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babylonsister

(172,760 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:19 AM 3 hrs ago

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 3 hrs ago OP
I watched Senator Chris Van Hollen yesterday and he asked the anchor malaise 3 hrs ago #1
Still waiting for him to show his taxes. Emile 3 hrs ago #2
I heard two weeks. JohnnyRingo 34 min ago #19
This must be the longest audit in IRS history. Norbert 29 min ago #21
"Who's gonna stop me?" Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #3
He will soon find out malaise 3 hrs ago #5
"So unfair." Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #6
There will be a Celebration malaise 3 hrs ago #7
May not exist. no_hypocrisy 3 hrs ago #4
The only thing that can stop him is if he runs out of bathrooms to hide them in ToxMarz 2 hrs ago #8
Maybe he'll put them in the new Trump Presidential Libary, ... JustABozoOnThisBus 2 hrs ago #9
To quote the abuser in chief ... Yonnie3 2 hrs ago #10
Sounds an awful lot like "we had to destroy the village to save the village"... we've been here before. (n/t) Moostache 37 min ago #18
Think he misunderstood angrychair 2 hrs ago #11
What would you expect from a pig, but a grunt. n/t aggiesal 2 hrs ago #12
We are warned. By the hour of inauguration, karynnj 1 hr ago #13
He's Planning to Sell Them - a buck three-eighty per page, I understand. MineralMan 1 hr ago #14
Justice was delayed and thereby has been completely denied to the American people. Scrivener7 1 hr ago #15
The government will come take them Johonny 1 hr ago #16
Gosh, I wonder why? SergeStorms 38 min ago #17
What sucks is - even when forced, there will likely be little actual records. Fuckers. themaguffin 29 min ago #20

malaise

(296,131 posts)
1. I watched Senator Chris Van Hollen yesterday and he asked the anchor
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 08:32 AM
3 hrs ago

a serious question - who does he think he is?

Lock up this out of control lunatic.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,683 posts)
9. Maybe he'll put them in the new Trump Presidential Libary, ...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:25 AM
2 hrs ago

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

Yonnie3

(19,459 posts)
10. To quote the abuser in chief ...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:34 AM
2 hrs ago

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

(11,186 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
37 min ago

angrychair

(12,287 posts)
11. Think he misunderstood
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:42 AM
2 hrs ago

We were not asking. He needs a reminder of who is actually in charge here.

karynnj

(60,969 posts)
13. We are warned. By the hour of inauguration,
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:17 AM
1 hr ago

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

(151,270 posts)
14. He's Planning to Sell Them - a buck three-eighty per page, I understand.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:23 AM
1 hr ago

The trick is that most pages just say, "This Page Is Intentionally Blank."

SergeStorms

(20,594 posts)
17. Gosh, I wonder why?
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:16 AM
38 min ago

Probably because the level of corruption and lawlessness within his maladministration are off the scale? 🤔

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