“In these hyperpartisan times, Congress will increasingly and inevitably use this new weapon to perpetually harass its political rival,” Trump attorneys Jesse Binnall and Justin Clark wrote in arguments filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Trump is asking the appeals court to grant a stay that would block the House select committee investigating the storming of the Capitol from receiving Trump-era presidential records it has requested from the National Archives. Their request triggered a complex process — set out in federal recordkeeping laws — that included asking President Joe Biden for sign-off and then offering Trump a chance to object.
Trump’s lawyers also repeatedly pilloried Biden’s decision not to back his predecessor’s privilege claim, alleging that Biden’s stance was driven by “political calculations.” Chutkan, in her ruling, made clear she agrees with most legal scholars that the incumbent president’s authority on matters of privilege far outweigh the interests of a former president, who no longer holds any executive authority. Presidents, by nature, protect the prerogatives of the executive branch and are better suited to determine what should be kept secret and what should be released.
Well, I'm glad he has finally accepted being a former president. Never again sounds good to me!
Can't stand seeing this person on Twitter...
Real man President Trump won the real elections
They mean like digging through every aspect of his personal life until they find something to pin on him. Exactly like what Republicans did to Bill Clinton in the 90s. They don't want their own tactics used on them. Makes sense of course. Total hypocrites!!!
We should have the rights to 'probe' documents. Particularly interested in those that show corruption in our elected officials and those they hired on my dime.
BETTER IDEA
1/2 Interesting, but unlikely a sitting Pres would waive privilege of a predecessor going fwd. The situation is unprecedented. We've never had a Pres try to block the peaceful transfer of power following a free abs fair election - as proven over and over in the courts.
Only if there is an obvious reason to do such a search, like committing treason or a crime!
‘Harass”? More like: Manipulation management.
This just in! Trump lawyers say whatever he wants because they are paid to lie its not nrw but cable news needs somthing this hour. Tune in next hour for blue the color of the sky.
Yeah if they allow this kind of probing this time, they’ll have to allow it EVERY time a President {checks notes} attempts a coup
Only he see it different and all is against him the looser
Nobody is legally harassing Carter, Bush II or Obama. The GQP tries to harass Clinton, but it’s mostly smoke & mirrors. If a former president is being sued and/ or investigated after leaving office, it’s probably bc he deserves it.
Can’t he just say all the documents are under audit?
That's not a bad thing. F
Who cares what he says? It's always a lie. Come to think of it, whatever he says, we automatically know the Opposite is true. That's handy!
If you have nothing to hide, you don’t exhaust every legal option to keep your shit hidden.
How many things are they hiding then?
it’s a big one, and it’s the right one. this is definitely the time to do it. the flip-side of the coin is that a President can incite an insurrection and never be investigated for it, and i think we can agree that would be wrong.
That's because Trump created the environment for that to happen.
it's a shame for USA to feed this world's nightmare
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Former Presidents did not cause an insurrection!
Uh ....nope
We don't have that already?
Boo. Hoo. It might get us .01% closer to governmental transparency.
Even if this weren’t stupid it’d be funny because former presidents not being able to hide secrets would definitely be a good thing
There is no proof in those accusations/assumptions. Every President must be held accountable for his thoughts and actions, to include after they leave office.
No one should be above the law, even the President, regardless of party affiliation.
ALRIGHT...HIS LAWYERS ARE NOW THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL...
can you annul a president? it just didn't work out...
Lol
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