Subj : Re: Blunt says that Trump
To   : Mike Powell
From : Rebecca Marie
Date : Fri Sep 09 2022 14:41:00

-=> Mike Powell wrote to JEFF THIELE <=-

 MP> But they do control when they react.  Trump could have turned them
 MP> over, and the fact that he didn't turn them over a long time ago should
 MP> have made it obvious to Archives, the DOJ, and the FBI that he was not

The factor that you keep apparently refusing to take into account is that
we're talking about a former President of the United States. This isn't
like Harry in accounting having a document. The FBI would've knocked down
Harry's door the next day. But before you level any charges against a
former President, you have to make sure you have all your Is dotted, your
Ts crossed, and you have a *ton* of evidence.

 MP> Then again, this is the same FBI who tracks potentially dangerous
 MP> persons but then does nothing until they've actually shot up a bunch of
 MP> people.

 I am not certain that you know how law enforcement or the justice
 department operates...

 > things. Additionally, he was given ample time to turn over all of the
 > documents. He didn't.

 MP> He was given more than ample time... too much time.

You are exactly right with that statement, but not for the reason you
think.

 MP> about it?  No, because waiting that two years for *you* to "give
 MP> yourself up" or return the documents would not produce any political
 MP> result.

 MP> I *know* they'd not wait two years to see if I can be trusted to do the
 MP> right thing or not.

No offense Mike, but you are *not* a former President of the United States.
Presidents live in a completely different world than we do, and they have
their own sets of rules, written and unwritten. You can't compare what
would happen to a President against what would happen to Joe Blow (or Mike 
Powell <grin>)

If you get to the point where you have a Secret Service detail, then you
might have more info to shed on this situation.


-+- Brightening your day. -Bex <3

.... "you can't spell dishonorable without honorable"%- Homer J. Simpson
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