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Response to mackdaddy (Original post)

Wed Sep 7, 2022, 08:47 AM

1. Unfortunately- it isn't nearly so simple

It’s mistaken oversimplification to think that the presidential records act means that former presidents can possess nothing from their term(s) because it all belongs to the government.

The gray area between presidential/personal has been debated for decades and even came up with a case where republicans were trying to get archive documents from Obama after he left office (and lost)

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