Rust_Cohle
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Wrong. Its been 2 years since Trump left office. Now read from the actual law. Trump has 3 years to move them to the Archives (5 years total) and he'll be back in office by then so he can opt to wait til then end of his next term. If anyone broke procedure it was DoJ as they didn't follow procedure and instead raided Trump after already being there in June.It doesn't matter who maintains it, it still is subject to the freedom of information act.
archives.gov/presidential-libraries/laws/1978-act.html
- Establishes public ownership of all Presidential records and defines the term Presidential records.
- Establishes in law that any incumbent Presidential records (whether textual or electronic) held on courtesy storage by the Archivist remain in the exclusive legal custody of the President and that any request or order for access to such records must be made to the President, not NARA
- Establishes a process by which the President may restrict and the public may obtain access to these records after the President leaves office; specifically, the PRA allows for public access to Presidential records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) beginning five years after the end of the Administration, but allows the President to invoke as many as six specific restrictions to public access for up to twelve years.
- Establishes procedures for Congress, courts, and subsequent Administrations to obtain “special access” to records from NARA that remain closed to the public, following a privilege review period by the former and incumbent Presidents; the procedures governing such special access requests continue to be governed by the relevant provisions of E.O. 13489.
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