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Mark Elias, the top attorney for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, said Monday that former President Trump is eligible to run again at the White House in 2024 following an FBI raid on his Florida residence. said it could lose
FBI agents Monday executed a search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property for classified documents allegedly taken from the White House when Trump stepped down as president in 2021. government official.
This has Elias citing US Code Title 18, Section 2071 to highlight that Trump may be barred from seeking public office again. .
Elias tweeted, “The media is missing a really, really big reason why today’s raid could be a big hit in American politics.
Trump says Marlago home ‘under siege’ in Florida by FBI agents
Elias points to a passage from Title 18, United States Code, Section 2071, which states, “Whoever keeps such records, minutes, maps, books, documents, papers, or anything else willfully and unlawfully shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both, and shall lose his or her position; shall be disqualified from serving under the United States.”
But legal challenges could complicate efforts to prevent Trump from running again under the code, Elias noted in a follow-up tweet.
“Yes, I am aware of the legal ramifications of applying this law to the president (since eligibility is constitutional). The idea that it will not, in my view, is a “blockbuster” of American politics,” he wrote.
The Presidential Records Act of 1978 requires the Office of the President to retain certain documents.
Fifteen boxes of presidential records removed from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year contain classified national security documents, according to the National Archives.
Republicans accuse DOJ of “weaponizing” after Trump’s Marlago raid by FBI.Democrats call it ‘accountability’
The agency also asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the former president violated federal law in his handling of records.
“because [the National Archives and Records Administration] NARA staff are in contact with the Department of Justice because they identified the classified information in the box,” then-U.S. archivist David Ferriero wrote in a letter to Congress.
Trump issued a statement on Monday, announcing a house search by the FBI and accusing the federal government of searching his property.
Former Trump Official Michael Caputo Condemns FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid: ‘Genuine Constitutional Crisis’
“This has never happened to a U.S. president before,” Trump said. “Working with relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was neither necessary nor appropriate.” .”
“It’s prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the judicial system, and an attack by the far-left Democrats, who, based in particular on recent polls, desperately want me to run for president in 2024, as well. We will do anything to block the elections with Republicans and Conservatives in the next midterm elections,” he continued, adding, “Such an attack can only happen in a broken third world country.”
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During his tenure, Trump regularly flushed Oval Office papers down the White House toilet, according to a forthcoming book by Maggie Haberman of The New York Times. .