That doesn’t answer the question “why did you take them?”
And but also doesn’t answer the question is that in the three legal charges likely pending against former President Trump he’s not absolved of that at all with what you state.
Further they were apparently not properly reclassified , you don’t wave a magic wand, there was nothing done as far as the report so far in terms of proper reporting to other agencies, storage, retagging, control logs, etc.… That’s bullshit they’re just saying after the fact … And on top of that 18 former national security personnel at the senior level (all Republicans appointed) and most of them Trump White House emeriti, have stated as of just week they have never heard of such a “magic wand”
procedure being done, repeat NEVER. Furthermore although the Presidential Records Act states that an incumbent President may “dispose of records that no longer have administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value,” the disposal is only permitted after “views of the Archivist of the United States on the proposed disposal have been obtained in writing.”
Again. I challenge you:
As a private citizen, are those documents his personal property or the property of The Archivist and in turn the property of the People of the United States?
It can’t be both.
Again, as President, Trump has plenary power to take them and do whatever he wants with them. His simply wanting them is sufficient. His coming to you and getting your approval is not required.
And but also doesn’t answer the question is that in the three legal charges likely pending against former President Trump he’s not absolved of that at all with what you state.
What the hell do fishing expedition by soros DAs in blue states have to do with the gestapo raid on Mar a Lago? You're all over the place. Focus.
Further they were apparently not properly reclassified , you don’t wave a magic wand, there was nothing done as far as the report so far in terms of proper reporting to other agencies, storage, retagging, control logs, etc.… That’s bullshit they’re just saying after the fact …
Yes, as a matter of fact, they, meaning the POTUS, do have the plenary power to declassify them. They don't need to be "reclassified" as anything. That's what "declassify" means.
And on top of that 18 former national security personnel at the senior level (all Republicans appointed) and most of them Trump White House emeriti, have stated as of just week they have never heard of such a “magic wand” procedure being done, repeat NEVER. Furthermore although the Presidential Records Act states that an incumbent President may “dispose of records that no longer have administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value,” the disposal is only permitted after “views of the Archivist of the United States on the proposed disposal have been obtained in writing.”
The Presidential Records Act has already been rendered moot by the Court ruling against Judicial Watch when they tried to get Obama's records which he hauled off and stuck in a sock drawers. The POTUS has plenary powers. All the words your spouting now are irrelevant. "But, but but....."
Again. I challenge you:
As a private citizen, are those documents his personal property or the property of The Archivist and in turn the property of the People of the United States?
They are his personal property. He can provide copies to the archivist (still didn't get those Obama sock drawer tapes tho') and there is no time constraint as to when such transfer takes place. The originals may go into whatever Presidential Library the ex-POTUS decides to build. Or just sit in a sock drawer for that matter. Being declassified and all.
It can’t be both.
Sure it can. That's what copies are for.