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Federal Appeals Court Rejects ‘Misconduct Exception,’ Keeps Memo of Trump Asking NSA Director to Refute Russia Stories Hidden from Public
Law and Crime via msn ^ | 24 August 2021 | Jerry Lambe

Posted on 08/24/2021 6:20:42 PM PDT by blueplum

...In a 21-page decision, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously ruled that the memo was exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the basis of the presidential communications privilege...

The Circuit Court upheld the lower court’s ruling, writing that “records of what was said by or directly to the President lie at the heart of the presidential communications privilege.”

The Circuit Court also rejected Protect Democracy’s assertion that the court should make a “narrow exception” and require portions of the memo to be segregated and disclosed ...

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: appealscourt; circuitcourt; presidentalcomms; trump
Another legal win for Trump
1 posted on 08/24/2021 6:20:42 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Impossible see how telling the American people the truth would be “misconduct.”


2 posted on 08/24/2021 6:23:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: blueplum

Some wins here and there. After biden is sinking fast. Truths are starting to come out, wondering about the Arizona results being held up though. Like the world isn’t ready for that domino to fall yet.


3 posted on 08/24/2021 6:25:14 PM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: BenLurkin

Yes.


4 posted on 08/24/2021 6:57:51 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix circa 1984.)
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To: glimmerman70
"Like the world isn’t ready for that domino to fall yet."

I think they're holding up the results so the Afghanistan debacle gets the most focus. Why interrupt the Biden Administration while it's destroying itself?

5 posted on 08/24/2021 7:47:25 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: blueplum

Misconduct in asking an official who knows the truth to tell the truth?


6 posted on 08/24/2021 8:32:45 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: mass55th

What you said.


7 posted on 08/25/2021 1:22:10 AM PDT by billyboy15
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