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The Trump document case: a set-up?
American Thinker ^ | 29 Apr, 2024 | Mike McDaniel

Posted on 04/29/2024 5:46:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber

In the meantime, lawfare designed to deny Americans their choice for POTUS continues.

Among the many bizarre features of the Trump documents case is the relationship between former presidents and the National Archives. The Presidential Records Act (1978) is the defining statute. It’s entirely civil, not criminal, in nature. Disagreements between former presidents and the Archives are to be settled in civil court, and case law makes clear presidents have the sole power to declassify, though there is no universal procedure for such declassification. The Supreme Court has dealt with the issue:

The Supreme Court determined in its 1988 decision on Department of the Navy v. Egan that the president’s power over classified information comes from executive authority granted by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which says, in part, that the “President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.”

“His authority to classify and control access to information bearing on national security and to determine whether an individual is sufficiently trustworthy to occupy a position in the Executive Branch that will give that person access to such information flows primarily from this constitutional investment of power in the President, and exists quite apart from any explicit congressional grant,” the Supreme Court decision reads.

Now at PJ Media, Mat Margolis reports on additional documents Judge Cannon has unsealed, documents the unconstitutionally appointed Special Counsel Jack Smith very much wanted to keep hidden:

Investigative journalist Julie Kelly found something interesting in the documents that could change everything. The first thing is testimony from an FBI agent who testified that the General Services Administration (GSA) had been in possession of Trump's boxes in Virginia before ordering Trump's team to come get them.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: lawfare

1 posted on 04/29/2024 5:46:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Most people will never know about this because the MSM won’t report it.


2 posted on 04/29/2024 5:46:11 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

Julie Kelly has been covering this entire story (and, other facts/items of the other Trump Sham show cases), in great detail.

She is a treasure!

Good to see American Thinker picking up this story - that SHOULD be on EVERY nightly (and, daily) newscast....but, it’s not, since the lying MSM is an arm of the DS/DNC/Uniparty.


3 posted on 04/29/2024 5:56:51 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: MtnClimber

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4 posted on 04/29/2024 5:57:03 PM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: MtnClimber

The MSM has very little power left they are becoming obsolete WE are getting the word out AND Elon taking over X has been a God send!! We CAN NO LONGER blame the MSM we now have a plethora of ways to get the word out HOWEVER it is up to us to PUSH IT OUT!! The MSM is losing viewership in DROVES the people are onto their lies the people STILL viewing them are total lost causes that will NEVER become UN brainwashed!!!!


5 posted on 04/29/2024 6:05:45 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

“Elon taking over X has been a God send!! “

Amen on steroids!


6 posted on 04/29/2024 6:11:06 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: MtnClimber

I’ve been thinking for some time now that what Trump and many others have been calling “election interference” doesn’t really capture the enormity of the conspiracy playing out against him. But the danger in crying “conspiracy” is the inevitable ridicule that would follow from the Dims and the legacy media. Especially with him in the lead now a change to reflect the scope of the forces arrayed against him may not be wise but would make me feel better!


7 posted on 04/29/2024 6:14:02 PM PDT by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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To: MtnClimber
Julie Kelly on Twitter re: Two separate September White House visits between Obama-appointed Archivist David Ferriero, and White House Counsel Dana Remus:

Julie Kelly-Twitter

Letter from Dana Remus to David Ferriero dated October 8, 2021 referring to September 8, 2021 notification from Ferriero regarding documents requested by January 6th Committee. Remus claims "notification" from Ferriero, but never mentions that they actually met at the White House that same date.

Letter from Dana A. Remus, Counsel to the President, to David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, dated October 8, 2021

8 posted on 04/29/2024 6:15:12 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: MtnClimber

Judge Cannon appears willing to let everything out into the light of day, let the discoveries happen and mature, and force the Biden white house to defend themselves.


9 posted on 04/29/2024 6:16:54 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Rowdyone
"... But the danger in crying “conspiracy” is the inevitable ridicule that would follow from the Dims and the legacy media..."

I know you understand this, but...that is a key part of the "tool" they are using. "It is the greatest art of the Devil to convince us he does not exist."

10 posted on 04/29/2024 6:23:32 PM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: rlmorel

📌


11 posted on 04/29/2024 6:39:40 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. )
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To: Jane Long

[Julie Kelly] is a treasure!

AMEN! And a blessing to US.


12 posted on 04/29/2024 7:03:31 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: Rowdyone

Agreed.

Even before he won the election in 2016, Hillary was fast
at work trying to bring his potential or actual presidency
down.

It was a coup from day one of his administration. All the
Left, the media, the FBI, the CIA were in on it.

In the old days, a lot of people would have been shot
somewhere between a wall and a ditch.

That hellish broad from Arkansas will be justice yet...

I have a very uneasy feeling about her future, and she’s
not going to be happy being gagged and hog tied in a
court setting.


13 posted on 04/29/2024 7:12:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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14 posted on 04/29/2024 9:11:33 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: DoughtyOne

Nope. Won’t happen.


15 posted on 04/29/2024 11:00:05 PM PDT by joesbucks
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To: MtnClimber

Bookmark


16 posted on 04/29/2024 11:26:30 PM PDT by Chgogal (To paraphrase Biden: You vote Democrat? You ain't smart.)
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To: joesbucks

I wouldn’t bet that it would happen, but stranger things have.

I’m not sure anyone actually likes her, even on her side.


17 posted on 04/30/2024 10:05:34 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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