Recent posts on his social media make it appear that Donald Trump is aware that he may face criminal prosecution.
Trump wrote to Truth Social:
Eric Holder/Obama protégé Special ‘Prosecutor’ Jack Smith (he’s not Jack Smith) says I’m different from other presidents in ‘box hoax’ (Mar-a-Lago raid) I haven’t found anything that did. Presidential Records Act, Clinton the fact that he is protected by the president in the Socks scandal and others. Now “Smith” is snooping on his PERFECT PHONE CALL I made to the Georgia Attorney General’s Office. It is my absolute right for a nation to challenge the results of a corrupt presidential election!
Trump’s post has a little bit of all the classics. Trump claims he did nothing wrong, and the boxes he stole and classified documents found in his office are hoaxes and wild remakes of the law. The Presidential Records Act does not protect former presidents from stealing classified information.
ex-president shouldn’t be joking Presidential Records Act “Because the Presidential Records Act (PRA) changed the legal status of the President’s and Vice President’s documents. Under the PRA, the official records of the president and his staff are owned by the United States, not by the president. ”
The Presidential Records Act does not mean what Trump thinks it means, and mentioning it is different from what Trump thinks.
The former president is attacking the special counsel for good reason. Smith appears to be putting together pieces of a broader Trump plot to overturn the election and potential crimes committed.
Trump is rumored to be spending time worrying about the investigation, and his attack on Smith was the first public indication that criminal charges were indeed possible.
Jason is the editor-in-chief. He is also a White House press pool and a congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a BA in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy with a specialization in the social reform movement.
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