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To: FormerFRLurker

Law cannot be logically incoherent.

If a president has the legal right to be in possession of documents, he cannot also be prosecuted for such possession.


33 posted on 06/14/2023 10:07:28 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith

If a president has the legal right to be in possession of documents, he cannot also be prosecuted for such possession.

My understanding is that Trump is accused of taking documents he did not in fact have a legal right to, but we'll see how this plays out.

35 posted on 06/14/2023 10:11:46 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker
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To: reasonisfaith

“ If a president has the legal right to be in possession of documents, he cannot also be prosecuted for such possession.”

But Trump is not president anymore. And there are documents he could have in his possession as president he cannot have as ex-president. If he fails to return them, he can be prosecuted for failing to do so. At least, that is the position of the prosecution.


41 posted on 06/14/2023 10:50:20 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I am free at last!)
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