Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump has responded to his federal indictment the way he has responded to various other crises – with a blizzard of dishonesty.
Here is a fact check of 10 of the indictment-related claims Trump has made since the 37 federal charges against him were unsealed on Friday.
Trump and the Presidential Records ActTrump claimed in North Carolina that he had abided by the Presidential Records Act: “And we had a great – we had a wonderful operation, everything by the Presidential Records Act.”Facts First: This is false.
The Presidential Records Act says that all presidential records belong to the federal government the moment the president leaves office.
Margaret Kwoka, a law professor at The Ohio State University and an expert on information law, said in a Friday email that “any comparison between congressional records and presidential records is an apples-to-oranges comparison.
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Washington CNN, Records, FBI, Trump, Trump In, Justice Department, National Security Agency, National Archives, Records Administration, NARA, Presidential Records, Presidential, Mar, White, New York Times, Biden, University of Delaware, The Ohio State University, Biden –
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Georgia, North Carolina, Mar, Lago, United States, Florida, Delaware, Washington