- Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:18 am
#136513
“[T]he Presidential records of a former President shall be available to such former President or the former President’s designated representative.” 44 U.S.C. § 2205(3).
It doesn’t matter whether his presidential records are national-defense information or marked classified.
That is why Congress funds the Office of the Former President, with secure office space, staff with clearances, and Secret Services protection.
Former presidents don’t get to access any classified or national-defense information they want.
But they have an absolute statutory right to access their presidential records, even if the government owns them.
And former presidents can share their presidential records with their designated representatives.
Media outlets believe a former President of the United States (somehow) commits “espionage” for simply retaining copies of his personal or presidential records.
It does not seem so, but future legal rulings will prove interesting."
It doesn’t matter whether his presidential records are national-defense information or marked classified.
That is why Congress funds the Office of the Former President, with secure office space, staff with clearances, and Secret Services protection.
Former presidents don’t get to access any classified or national-defense information they want.
But they have an absolute statutory right to access their presidential records, even if the government owns them.
And former presidents can share their presidential records with their designated representatives.
Media outlets believe a former President of the United States (somehow) commits “espionage” for simply retaining copies of his personal or presidential records.
It does not seem so, but future legal rulings will prove interesting."