A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.
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Dear People For supporter,

Last week, news broke that the National Archives & Records Administration
had to retrieve 15 boxes of official presidential records from Mar-a-Lago
– taken there in apparent violation of the Presidential Records Act of
1978.

Then later in the week it was revealed that some of these records were
marked “top secret” – the highest level of classified information for U.S.
Government documents.^[ [link removed] ]

[1]Click here to tell your Representative: we need a vigorous Oversight
Committee investigation into top secret documents removed to
Mar-a-Lago. >>

These actions, of course, represent the latest offenses in a longstanding
pattern of contempt for the rules by the Trump administration when it
comes to preserving official government records.^[ [link removed] ]

But we simply cannot dismiss such a clear and obvious violation of the
law. If the rule of law means anything, there must be consequences for
breaking it. And under Title 18, Section 2071 of the U.S. Code, anyone who
engages in the “unlawful removal or destruction of government records” is
subject to a fine, up to three years’ imprisonment, and having to “forfeit
his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United
States.”

[2]Click here to tell your Representative: This matter deserves full and
prompt investigation by the Oversight Committee. >>

While the work of the January 6 Select Committee proceeds in holding
accountable ALL those who engaged in seditious conspiracy to overthrow our
government last year, we must not lose sight of other violations of the
law committed in the final days of the Trump administration. So please
speak out and let your Representative in Congress know that this matter
deserves thorough investigation.

Thanks for your support of People For the American Way and for taking
action on this issue!

Sincerely,

Will, People For's Digital Team

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Sources:

1. "[ [link removed] ]Trump documents taken to Mar-a-Lago marked 'top secret:' report,"
The Hill, 02/10/22

1. "[ [link removed] ]Inside the long strange trip of Trump's classified records,"
Washington Post, 02/12/22

 

 

 


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