Calling out Trump BS
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:31 pm
Former President Donald Trump was chided by legal experts over the weekend for seemingly making up legislation that he stated had authorized him to take national security documents home to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
During a speech at the Turning Point Action conference in West Palm Beach on Saturday, Trump complained about his classified documents indictment and claimed, "whatever documents a president decides to take with him, he has the absolute and unquestioned right to do so."
"This was a law that was passed and signed," he added. "And it couldn't be more clear."
Legal experts quickly rejected Trump's claim.
"Nope. No such law exists. Period." wrote longtime Harvard legal scholar Laurence Tribe.
During a speech at the Turning Point Action conference in West Palm Beach on Saturday, Trump complained about his classified documents indictment and claimed, "whatever documents a president decides to take with him, he has the absolute and unquestioned right to do so."
"This was a law that was passed and signed," he added. "And it couldn't be more clear."
Legal experts quickly rejected Trump's claim.
"Nope. No such law exists. Period." wrote longtime Harvard legal scholar Laurence Tribe.