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/dietcheese Facts don’t care about your feelings Aug 27 '22

It literally says

“authorities found 184 classified documents in their initial review of recovered boxes in an effort that began just a few months after he left office. “

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 27 '22

They were declassified. The treat a headline as gospel is hilarious

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u/dietcheese Facts don’t care about your feelings Aug 27 '22

They were not.

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 27 '22

The very act of a president moving them to a new location is all that is required to permit them to be there—even the FBI acknowledged this in the affidavit.

You have not a legal leg to stand on

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u/dietcheese Facts don’t care about your feelings Aug 27 '22

Incorrect

https://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/laws/1978-act.html

Establishes that Presidential records automatically transfer into the legal custody of the Archivist as soon as the President leaves office.

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 27 '22

The Presidential Records Act does not apply to copies of documents. If you read the law you would know this.

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u/dietcheese Facts don’t care about your feelings Aug 27 '22

You’re wrong.

The Presidential Records Act requires that all records created by presidents be turned over to the National Archives at the end of their administrations. All of them

If you think there is a law that states the contrary, cite it.

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 27 '22

The Presidential Records Act requires that all records created by presidents be turned over to the National Archives at the end of their administrations. All of them

No, it specifically says copies can be retained.

If you think there is a law that states the contrary, cite it.

The Presidential Records Act

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u/dietcheese Facts don’t care about your feelings Aug 27 '22

Are you trying to argue that the 700+ pages of classified documents found in Mar-A-Lago were all copies and therefore Trump is allowed to have classified documents in his home?