r/benshapiro • u/Taconinja05 • Aug 26 '22

Heavily redacted affidavit says 184 classified docs found at Trump residence… Discussion/Debate

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3616929-heavily-redacted-affidavit-says-184-classified-docs-found-at-trump-residence/

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u/sib_korrok Aug 26 '22

Please read the laws cited in the affidavit, classification is irrelevant only the type of documents. If he declassified them then he knew what he took which is in fact worse then him just randomly taking classified documents in this case.

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 26 '22

It is incredibly obvious you haven’t actually read the law. The type of documents is irrelevant because the president has unilateral power to declassify and can legally retain such documents.

Stop defending literal fascism.

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u/sib_korrok Aug 26 '22

That's how I know you haven't read the laws he broke as classified documents aren't covered by those laws only defense documents and former presidents don't get to store those in their leaky basements behind a lock the Lock picking lawyer could pick with a toothpick and some gum.

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 26 '22

At this point you are just making shit up. The Presidential Records Act explicitly grants him the authority to retain them

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u/sib_korrok Aug 26 '22

No it doesn't

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 26 '22

Not a response

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u/sib_korrok Aug 26 '22

The presidential records act literally doesn't grant a former president the power to store defense documents in his leaky basement.

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 27 '22

It does if they are declassified records of the president from his term

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u/sib_korrok Aug 27 '22

Nope, it does not. The law he broke has no exclusions for declassified defense documents

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 27 '22

You keep telling yourself that but it’s not true. The PRA explicitly says he can retain such documents

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u/sib_korrok Aug 27 '22

You keep telling yourself that but it’s not true. The PRA explicitly says he can retain such documents

No it doesn't, he is not the president, the pra specifically states all documents are to be returned at the end of his term. My god this isn't hard. You are seriously just making shit up

18 U.S. Code § 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information

18 U.S. Code § 1519 - Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy

18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally

Those are the laws he broke, he is not above the law.

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