Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoRaskin Says Trump's Name Appears in the Unredacted Epstein Files Over One Million Times: Reportmeidasnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1404arrow-down14cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months ago Also, he can’t just “release the files”, it required an act of Congress to be released. I don’t think this is true. It only required Congress in this instance, because Trump was never going to do it unilaterally.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoI was told a president can declassify whatever they what just by thinking about it.
minus-squarenieminen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI believe that’s not necessarily the case with active investigation documents, that could easily muddy the legal process of an active case.
minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months ago Trump was never going to do it unilaterally. This was made clearly evident by the fact that even after an act of Congress, they still haven’t complied with the law compelling their release.
I don’t think this is true. It only required Congress in this instance, because Trump was never going to do it unilaterally.
I was told a president can declassify whatever they what just by thinking about it.
I believe that’s not necessarily the case with active investigation documents, that could easily muddy the legal process of an active case.
This was made clearly evident by the fact that even after an act of Congress, they still haven’t complied with the law compelling their release.