Ep 33 What's Going On With Trump and the Presidential Records Act?
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We are back and talking about how former President Trump violated the Presidential Records Act of 1978. The reason this act was necessary explains everything about how deeply troubling Trump's behavior has been with these top secret documents.
Primary sources for topics in the episode:
TED Talk about "being wrong": https://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong?language=en
Presidential Records Act (1978): https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/13500
PRA breakdown: https://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/laws/1978-act.html
Nixon cash payments to keep Watergate connections secret: https://www.history.com/news/watergate-scandal-timeline-nixon
Alexander Butterfield testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeQXopJ5U-Q
Nixon/Frost interview: https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/transcript-of-david-frosts-interview-with-richard-nixon/
SCIF specs: https://www.secomllc.com/blog/4-things-you-didnt-know-about-sensitive-compartmented-information-facilities/
Republicans violate SCIF protocol: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-impeachments-ukraine-europe-a089ddade65f42978c45147aa4ec2dca
Trump Putin meetings with no notes: https://apnews.com/article/4ed570777ad04395832ab25e941d872f
Automatic declassification guidelines (DOJ): https://www.justice.gov/archives/open/declassification/declassification-faq
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