MSNBC MTP Daily December 14, 2021 18:26:00
Disobedience here? >> another really good question, chuck. i think you're referring to the president's records act you find in title 44 of the united states code. my read of it is that there's no enforcement mechanism. when it was passed by congress in 1978 in the wake of watergate and concerns over the destruction of records by richard nixon, and those around him, what congress did is believe, rely, that presidents would act in good faith. in other words, presidents would make determinations what records needed to go to the archives for historical purposes. and they would preserve and protect...