Donald Trump is citing the 'Clinton Sock Drawer' legal case to argue he had the right to take the classified documents. What is the case, and is it relevant? See perspectives and analysis across the spectrum from WSJopinion, Reuters, and PolitiFact:
The Clinton Sock Case:
Clinton was interviewed 79 times during his presidency by historian Taylor Branch. These interviews were recorded by the White House, and Clinton reportedly kept the tapes in a sock drawer and took them when he left office. In 2010, the conservative non-profit organization Judicial Watch sued the National Archives and Records Administration in an effort to get the tapes classified as presidential records.
that “NARA does not have the authority to designate materials as ‘Presidential records,’ NARA does not have the tapes in question, and NARA lacks any right, duty, or means to seize control of them.”
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