Trump: 'I'm Allowed to Do Whatever I Want' With Classified Info
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The former president told Hugh Hewitt that he “absolutely” would testify in the federal government’s probe of his handling of sensitive material

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.”

  • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      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!

      • ArtyTester@artemis.camp
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        1 year ago

        Maybe it needs to happen more.

        The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now.

      • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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        1 year ago

        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.