So about that, it might help to read the case in question.
>>>The thrust of the
Armstrong II opinion
was the differentiation between agency records and Presidential records—not, as in this case, between personal records and Presidential records. Id. at 1292.<<<(emphasis added)
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It's ridiculous to assert that the Judicial Watch case means that a president can convert agency records (property of the federal government) into personal records and walk away with them as his own private property.
Don't believe me? Read the law:
>>>The term “
Presidential records” . . .
does not include any
documentary materials that are (i)
official records of an agency (as defined in
section 552(e) [1] of title 5, United States Code) . . ."
www.law.cornell.edu
. . .
Could Trump legally clear billions of dollars in personal income by auctioning off designs for spy satellites, nuclear missiles, military aircraft, etc.? Are these now the personal property of Trump?
Again, these are agency records, not the personal property of a private citizen.
