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Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978
The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978, 44 U.S.C. ß2201-2209, governs the official records of Presidents and Vice Presidents that were created or received after January 20, 1981 (i.e., beginning with the Reagan Administration). The PRA changed the legal ownership of the official records of...
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The presidential records act keeps the National Archive from releasing any presidential records for the first 5 years. And gives the president and the ex-president the right to invoke claims of executive privilege over PRA documents in the hands of the National Archives.
The current documents seized by the FBI and in the hands of the FBI, which being in the executive branch, the supreme court gave the current president sole authority over invoking executive privilege over executive branch records.
In brief, Trump has executive privilege over the records he turned over to the National Archives, but Biden has executive privilege over the records Trump failed to turn over to the National Archives. Which makes a special master moot when it comes to determining executive privilege over the documents seized by the FBI.