Trump and the Presidential Order Act

 Let me add one more thing to this whole Trump and his possession of top secret documents fiasco.

Trump claims that he can declassify a top secret document just by thinking about it. OK. Let's say that Trump thought about declassifying our nation's most secret documents, and ~poof~ they're all declassified. They are now no longer secret. Not our nuclear capabilities. Not the locations of our nuke submarines. None of it. What Trump thinks is more important. Got it.

That doesn't change a thing. Nothing. They are NOT HIS DOCUMENTS. All records and other documents belong to the American public. All of them. Classified or not, it doesn't matter. Regardless of what they are, the Presidential Records Act is very clear who they belong to.

"The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records". Ownership. Possession. And control. Not Trump. The United States. Specifically, the Archivist.

"The Archivist shall deposit all such Presidential records in a Presidential archival depository or another archival facility operated by the United States."

This is all pretty cut and dried, folks. There is no legalize. No gobbledy-gook. No double speak. It is so plain that even the Donald can understand it.

As to why they were stored in Mar-a-Lago in hallways, basements, and bathrooms is anyone's guess. If he sold any information to our enemies, we do not know.

All of your MAGA people were well warned, years in advance. That you chose to support this guy is all on you. That many of you continue to support this guy to this day is totally baffling to me.

Nixon famously said "I am not a crook". Trump is saying the same thing.