"I Have the Right to Take Stuff."

[Kid Berwyn]

‘I Have the Right to Take Stuff’:

Trump Assures Hannity He’d Take Government Documents After Host Tells Him He Wouldn’t

Story by Michael Luciano
Mediaite • Yesterday 9:54 PM

Snip…

“I’ve known you for decades,” Hannity said to Trump during an interview on Monday night on Fox News. “I can’t imagine you ever saying, ‘Bring me some of the boxes that we brought back from the White House. I’d like to look at them.’ Did you ever do that?”

“I would have the right to do that,” Trump responded. “There’s nothing wrong with it.”

“But I know you,” Hannity said. “I don’t think you would do it.”

Trump replied by disabusing Hannity of the idea he wouldn’t do that by telling him, yes, he would.

“I don’t have a lot of time, but I would have the right to do that,” he said. “I would do that.”

“All right, let me move on,” Hannity said, trying to steer Trump away from the topic.

Continues…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-have-the-right-to-take-stuff-trump-assures-hannity-he-d-take-government-documents-after-host-tells-him-he-wouldn-t/ar-AA199xhH

[mobeau69]

1. Afraid to say flat out he didn't because he fears there may be evidence that he did.

The gig’s up traitor. We know your worn out MO.

[Kid Berwyn]

5. The Perfect Agent

Does what he’s told and then can’t talk about it because by the time he finishes a sentence he can’t remember the subject and what he’s lying about.

[Wednesdays]

2. Betcha Jack Smith is taking notes...

[Kid Berwyn]

6. I hope the Agonizer's fully charged.

[claudette]

3. Pretty soon he'll hear

"you have the right to remain silent!" Wish it were now. I'm SO sick of listening to his nonsense.

[Kid Berwyn]

11. Once in jail, he'll lose his status.

In old time Western movies, the sheriff wants to lock up the worst crook in order to demotivate the rest of the gang.



When that great day comes, the visual will be sore powerful.

[claudette]

14. You said it!!!

And I agree 100%👍😊

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. Jack Smith will have fun with this exchange.

One of the motives for stealing and hiding the documents is right there for the picking. It couldn't be easier. WTF is Hannity doing? He's acting as if he's Trump's worst enemy, and Trump seems unfazed by his admission.

Just roll down the screen and show the clip in Court, Jack. You may as well grab a bagel and some cream cheese while you and the jury watch the show.

[Kid Berwyn]

21. That's it, precisely. Poor Hannity does look like he's got MAGA on his mind.

Poor bastard is shaking in his Crocs, like he just found Dip’s missing portrait in the trunk of his Daimler.

[William Seger]

7. Trump thinks he's above the law, Republicans agree, so...

... let's make him the most powerful person on Earth again and see what happens? That's gonna be the 2024 pitch?

Looks like it.

[William Seger]

9. One of my favorite cartoons from TFG's FIRST year in office:

[Wounded Bear]

20. Ok, that got a chuckle...

[republianmushroom]

8. 26 months and counting

[moreland01]

10. Nixon?

Turns out that the government did indeed pay $18M to Nixon's attorneys, the Nixon estate and his family because of documents that the government didn't turn over. I'd like to understand more about that and how it relates to trump. I suspect that it had something to do with the classification on the materials that trump took. They weren't his personal papers, notes, records, etc. Not to mention, Nixon's documents were retained because of the ongoing Watergate investigation. The Nixon's wanted that stuff back after Nixon died.

https://www.saratogian.com/2000/06/13/nixon-estate-to-get-18m-for-papers/

That's just one link. If you Google "Did the government give $18M to the Nixon estate?", there are lots of stories on it. I had no idea.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. For the Secret Tapes

They’re worth a fortune and Uncle Sam paid up big in 2000.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CIV
MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2000

[phone]
WWW.USDOJ.GOV

TDD [phone]

GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OVER

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL PAPERSo

WASHINGTON, DC - The government has reached a settlement agreement to pay former President Richard Nixon's estate $18 million for his presidential papers, tape recordings and other materials, the Justice Department announced today. In 1992, a federal court of appeals had ruled that the estate was entitled to be paid the fair value of those materials. The Nixon family at one point had asked that the papers be sold to the United States for up to $35 million plus 25 years of interest, which would have brought the asking price to more than $200 million.

"It's our belief that presidential papers belong to all the American people," said David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Department's Civil Division. "This settlement brings to a close 20 years of litigation surrounding President Nixon's papers. Given the Court of Appeals decision, this is a fair resolution for the American taxpayer."

The Nixon papers and tapes were acquired by the government under a law enacted by Congress in 1974, to prevent the destruction of any "Watergate" related material. In 1978 Congress enacted the Presidential Records Act to ensure that the papers of all future Presidents are the property of the American public. The Nixon papers are located and will remain at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland.

In 1991, the federal district court in Washington, D.C. agreed with the government that the materials were not Mr. Nixon's private property, but that decision was overturned a year later by the U.S. Court of Appeals, which sent the case back for a determination of how much the 44 million documents, 950 secret tapes, and other materials were worth. Last year, after a five-month trial, the district court took the matter under advisement.

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https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2000/June/336civ.htm

Remember, IOKIYAR.

[moreland01]

19. It's just mind bogling

that a public servant (elected official) can be paid with taxpayer money for records that are the domain of the government anyway. WTH? Why wouldn't they all just belong to the government to begin with?

[orthoclad]

12. He took a million lives

at the corner of 5th and Covid.

Why shouldn't he believe he can get away with anything?

He always has.

[Duppers]

16. Indeed! 👍

+100

[GoCubsGo]

15. Trump always makes things worse for Trump.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

17. Hannity spoon feeding him gibberish is a sign of insanity.

Both of them are a cancer on the country.

[Warpy]

18. Laws don't apply to rich guys

That's really the bottom line, along with socializing the bailouts while privatizing all the profits.

I'm sick of these assholes.