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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trump on Tape w/ Classified Docs
Date: 06/01/23 7:02 PM
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Again, the criminal statute that Trump probably violated is 18 U.S. Code § 793. You can find a link at the bottom of my post - but in a nutshell, that section of the Code makes it a crime to refuse to give back national defense material that you possessed legally, when asked to return it by the government.

Neither Biden nor Clinton did that.


You're forgetting this one: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1924
(a)Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

That's both Biden and Hillary!. When do the trials start?

Biden and Clinton's behavior does not establish all of the elements of Section 1924 - although they retained documents at an unauthorized location, they both had the authority to remove the documents from their initial repositories (and there is no evidence of the requisite intent of willful and intentional (not negligent) mishandling of documents necessary to support criminal charges under various other statutes).

They most certainly DID NOT have said authority. As a Senator, Biden possessed no such authority and just about zero as Vice President. Hillary!, while cleared for some NO FORN material, did NOT have the authority to set up an unauthorized server and fling classified material around the internet.
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