White House Breaking the Law...Again

[mellincf]

The Presidential Records Act is a law that directs the country's leader to take steps necessary to ensure that executive branch decision making is adequately documented and maintained. According to a law review article by Carl Bretscher, the Presidential Records Act was passed in 1978 "to prevent a repeat of Watergate's legal drama surrounding ownership of presidential records."

Deleted tweets? Purges of phone records? The erasing of secretly recorded conversations? The Trump Administration tells a D.C. judge that courts can't review compliance with preservation laws.

A watchdog group cited the Presidential Records Act and challenged the way Trump and staffers "seek to evade transparency and government accountability" by the use of certain communications practices and by a consolidation of power that results in records being shielded from other disclosure laws like the Freedom of Information Act. In particular, CREW, the watch group, nodded to news reports that White House staffers were using Signal to send encrypted, disappearing messages as well as resorting to the secret chat app Confide to duck any record preservation. Also mentioned is Trump's famous tweet implying a taped conversation with former FBI Director James Comey and the president's repeated deletion of social media messages, the plaintiff is asking for injunctive relief compelling Trump and his staff to comply with duties under the Presidential Records Act.

[affald]

The Presidential Records Act is a law that directs the country's leader to take steps necessary to ensure that executive branch decision making is adequately documented and maintained. According to a law review article by Carl Bretscher, the Presidential Records Act was passed in 1978 "to prevent a repeat of Watergate's legal drama surrounding ownership of presidential records."
Deleted tweets? Purges of phone records? The erasing of secretly recorded conversations? The Trump Administration tells a D.C. judge that courts can't review compliance with preservation laws.
A watchdog group cited the Presidential Records Act and challenged the way Trump and staffers "seek to evade transparency and government accountability" by the use of certain communications practices and by a consolidation of power that results in records being shielded from other disclosure laws like the Freedom of Information Act. In particular, CREW, the watch group, nodded to news reports that White House staffers were using Signal to send encrypted, disappearing messages as well as resorting to the secret chat app Confide to duck any record preservation. Also mentioning Trump's famous tweet implying a taped conversation with former FBI Director James Comey and the president's repeated deletion of social media messages, the plaintiff is asking for injunctive relief compelling Trump and his staff to comply with duties under the Presidential Records Act.Blah blah Obuma was the worst.

[billethkid]

How email Clinton-esque is that?

[mellincf]

Blah blah Obuma was the worst.
Franklin Pierce was our worst President. He signed the document that started the Civil War (Kansas-Nebraska Act) then spent the rest of the time dead drunk on the floor of the Oval Office. But that's why Trump, who was clueless about why we fought the Civil War and who was President at the time, loves the uneducated. Of course if Trump gets us into a nuclear war with North Korea, he will "win" the title hands down. A million people are projected to die on Day One of any military action against North Korea...most in Seoul, South Korea.

[Rockyrd]

Blah blah Obuma was the worst.

What would a discussion of Trump be withou the mention of Obama, sans facts

[Rockyrd]

How email Clinton-esque is that?

What would a discussion of Trump be without the mention of Clinton, sans facts

[mellincf]

How email Clinton-esque is that?

Have you noticed that every single thing Trump accused Hillary of, he is actually guilty himself? Like it was HIS foundation that was shut down due to fraud, and HE is the one suspected of money laundering, and HIS server in Trump Tower was directly connected to Russia.
FBI' 'probes' '‘odd’' 'link' 'between' 'Trump' 'server' 'and' 'Russia’s' 'Alfa' 'Bank' '-' 'France' '24 (http://www.france24.com/en/20170310-fbi-probes-odd-link-hookups-trump-tower-server-russia-alfa-bank)

[MDLNB]

What would a discussion of Trump be withou the mention of Obama, sans facts

Well, Trump and Obama ARE as different as black and white or night and day. Pun intended.

[MDLNB]

Have you noticed that every single thing Trump accused Hillary of, he is actually guilty himself? Like it was HIS foundation that was shut down due to fraud, and HE is the one suspected of money laundering, and HIS server in Trump Tower was directly connected to Russia.
FBI' 'probes' '‘odd’' 'link' 'between' 'Trump' 'server' 'and' 'Russia’s' 'Alfa' 'Bank' '-' 'France' '24 (http://www.france24.com/en/20170310-fbi-probes-odd-link-hookups-trump-tower-server-russia-alfa-bank)

No. Is that your impression? I think your impression is flawed and biased. What do you think?

Not really looking for an answer. I do not consider yours to be valid or credible. Bye.

[billethkid]

I am some what awestruck with the bragged about fact based anti Trumpism.......while this thread is not about Obama or Clinton one just has to wonder if the same microscope on similar minutiae would net similar results.......nah never mind.

[cologal]

How email Clinton-esque is that?

Oh boy this will be fun, we can all start chanting:


LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! :1rotfl:

COPUFF

[mellincf]

President Trump continued his assault on NBC News Friday, retweeting former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's assertion that "the President will not be able to impact licenses, but he is doing major damage to the NBC brand."

Last week on Twitter, Trump urged the Senate Intelligence Committee, the same committee investigating possible collusion between his campaign and the Russian government, to launch a congressional investigation into “Fake News Networks.”