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DONALD TRUMP SAID he “absolutely” plans to testify in the federal government’s case against him regarding classified documents he removed from the White House. “I’m allowed to do whatever I want … I’m allowed to do everything I did,” the former president told conservative podcast host Hugh Hewitt.
In an interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show” that dropped Wednesday, the host asked Trump, “Did you direct anyone to move the boxes, Mr. President? Did you tell anyone to move the boxes?” referring to the boxes of more than 300 classified documents the federal government seized last year from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
“I don’t talk about anything. You know why? Because I’m allowed to do whatever I want. I come under the Presidential Records Act,” Trump replied, while also taking a quick detour to bash Hewitt. “I’m not telling you. You know, every time I talk to you, ‘Oh, I have a breaking story.’ You don’t have any story. I come under the Presidential Records Act. I’m allowed to do everything I did.”
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Will be super interesting to see him try that under oath…
I cannot imagine the guy speaking a single word in court.
I can def see a man-child reaction exactly like this dumb statement -kinda like what he did on the debates with Hillary and Biden, interrupting and interjecting his sad alternate reality- as the cases pick up steam and hes forced to fly between Fla, DC, Ga and wherever his current cult rally/grievance is that day, oh boy, is it gonna be fun or what?
I could see him yelling and screaming as they take him away.
Oh yeah, after the verdict, I can imagine him inciting another coup and whatnot.
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Chances that Donald Trump has read any of the Presidential Records Act, or understands what it is for: 0%
Chances that it says “Former presidents can just keep whatever they want, no biggie, what are you going to do, arrest them?”: Also 0%.
He can in fact do whatever he wants, he just needs to deal with the consequences of his actions.
I don’t see proof of that last part for the moment, hopefully it will become true
Well, technically, no consequences are some kind of consequences. But I really do hope that he will pay for what he did wrong.
Holy shit I hate this man so much.
Ah fuck. You just know that when he does soon of main arteries slubbed chockful of hamburger fat that certain people will erect statues of him looking like superman (body included) standing hand in hand with jesus, they will build shirnes and organize trips to go there to pray and worship…
Good grief, I just wish that donnie Bin Laden could just be put in prison and have no access to media, whatsoever.
What a ridiculous and vainglorious so-called “man”. So tired of his cult members, too.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Donald Trump said he “absolutely” plans to testify in the federal government’s case against him regarding classified documents he removed from the White House.
In an interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show” that dropped Wednesday, the host asked Trump, “Did you direct anyone to move the boxes, Mr. President?
I come under the Presidential Records Act,” Trump replied, while also taking a quick detour to bash Hewitt.
The law states: “Upon the conclusion of a President’s term of office, or if a President serves consecutive terms upon the conclusion of the last term, the Archivist of the United States shall assume responsibility for the custody, control, and preservation of, and access to, the Presidential records of that President.” There is an allowance for presidents to keep records that are of “a purely private or nonpublic character” and unrelated to presidential duties, but many of the documents Trump was found to possess came from government agencies, such as the C.I.A.
When Hewitt asked Trump if he would testify in his own defense at the trial in the documents case, the former president said, “That, I would do.
In addition to discussing his legal troubles, Hewitt asked Trump for his thoughts on an unrelated topic: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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American government: ‘No, you’re not.’
That’s true. A president can do whatever he wants , it’s called diplomatic immunity. Every president has it, which is why none of them have ever been tried for a crime before.
The Presidential Records Act requires that all presidential records be transferred into the custody of the National Archives at the end of the administration.
That doesn’t make it a crime to keep a few papers as a souvenir. Biden did the same thing btw he kept souvenir papers in the garage with his cool car. They all do it.
It literally does
Nope, sorry losers and haters but Trump did nothing wrong at all. He got impeached for making a perfect phone call and now this? Charged for reading a few papers on the toilet? Too bad he’s gonna beat the rap and win the presidency again
He doesn’t need you to be his lawyer. It’s not internet discussions that will prover if someone did anything outside of the law.
If Trump was just a bit more clever he could have saved himself a lot of trouble by just complying with the request of giving the stuff back.
It’s not possible for a president to do a crime and get in trouble for it, it’s never happened before in the history of presidents!
If it never happened before is not a guarantee it won’t happen in the future. Trump is a first in very many ways. If he had any bit of restraint in him he would have gotten away with it. He’s just the first ex president to be stubborn enough to not stop doing illegal things after leaving the office.
It would open a whole can of worms and then you’ve got to put all of them in jail
Maybe it needs to happen more.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now.
True! Let’s start by putting the president from 20 years ago in jail!
That’s not how diplomatic immunity works. It’s to protect them in a foreign country while they’re there. So a diplomat stationed in France can’t be tried by the French authorities. It has nothing to do with being brought up on charges in their home country, and definitely doesn’t mean they can do whatever they want.
Explain then why no other presidents ever got charged for any of their many crimes?
