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Source: dornsife.usc.edu...
Mishandling classified information, especially if it is accidental, is usually handled as an administrative matter.
However, more serious violations can incur criminal charges and penalties.
Federal law (18 U.S. Code § 1924) states that anyone who “knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.”
Though classified information can be taken off the premises in the course of official duties, taking classified documents home is prohibited by executive order.
Discussions between Biden’s lawyers and special counsel Robert Hur’s office are focused on how, when and where the interview might take place, as well as the scope of the questions, these people said.
The back-and-forth suggests that the probe — now in its eighth month — may not be wrapping up imminently. But an interview with the person at the center of an investigation typically takes place near the end of the process.
Biden has pledged to cooperate “fully and completely” with the Justice Department’s investigation.
originally posted by: 1947boomer
a reply to: carewemust
So it sounds like you agree that Trump put U.S. National Security at Risk, by INTENTIONALLY removing and storing Secret and Top Secret "materials" in non-secure locations when he was a private citizen.
originally posted by: beyondknowledge2
a reply to: 1947boomer
But Trump was president and therefore able to legally declassify them. Biden at the time was not president. Do you see the difference?
originally posted by: beyondknowledge2
a reply to: 1947boomer
But Trump was president and therefore able to legally declassify them. Biden at the time was not president. Do you see the difference?
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: beyondknowledge2
a reply to: 1947boomer
But Trump was president and therefore able to legally declassify them. Biden at the time was not president. Do you see the difference?
But Trump and his lawyers do not claim that he declassified any of the documents he took with him to Mar-a-Lago. He said he COULD have declassified them when he was President; which is more or less true. But there is no evidence that he actually DID, and in the audio recording from the meeting he had with the authors in 2021 at his Bedminster golf course he admits that the document he is showing them is still highly classified.
Do you see the difference?
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: 1947boomer
a reply to: carewemust
So it sounds like you agree that Trump put U.S. National Security at Risk, by INTENTIONALLY removing and storing Secret and Top Secret "materials" in non-secure locations when he was a private citizen.
Were it not for his Jan 19th, 2021 Declassification Order (ref: trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov... / ) I might agree with you.
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: beyondknowledge2
a reply to: 1947boomer
But Trump was president and therefore able to legally declassify them. Biden at the time was not president. Do you see the difference?
But Trump and his lawyers do not claim that he declassified any of the documents he took with him to Mar-a-Lago. He said he COULD have declassified them when he was President; which is more or less true. But there is no evidence that he actually DID, and in the audio recording from the meeting he had with the authors in 2021 at his Bedminster golf course he admits that the document he is showing them is still highly classified.
Do you see the difference?
originally posted by: SwissMarked
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: beyondknowledge2
a reply to: 1947boomer
But Trump was president and therefore able to legally declassify them. Biden at the time was not president. Do you see the difference?
But Trump and his lawyers do not claim that he declassified any of the documents he took with him to Mar-a-Lago. He said he COULD have declassified them when he was President; which is more or less true. But there is no evidence that he actually DID, and in the audio recording from the meeting he had with the authors in 2021 at his Bedminster golf course he admits that the document he is showing them is still highly classified.
Do you see the difference?
There is evidence that the VICE PRESICENT couldn’t declassify jack squat and BIDEN should have never been in possession of any of the documents he had anywhere including but not limited to his garage next to his Vette… how about maybe sticking to the topic at hand for a change… 🤔
knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
originally posted by: Threadbare
a reply to: carewemust
knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
The law requires intent to be shown, which is something investigators seem to be struggling with. They couldn't prove it in Pence's case and as a result the case was dropped.
and in the audio recording from the meeting he had with the authors in 2021 at his Bedminster golf course he admits that the document he is showing them is still highly classified.