At least this may be tightened up.
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The Washington Post doesn't mention Garland passing it, but they are stressing that the case would
Scrivener7
Feb 2022
#26
Yes. But like with so many other things, no other President was ever so blatant in
Scrivener7
Feb 2022
#29
Yep. That's what got my attention. How is this not a major national security breach?
Walleye
Feb 2022
#7
I can imagine Trump in court, " i ran out of toilet paper, what else was i supposed to use"
Mr. Sparkle
Feb 2022
#14
big fucking no-no. i happen to have a set of presidential papers up to the late 1800's. had a newer
pansypoo53219
Feb 2022
#15
i also found a govt memorial book for senator taft when he died. i read JFK's speech + mccarthy's.
pansypoo53219
Feb 2022
#23
Looks like we may need a thorough cleansing of the DOJ and some significant codes changed.
Samrob
Feb 2022
#20