The National Archives has publicly identified the records Trump is trying to withhold from 1/6 commi

[Nevilledog]

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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
EXPLOSIVE late-night court filing fomr National Archives details what Trump is trying to block the Jan. 6 committee from obtaining.

They include "daily presidential diaries, schedules, appointments showing White House visitors, activity logs" and records of calls to Trump/Pence.
10:27 PM · Oct 29, 2021

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1454319078785617923?refresh=1635608594


https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/30/call-logs-speech-drafts-among-records-trump-is-trying-to-block-from-jan-6-investigators-517796

Donald Trump is seeking to prevent Jan. 6 investigators from accessing daily presidential diaries, drafts of election-related speeches, logs of his phone calls, handwritten notes and files of top aides, the National Archives revealed in a Saturday morning court filing.

According to the National Archives, the former president has sought to block about 750 pages out of nearly 1,600 identified by officials as relevant to the Jan. 6 investigation. Among them are hundreds of pages from “multiple binders of the former press secretary [Kayleigh McEnany] which is made up almost entirely of talking points and statements related to the 2020 election,” according to the court filing.

The filing details are the clearest indication yet of what Trump is trying to withhold from congressional investigators seeking information about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and his activities on the day that a mob of violent Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and disrupted the peaceful transfer of power.

The National Archives indicated that many files were drawn from the systems of key Trump aides including former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, adviser Stephen Miller and deputy counsel Patrick Philbin.

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[Grasswire2]

1. you did it more nicely than I did at midnight.

A few early comments.

[link:http://tps://democraticunderground.com/100215996988|

[Nevilledog]

2. Weird.....that link won't open for me

[liberalla]

3. Is this the link you're directing to?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215996988

Appears to be a typo...

P.S. those are some great links and comments. Thanks!

[ancianita]

4. Thanks to both of you. This is news that should be front and center for the rest of the year.

[dlk]

5. Smoking gun...

[FakeNoose]

6. These are already public records, am I right?

Doesn't that mean they're already available to the public?
I don't get how Chump could be able to block access to these.

[KPN]

8. I don't either. He's filed a lawsuit but I haven't heard

anythigabouttheNat Archives having actually been enjoined from releasing those public records pending a ruling on the suit. Is the Nat Archives just being “cautious”?

[onenote]

17. They are not "public" records in the sense that anyone has access to them.

Pursuant to the Presidential Records Act, the records are owned by the "public" but there are a detailed set of procedures and rules governing when and how anyone can get access to them.
https://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/laws/1978-act.html

[Takket]

7. here's why he doesn't want the diaries getting out there......

we'll know what he actually did all day for "executive time"

it will be a combination of treason, pooping, and watching Fox news.

[groundloop]

11. .... eating cheeseburders, practicing golf......

[lastlib]

25. I can envision a little putting green next to his golden toilet........

A pathetic little man.

[eggplant]

28. So he can practice his putz.

[Martin68]

9. They give away important information when they block the release of relevant records.

If they are trying to prevent it from being seen, then it must be seen!

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. Yes! Rachel last night mentioned that very problem..."The Streisand effect"

[Historic NY]

12. What more do they need to release them, let him sue,

he has no standing, that is how the loser has led his life suing people into submission. By the time this see's a court he could be morta.

[onenote]

20. Per the Supreme Court and an act of Congress, he absolutely has standing

That doesn't mean he will succeed in blocking the disclosure, but the law as to his standing is clear.


See Nixon v GSA:

"it is argued, such claims may be asserted only by incumbents who are presently responsible to the American people for their action. We reject the argument that only an incumbent President may assert such claims, and hold that appellant, as a former President, may also be heard to assert them."

The Court went on to say:"we think that the Solicitor General states the sounder view, and we adopt it:

"This Court held in United States v. Nixon . . . that the privilege is necessary to provide the confidentiality required for the President's conduct of office. Unless he can give his advisers some assurance of confidentiality, a President could not expect to receive the full and frank submissions of facts and opinions upon which effective discharge of his duties depends. The confidentiality necessary to this exchange cannot be measured by the few months or years between the submission of the information and the end of the President's tenure; the privilege is not for the benefit of the President as an individual, but for the benefit of the Republic. Therefore the privilege survives the individual President's tenure."

See also the detailed rules governing disclsoure:
https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/presidential-records.html#2204

[TygrBright]

13. Do NOT piss off a librarian. That goes double for archivists. n/t

[Pepsidog]

14. Leak it all! Is anyone worried that Garland will prosecute ?

[UTUSN]

15. K&R

[Wounded Bear]

16. Sounds like a lot of shit that should have been out there all along...

[LymphocyteLover]

27. yes, these seem like public records to me

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Get it out there. Tens of millions already don't care a wit. Other tens of millions will call it

fake news whatever the records show. Deplorable and dangerous. They need a dose of reality fast and clear.

[LiberalFighter]

19. Go after Stephen Miller

[SheltieLover]

21. K&R!

[INdemo]

22. With the 6 Fascists on the Supreme court I think they will eventually rule

in Trumps favor and Congress will have to do without the files.

[NJCher]

23. Jim Acosta covered this today

If you have access to the program, it's well worth the watch.

[Cha]

24. Rt TY!

[Hekate]

26. KnR