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read the indictment: Trump ceased to be presidentYou misstate the case.
The issue in the DocGates case isn't "whether his handling of classified information is a felony" doesn't state it correctly. The later use of "...the President, having absolute" indicates the time frame is while he was President.
There are multiple issues in the DocGates case as described in the indictment which include:
- Mishandling of classified information AFTER leaving the Office of President.
- Obstruction of Justice in failure to return said documents after official notification of responsible government officers (embodied in the NARA and FBI) per 18USC793(e) AFTER leaving the Office of President.
- Conspiracy to obstruct justice in failure to comply with the subpoena issued by a Federal Court for their return by actively plotting the relocation of documents to prevent their accounting AFTER leaving the Office of President.
- And now we have conspiracy and obstruction in attempting to destroy evidence such as the security videos all of which is AFTER leaving the Office of President.
And just to be clear, the above statement is not the issue. There is no doubt that as President POTUS#45 could have loaded pallets of documents and sent them to MAL prior to noon on January 20, 2021.
The issue is change over time. At noon on January 20, 2021 POTUS#45 became FPOTUS#45 and at that point in time no longer had authorization to have the documents in question at his private residence.
If he had returned them when asked by the NARA, NARA & FBI, and/or fully complied with the federal subpoena demanding their return, there would be no case against FPOTUS#45. Instead his, alleged, actions were to conspire and obstruct to return of government property leading to his current legal troubles.
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“As president, Trump had lawful access to the most sensitive classified documents and national defense information gathered and owned by the United States government,” a federal indictment unsealed Friday states in its opening sentences. “At 12:00 PM on January 20, 2021, Trump ceased to be president” and was no longer “authorized to possess or retain those classified documents.”
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