A new memo from the Justice Department says President Donald Trump no longer has to follow a Watergate-era law barring him from holding on to presidential records when he leaves office.

It is the latest action by the administration to stymie transparency, government watchdog groups say, and yet another Trump swipe at the National Archives after its role in prompting the criminal case he faced for allegedly mishandling national defense materials.

The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel – which gives legal advice to the executive branch – issued an opinion Thursday that said the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional.

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    The absolute-fools who believe that “democracy” somehow controls the Trump highjacking-of-the-US in-progress … one can only hope that they get to realize they have responsibility, before they die.

    Because others will be paying, with their lives, when the dictatorship goes full-ON.


    It is just the last 2-3 days, seeing the nauseating sycophancy of Trump’s people to him, that finally, after 6 decades I notice something that should have been obvious, before…

    Sycophancy IS RELIGIOSITY, just with a different focus!!

    Why the hell didn’t I clue-in that they’re the same fundamental-substance, only with different-focus, before??

    Religiosity is sycophancy towards “god”, normal-sycophancy is itself.

    They’re both phony, they’re both cloying, they’re both concerned with seeming devout, they’re both concerned with making process that displaces objectivity … they’re fundamentally unitary!

    No wonder Zen was my gateway into AwakeSoulism/Buddhism, before I discovered the technical-challenge of inner-mountaineering, the earning-of-realizations…

    See all for what it actually-is!

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