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babylonsister

(172,763 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:19 AM Thursday

Trump May Not Turn Over Official Records

What part of "NO KINGS" do these morons not understand?

https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/02/trump-may-not-turn-over-official-records/

Trump May Not Turn Over Official Records
April 2, 2026 at 7:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard


“President Trump’s Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring presidential records to be turned over to the government is unconstitutional,” Axios reports.

“The finding is an indication Trump will be reluctant to give all of his official records to the National Archives at the end of his term, as presidents have done for nearly a half-century under the Presidential Records Act of 1978.”
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Trump May Not Turn Over Official Records (Original Post) babylonsister Thursday OP
I watched Senator Chris Van Hollen yesterday and he asked the anchor malaise Thursday #1
Still waiting for him to show his taxes. Emile Thursday #2
I heard two weeks. JohnnyRingo Thursday #19
This must be the longest audit in IRS history. Norbert Thursday #21
"Who's gonna stop me?" Kid Berwyn Thursday #3
He will soon find out malaise Thursday #5
"So unfair." Kid Berwyn Thursday #6
There will be a Celebration malaise Thursday #7
May not exist. no_hypocrisy Thursday #4
The only thing that can stop him is if he runs out of bathrooms to hide them in ToxMarz Thursday #8
Maybe he'll put them in the new Trump Presidential Libary, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Thursday #9
To quote the abuser in chief ... Yonnie3 Thursday #10
Sounds an awful lot like "we had to destroy the village to save the village"... we've been here before. (n/t) Moostache Thursday #18
Think he misunderstood angrychair Thursday #11
What would you expect from a pig, but a grunt. n/t aggiesal Thursday #12
We are warned. By the hour of inauguration, karynnj Thursday #13
He's Planning to Sell Them - a buck three-eighty per page, I understand. MineralMan Thursday #14
Justice was delayed and thereby has been completely denied to the American people. Scrivener7 Thursday #15
The government will come take them Johonny Thursday #16
Gosh, I wonder why? SergeStorms Thursday #17
What sucks is - even when forced, there will likely be little actual records. Fuckers. themaguffin Thursday #20
No shit? progressoid Thursday #22
He thinks the DOJ are his personal lawyers, there to defend him and attack his enemies. ChicagoTeamster Thursday #23
Translation; "I'm planning to steal even more classified documents" struggle4progress Thursday #24

malaise

(296,283 posts)
1. I watched Senator Chris Van Hollen yesterday and he asked the anchor
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:32 AM
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a serious question - who does he think he is?

Lock up this out of control lunatic.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,687 posts)
9. Maybe he'll put them in the new Trump Presidential Libary, ...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:25 AM
Thursday

... in one of the bathrooms attached to Aileen Cannon's office and apartment suite.

Yonnie3

(19,484 posts)
10. To quote the abuser in chief ...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:34 AM
Thursday

We'll have to "force ourselves" into the situation because of crime.

"We're gonna have to do something when it comes World Cup time, and we're gonna have to force ourselves upon them, which we have the right to do, because we don't want to have any crime, we don't want to have any problems,"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/04/01/trump-says-government-will-have-to-force-ourselves-on-la-world-cup/89424116007/

A saying comes to mind "What goes around comes around."

Moostache

(11,191 posts)
18. Sounds an awful lot like "we had to destroy the village to save the village"... we've been here before. (n/t)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:17 AM
Thursday

angrychair

(12,297 posts)
11. Think he misunderstood
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:42 AM
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We were not asking. He needs a reminder of who is actually in charge here.

karynnj

(60,979 posts)
13. We are warned. By the hour of inauguration,
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:17 AM
Thursday

the archivist should have already had lawyers prepare legal papers to demand everything that should be turned over to them. They should be served as soon as someone else is sworn in.

MineralMan

(151,293 posts)
14. He's Planning to Sell Them - a buck three-eighty per page, I understand.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:23 AM
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The trick is that most pages just say, "This Page Is Intentionally Blank."

SergeStorms

(20,600 posts)
17. Gosh, I wonder why?
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:16 AM
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Probably because the level of corruption and lawlessness within his maladministration are off the scale? 🤔

progressoid

(53,206 posts)
22. No shit?
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:56 PM
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I am shocked! He's never shown a disregard for the law before. And when he does make a little "mistake" he is held to account!

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ChicagoTeamster

(984 posts)
23. He thinks the DOJ are his personal lawyers, there to defend him and attack his enemies.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:00 PM
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They're going to be crafting defenses of all his illegal acts (mostly everything he does) because that's what he's going to instruct them to do.

He thinks everything is his. Hence his statements about taking women, taking Kharg Island, his rapist talk.

He didn't just take the documents, he even took artifacts loaned to the US government from other countries that happened to be on display at the white house during his tenure. Ancient Israeli pottery lamps belonging to the Israeli Antiquities Authority, loaned to the White House in 2019 for a Hanukkah event, became stranded at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate aftser he took them upon leaving office.

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