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It makes the concealment, removal or mutilation of government records a felony, punishable up to three years in prison. the washington post is reporting that white house staff struggled to deal with donald trump constantly committing the crime of mutilating federal documents by ripping them up. quote, the ripping was so relentless that trump s team implemented protocols to try to ensure he was abiding by the presidential records act to typically aides would come in behind trump to retrieve the piles of corn paper left in his wake. and then staffers from white house offers a records are generally responsible for jigsaw in the documents back together, using clear tape. he didn t want a record of anything, a former senior trump official said, he never stopped wrapping things up. do you really think trump is going to care about the records act? come on. joining us now, daniel who served as house impeachment for ....
Jigsaw in the documents back together, using clear tape. he didn t want a record of anything, a former senior trump official said, he never stopped wrapping things up. do you really think trump is going to care about the records act? come on. joining us now, daniel who served as house impeachment for the majority of council during the first impeachment trial of donald trump. he is a former assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york in the msnbc legal contributor. daniel, this federal records act is something that we have reports and they were constantly repeating to the president the elements of this law. what is your reaction to this latest reporting about not just wrapping up about the documents, that is mutilating them which is against the law. ....
The moment. that is not about his guitar skills, or his downhill skiing skills. this morning s washington post describes the former president of chauvin with shredding paper, including briefings, schedules, articles, memos both sensitive and mundane, all in violation of the presidential records act. it adds quote, the ripping was so relentless, that trump team implemented protocols to try to assure that he was abiding by the presidential records act. aides from either the office or the staff secretary or the oval office operations team would come in behind trump, to retrieve the piles of torn paper that he left in his wake. then, staffers from the white house office of records management were generally responsible for jigsaw-ing the documents back together, using clear tape. this is important, and a timely new reporting as the former president s documents are set to open up the elect committee of the january 6th attack for ....