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In reply to the discussion: Have patience, children....this snowball is rolling downhill. [View all]Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)28. Congress Warns Donald Trump: Stop Deleting Your Tweets
Congress Warns Donald Trump: Stop Deleting Your Tweets
By doing so, Trump and his staff may be violating federal record keeping laws.
By Marina Fang
WASHINGTON ― When President Donald Trump or a member of his staff deletes a tweet, they may be violating federal law, two top congressmen warned the White House this week.
Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to White House counsel Don McGahn on Wednesday expressing concerns about the Trump administrations record keeping habits and its nontransparent use of social media and other forms of electronic communication.
One example the lawmakers cited is Trumps habit of misspelling and then deleting tweets, which they warned could pose a violation to the Presidential Records Act if the deleted tweets are not archived.
Many of the messages sent from these accounts are likely to be presidential records and therefore must be preserved, they wrote, referring to both Trumps personal @realDonaldTrump account and his official @POTUS account. It has been reported, however, that President Trump has deleted tweets, and if those tweets were not archived, it could pose a violation of the Presidential Records Act, Chaffetz and Cummings wrote in the letter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-tweets-archived_us_58c1a8d3e4b0d1078ca51126
By doing so, Trump and his staff may be violating federal record keeping laws.
By Marina Fang
WASHINGTON ― When President Donald Trump or a member of his staff deletes a tweet, they may be violating federal law, two top congressmen warned the White House this week.
Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to White House counsel Don McGahn on Wednesday expressing concerns about the Trump administrations record keeping habits and its nontransparent use of social media and other forms of electronic communication.
One example the lawmakers cited is Trumps habit of misspelling and then deleting tweets, which they warned could pose a violation to the Presidential Records Act if the deleted tweets are not archived.
Many of the messages sent from these accounts are likely to be presidential records and therefore must be preserved, they wrote, referring to both Trumps personal @realDonaldTrump account and his official @POTUS account. It has been reported, however, that President Trump has deleted tweets, and if those tweets were not archived, it could pose a violation of the Presidential Records Act, Chaffetz and Cummings wrote in the letter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-tweets-archived_us_58c1a8d3e4b0d1078ca51126
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but while they are putting together the jigsaw we are losing every shred of progress
demtenjeep
Mar 2017
#2
this story is either the world's biggest scandal or the world's biggest over-hyped nothingburgers
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#18
As the Republicans proved with Benghazi, Whitewater, Fast & Furious, and a dozen other things...
TrollBuster9090
Mar 2017
#23
it's amazing and depressing how much mileage the GOP got out of their bullshit scandals
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#37
The fishy shit IS the scandal. The question is whether or not it will be handled.
Schema Thing
Mar 2017
#51
true... I guess I meant more specifically if it leads to concrete crimes that were broken
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#60
and it has not even been TWO MONTHS since inaug. day. things are speeding!
NRaleighLiberal
Mar 2017
#19
Yes, I don't want this to be over with quickly. I want it to drag on for at least a year, giving
TrollBuster9090
Mar 2017
#24
Yes, I like to look on Trump as a political LAXATIVE. (On the subject of constitutions.)
TrollBuster9090
Mar 2017
#26
When Rump goes down we all need to go to Washington DC and force a new election
flamingdem
Mar 2017
#52
As I understand U.S. Constitutional procedures, only Congress can do something about this
Texin
Mar 2017
#56
And even if the best of all possible outcomes happens....they still stole the election
LiberalLovinLug
Mar 2017
#57
The Democratic Party's problem is it has failed to communicate clearly. Nearly all of its positions
Doodley
Mar 2017
#77
You really think congressional republicans are going to vote to impeach Donald
briv1016
Mar 2017
#71