1/4 On Inauguration Day, the outgoing POTUS does not personally have physical access to classified documents to fill 25 boxes at will and to secretly direct the movers to corruptly whisk it away. So any talk of Trump "stealing/taking" boxes of such documents is a clown show.
2/4 Can a new admin claim that some documents should not have been given? Yes. But if you read beyond the clickbait headlines and dramatic intros, the "concern" was the security. Did Bush 43 check Clinton's security at Chappaqua?
From the NYT via @politicalwire:
From the NYT via @politicalwire:
3/4 Basically, staffers decide which docs can go with a POTUS, but senior people in a new admin have the legal (corruptly-used) power to claim that some documents were given by mistake and can also claim (corruptly) that it's not securely stored; hence the new locks in June. 😃
4/4 In essence, the Biden Admin figured out a way to use the DOJ to harass Trump on things that no new admin did to its predecessor.
Then they escalated it into a 30-agent, 9 hour abusive #BidenRaidOnTrump.
Then they escalated it into a 30-agent, 9 hour abusive #BidenRaidOnTrump.
In May 2017, when Trump shared "highly classified" intel with the Russia Ambassador to the US, the NYT and Wash Post both said Trump didn't break the law because he has the power to declassify.
Neither paper said it's contingent on a process.
His mere sharing makes it Kosher.
Neither paper said it's contingent on a process.
His mere sharing makes it Kosher.
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