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Yeah, I'm not surprised if Trump didn't follow proper procedures. Disdain for proper procedures is very on-brand. But the PRA [1] doesn't appear to contain any

Yeah, I'm not surprised if Trump didn't follow proper procedures. Disdain for proper procedures is very on-brand. But the PRA [1] doesn't appear to contain any penalties. What happens when someone disobeys a law that doesn't specify a penalty? (One section, 2209, does specify a penalty for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts, but that penalty is limited to suspension or reduction in pay, and doesn't apply to the President, only his staff.) I suspect that all they can do based on the PRA is take the records, and we won't see any further action based on that. 1: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/chapter-22 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/chapter-22

croon 4y ago
> Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. > Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2012-title18/html/USCODE-2012-title18-partI-chap101.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2012-title18/html...