Trump's lawsuit seeking to have classified documents returned to him appears to include admissions that the documents do not actually belong to him, but to the federal government.
The legal filing from former President Donald Trump’s lawyers this week seeking to have classified documents removed from his Mar-a-Lago estate returned to him appears to include arguments that are admissions from him that the documents do not actually belong to him, but to the federal government.
Among the many claims Trump is making in his lawsuit seeking the documents’ return, he is saying that. Such an argument suggests that the classified material emanated from the executive branch of the federal government, rather than from him personally. “If he’s acknowledging that he’s in possession of documents that would have any colorable claim of executive privilege, those are by definition presidential records and belong at the National Archives,”Although former presidents have some limited ways to claim executive privilege, ultimately only the current president — in this case, President Joe Biden —Such an argument by Trump’s lawyers is an improper one for them to be making in this case, Rangappa said, and one that inadvertently suggests...
Trump’s legal motion is asking for a special master to look through the documents before investigators do. Such a figure, usually a former judge, would examine evidence to determine if any types of privilege should preclude investigators from looking at the documents.is already reviewing records to determine if there is privileged material
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