Why Presidents might need to retain documents of every type (quote):
Former White House chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, has told friends that President Donald Trump “is the most flawed person” he’s ever known.
“The depths of his dishonesty is just astounding to me. The dishonesty, the transactional nature of every relationship, though it’s more pathetic than anything else. He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life,” the retired Marine general has told friends, CNN has learned.
“Our country can’t ... be a therapy session for, you know, a troubled man like this”
“he constantly engages in reckless conduct that puts his political followers at risk and the conservative and Republican agenda at risk.”
William Barr, Trump’s former Attorney General
There are reasons walking on two legs (or possibly slithering on their bellies) why a current and former President needs to retain documents of every type in his person control.
Article II, Section II provides that: “The President...may require the opinion, in writing,of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices”