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Judges set to stomp Trump’s claim that docs are 'his property’
What happened
AlterNet, citing Politico, reports that a D.C. Circuit panel appeared deeply skeptical on Friday of the Trump administration’s argument that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional. Judges Patricia Millett and Cornelia Pillard pressed Justice Department attorney John Bailey over the claim that official presidential papers belong to the president. The panel had not ruled at the time of the report.
The 1978 law makes presidential records public property and establishes access for Congress, law enforcement, and eventually the public. Bailey acknowledged that, without the…
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