UK Column News - Dividing The Republican Party With A Knife In Trump’s Back
Published: June 16, 2023
Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen and Vanessa Beeley with today’s UK Column News.
The Independent: What is an indictment? Donald Trump
Reuters: Donald Trump, the Presidential Records Act and ‘Clinton's sock drawer’ defense:
The first page of the U.S. Justice Department's charging document against former U.S. President Donald Trump and his employee Waltine Nauta, charging Trump with 37 criminal counts, including charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice after leaving the White House, is seen after being released by the Justice Department in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
The Federal Court ruling in Clinton’s sock drawer case 13 years ago: “The [Presidential Records Act] does not confer any mandatory or even discretional authority on the archivist,” wrote U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in that 2012 ruling. “Under the statute, this responsibility is left solely to the president.” Obviously under Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruling, the Justice Department has no authority to seize documents from Mar-a-Lago and furthermore, to indict Trump.
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