A bit on people talking about the destruction of records and whether President Trump or his associates will do so over the next two months.
2/ The first thing to remember is that the federal government is very large and is essentially a document production machine. It’s simply not that easy to do, not and get everything. It’s also hard to do thoroughly without the assistance of career civil servants who are ...
3/ trained not to break the law and in this case have little incentive to do so. The second thing and perhaps even more important thing is this: most forms of executive branch wrongdoing either do not fit into or do not fit neatly into the four walls of federal criminal ...
4/ statutes. Probably some of the greatest betrayals and crimes are not actual crimes in a strict legal sense. Destruction of federal records is a straight up crime. There is no ambiguity. It is easily prosecuted. So yes, this could happen and it could conceivably hamper ...
5/ out ability to get the truth of what happened during the Trump years. But it would likely also be the easiest way for administration officials ... sorry, former administration officials to end up in jail.
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