Civilized said:caryking said:You would think…Packchem91 said:But surely any admin should be able to quickly and readily demonstrate when, where and how the POTUS declared documents non-con, right?caryking said:Civilized said:Steve Videtich said:
I guess it goes back to my question regarding Trumps rhetoric toward Hillary. It could be viewed as a political hit. If you don't think Trump will be brought up on charges, it only leaves 2 conclusions. 1. He did nothing wrong. 2. This is all politically motivated.
A third obvious potential conclusion is that they investigate and end up with the exact same result they did with Hillary (and I think this is the likeliest outcome for Trump since it's the most common outcome of these cases generally).
Trump could be found to have been very careless and negligent with processes and document security, but not to the extent that warrant criminal charges.
In that case he and Hillary clearly did do many things wrong, but those things don't meet the bar for criminal charges.
I'm not sure what type of statute is there for record keeping process. I'm sure there should be a process, outlined by the each administration; however, I'm not sure the process has been set in law.
And the inability to do so, should reflect poorly on whomever the POTUS is.
That said, as I understand it, the President can "Wave his Hand" over a stack of documents and make them declassified. So, if the staff isn't keeping up with a process, then that's on them. I've said it before, this hs nothing to do with these documents. It's EXACTLY the same thing as the Russiagate ordeal!
Cary if Presidents aren't responsible for the actions of their staff then Hillary's not responsible for her staffer deleting the 30,000 emails.
Hillary didn't have the power to declassify documents.