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  • Where Judicial Watch’s Defense of Trump Goes Wrong

    06/14/2023 4:24:58 PM PDT · by randita · 178 replies
    National Review ^ | 6/14/2023 | Andrew C. McCarthy
    Michael Bekesha, the ‘Clinton sock drawer’ lawyer, misses the distinction between agency records and presidential records. I’ve already extensively addressed why the Presidential Records Act (PRA) is not a viable defense against charges that President Trump unlawfully and willfully retained national-defense information under Section 793(e) of the federal criminal code (which, in hope of avoiding Senator Lindsey Graham’s conniptions, I’ll refrain from calling the Espionage Act). So I’ll state the main point as succinctly as I can: Agency records are not presidential records. Trump’s case is about agency records regarding the national defense — mainly, classified intelligence reporting generated by...
  • Trump: Power to Classify, Declassify 'Lies Solely With the President'

    08/13/2022 12:58:10 AM PDT · by conservative98 · 55 replies
    Newsmax ^ | Luca Cacciatore | Friday, 12 August 2022 10:07 PM EDT
    A new statement from Donald Trump's team amid the raid on his Mar-a-Lago residence stresses that the president had "the power to classify and declassify documents." Just the News founder John Solomon read the declaration Friday night while appearing on Fox News' "Hannity." "As we can all relate to, everyone ends up having to bring home their work from time to time. American presidents are no different," Solomon read. "President Trump, in order to prepare work for the next day, often took documents including classified documents to the residence. "He had a standing order that documents removed from the Oval...
  • IMPORTANT POINT REPORTERS ARE MISSING IN PA SUIT:

    12/08/2020 3:55:36 PM PST · by McGruff · 32 replies
    Twitter ^ | December 8, 2020 | Jenna Ellis
    Jenna Ellis @JennaEllisEsq IMPORTANT POINT REPORTERS ARE MISSING IN PA SUIT: The Supreme Court only denied emergency injunctive relief. In the order, it did NOT deny cert. @MikeKellyPA’s suit is still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. https://supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20a98.html 6:24 PM · Dec 8, 2020
  • Bwwwwaaaaahh! It's only a mass grave with thousands of dead Iraqis!

    05/30/2003 10:21:31 PM PDT · by Registered · 44 replies · 256+ views
    Registered@aol.com ^ | 05.31.03 | Rgistered
     
  • Cops Hung Up Phone On Beltway Shooter(!)

    10/22/2002 9:56:15 PM PDT · by Dirk McQuickly · 316 replies · 394+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | 10/23/2002 | Sari Horowitz and Carri Morello
    <p>An angry letter found tacked to a tree behind a restaurant where the sniper wounded a man this weekend complained of six failed attempts to reach police, and threatened more killings, of children in particular, if millions of dollars were not deposited in a bank account within two days, law enforcement sources said.</p> <p>The letter listed half a dozen calls that had been "ignored" by operators answering phones at the command center in Rockville, Md., the Montgomery County police station and the FBI. It even named some of the people who had answered the phones.</p>