What he is saying is that he can’t be charged with a crime under the Espionage Act when the “sensitive material” in question is a set of personal letters — and the PRA reinforces his view that the letters are PERSONAL in nature.
I bet, especially if you saw what he tried to claim in that video.
What he is saying is that he can’t be charged with a crime under the Espionage Act when the “sensitive material” in question is a set of personal letters — and the PRA reinforces his view that the letters are PERSONAL in nature."
Sorry, but that doesn't match my reading of the law, as posted in #74 above. The scope of what is "personal" is extremely limited, and mostly contained within things such as notes he created himself (as in the Clinton tapes?), or campaign materials, etc. Here's that text again of what constitutes "personal." You'll see this mentioned more than once - "having no relation to or direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President."
(A) diaries, journals, or other personal notes serving as the functional equivalent of a diary or journal which are not prepared or utilized for, or circulated or communicated in the course of, transacting Government business;
(B) materials relating to private political associations, and having no relation to or direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President; and
(C) materials relating exclusively to the President’s own election to the office of the Presidency; and materials directly relating to the election of a particular individual or individuals to Federal, State, or local office, which have no relation to or direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President.
I read through the 31 charges under the Espionage Act, and none of them appear to be related to any personal letters. Out of the 335 or so classified documents recovered, they only charged him with 31. Presumably, those were the only documents that dealt with national defense issues.