Mike Young -The Presidential Records Act was written in 1978 for one reason: Nixon tried to claim his White House documents as personal property on his way out the door. Congress said no. Presidential records belong to the public.
Forty-eight years later, Trump’s Justice Department just said that law is unconstitutional.
The opinion came from T. Elliot Gaiser - Assistant AG at the Office of Legal Counsel, former clerk to Samuel Alito. His finding: the PRA “unconstitutionally intrudes on the independence and autonomy of the President.” Trump accordingly does not need to comply with it.
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