THREAD: Trump’s brief in opposition to the Motion for Stay helps frame what I see as THE key question. (Assuming there was no obstruction, which given DOJ’s leaks I think is far assumption.) 1/
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) September 12, 2022
3/ Presidential Records are specifically defined as follows and excludes BOTH “personal records” AND “official records of an agency.” pic.twitter.com/MOmAbxgUIH
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) September 12, 2022
5/ So, here’s the interesting part from today’s filing: Trump’s team argues all of the records at issue are EITHER Presidential records or personal records. But why isn’t it possible that instead they are “federal records?” Well, they can’t be logically because they would be pic.twitter.com/twqlWA2uQO
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) September 12, 2022
7/ The question I’ve said was key from day one was were these “copies”–they must have been unless they were Presidential or personal records. So, while at first I thought “umm, no, they could be federal records,” is wrong: The question is are they Presidential or personal.
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) September 12, 2022
9/9 there was no crime, so they had to create one. (And this discussion assumes some were still classified).
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) September 12, 2022