A new memo from the Justice Department says President Donald Trump no longer has to follow a Watergate-era law barring him from holding on to presidential records when he leaves office.
It is the latest action by the administration to stymie transparency, government watchdog groups say, and yet another Trump swipe at the National Archives after its role in prompting the criminal case he faced for allegedly mishandling national defense materials.
The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel – which gives legal advice to the executive branch – issued an opinion Thursday that said the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional.
Memos aren’t laws.
These ignorant incompetent clownfucks following the demented slurring idiocies of a sociopath. Fuck.
This is interesting.
This memo is only relevant if Trump plans on staying in office past 2028, or installing another MAGA sycophant.
I mean, Trump knows that if a Democrat takes office, the DOJ will first clean house and then go after him for this shit. Yet he telegraphs his intention to break the law. Why?
The people that pull the strings (AIPAC) own both the democrats and republicans, you won’t see any consequences come from most of this stuff.
AIPAC has diminishing influence, while it isn’t gone by far there a solid chance they may be ignored by 2028. Assuming the US doesn’t go into total economic collapse due to Trump before then since at this point I’m pretty sure that’d be the nail in coffin of the US continued existence.
Pretending Israel doesn’t control America right now is a very braindead take when you look at the turmoil occuring right now FOR Israel
Dementia.
Everyone thinks it means all of the sudden you stand in the corner mumbling at the walls and wearing your underpants above your clothes… but it starts oftentimes years ahead of diagnosis with irrational, defiant, rash decisions that are put down to stubbornness and age.
Also, Trump IS terrified of ending up like his father, so in keeping with what he learned from Roy Cohn, it’s about keeping everyone around him off-balance so they can’t tell if it’s really mental impairment, or some “5D chess” move he’s making.
Ultimately, he probably at this point, doesn’t know himself. Part malignant narcissist, part desperate terror, part dementia and part self-delusiuon.
but it starts oftentimes years ahead of diagnosis with irrational, defiant, rash decisions that are put down to stubbornness and age.
We’ve lived thru a decade straight of the president showing clear signs of dementia…
If any American can’t recognize the signs of brain damage (specifically dementia) by now, they haven’t been paying attention or theyve got something of their own going on.
It’s apparently a legal defense for government officials if the action was okayed by legal counsel. They are playing into this by putting only yes-men into power.
Generally, “I did illegal thing because my lawyer advised me to do illegal thing (also I have power to compel my legal team to say whatever I want)” is not a GREAT defense.
Imagine thinking you won’t be disbarred and/or prosecuted as a MAGA lawyer for signing off on this shit. Once the orange shit stain is no longer in office, he can’t save you even if he wanted to.
The truly insane rarely think of their own ends.
