A federal appeals court panel was deeply skeptical of the president on Friday. that of Donald Trump effort to invalidate the Watergate-era law that governs presidential records — and played a central role in the criminal charges he faced for hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
Two D.C. Circuit panel judges sharply questioned Justice Department lawyer John Bailey about the administration’s assertion that the Presidential Records Act, a federal law intended to ensure that presidential records are retained by the government, is unconstitutional. This position, legal experts warn, gives Asset latitude to destroy or refuse to turn over White House records from his current term.
Friday, Obama’s nominations Patricia Millet And Cornelia Pillard said the administration’s hardline stance — that presidents own their official records — could lead to absurd, even dangerous, results.
“Can the president then offer on eBay to sell all of our national security secrets to the highest bidder?” Millet asked, adding that according to the administration, “they are its property.”
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