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kentuck

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5. But the Presidential Records Act says...

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Jun 20, 2023, 10:06 AM

Jun 2023

....that all personal items must be separated from all other documents and records by the time the president leaves office on his last day.

It forbids taking boxes to sort thru at a later time.

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So the one simple explanation for Trump having those top secret documents. He was keeping his golf [View all] Botany Jun 2023 OP

So, the golf clothes were more important than the nuclear documents Tetrachloride Jun 2023 #1

He was too lazy to get his stuff out of the boxes. LakeVermilion Jun 2023 #2

There is a multi billion dollar industry selling golf gear including luggage for clothes and shoes Botany Jun 2023 #4

Only an absent-minded idiot such as TFIFG would keep personal stuff with top secret documents. ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2023 #3

But the Presidential Records Act says... kentuck Jun 2023 #5

I susoect Trump or his aides put personal stuff in those boxes to give an excuse. Lonestarblue Jun 2023 #6

Reminds me of this old meme ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #7