Trump Says He Magically Transformed Classified War Plans Into Personal Records, Demands Dismissal Of Docs Case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : His minion Kash Patel even claimed to have been present when Trump laid hands on the documents and rendered them personal property.
46% : "Both pleadings work from the premise that Trump somehow transformed dozens of top secret and classified documents into personal records before stuffing them in his luggage and stomping off to Florida.
45% : By this logic, Trump was entitled to pocket the entire national security archive and sell it to Putin, a maximalist claim which is functionally equivalent to the "SEAL Team 6" argument Trump's lawyers made to the DC Circuit.
42% : "President Trump is pursuing further review of that erroneous decision, including en banc review if allowed, and review in the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary," they sniff.
34% : Tom Fitton, the spandex-shirted head of Judicial Watch, convinced Trump that Socks means no court can ever question a president's designation of a record as personal.
27% : 2d 288 (D.D.C. 2012), AKA "The Socks Case," AKA "The Clinton Socks Case," AKA "The Sock Drawer Case," AKA "That Ruling That Trump's Been Yelling About For Two Years Because Tom Fitton Said
27% : In Socks, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the PRA didn't give her the authority to order the National Archives (NARA) to seize tapes made by Bill Clinton for his biographer Taylor Branch.
26% : These arguments reductio themselves ad absurdum, but that hasn't stopped Trump from making them.
23% : Last night, Donald Trump dropped four motions to dismiss the Florida documents case on the public docket, plus at least three more under seal.
22% : And while we're on the subject, Trump is charged with violating the Espionage Act and obstructing justice -- not violating the PRA.

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