Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records

[demmiblue]

Source: Axios

President Trump's Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring presidential records to be turned over to the government is unconstitutional, a senior White House official tells Axios.

Why it matters: The finding is an indication Trump will be reluctant to give all of his official records to the National Archives at the end of his term, as presidents have done for nearly a half-century under the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

The law, passed in the post-Watergate era as a hedge against government corruption, states that every official record regarding a president's decisions or policies belongs to the U.S. government, not the president.

Trump has shown that he disagrees with the law.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2026/04/01/trump-doj-presidential-records-act-national-archives

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[hlthe2b]

1. Yeah. We'll see about that, little blonde bimbo and your personal Trump-kissing Assistant AG flunkie

[BootinUp]

2. This too will fail.

[MLWR]

3. "Trump has shown that he disagrees with the law."

He disagrees with most laws, particularly when he decides he's going to violate them. And the DOJ is not the body in our government that decides whether or not a law is constitutional.

[usonian]

4. A "readability" built-in or extension gets the text.

Ssssssh

https://pastebin.com/raw/dxfw3CUT

Otherwise, use an archiver like archive.ph

[LiberalArkie]

5. That is kind of what Nixon thought, but back then the Republicans in the DOJ and Congress were Americans and not

loyal to Russia or Israel.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

6. Disagreement with the law

is no excuse.

[Buddyzbuddy]

7. Is it just me or didn't they used to refer to

the A.G.'s (insert name) Justice Dept..

It's possible I don't recall. It's so irritating hearing T....'s Generals, T....'s whatever. It's the American peoples Whitehouse, our Justice Dept., etc.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. The Dow is at 50,000. Why won't you talk about that? NT

[PSPS]

12. You left out the noun "dollars"

[Ford_Prefect]

9. The only part of this that's unconstitutional is DJT's ignorance of the law.

Bonding don't mean sh## in the real world.

[Marie Marie]

10. Turn over documents? Didn't he already get away with stashing documents all over

his public "house" - classified no less. Why would he not do it again , this time knowing that he can get away with anything.

[sakabatou]

11. Can someone say, "cover-up"?

[Beartracks]

13. I believe Elon said it best: "Only the fraudsters complain."