Trump disqualified from holding office? Clinton-linked lawyer points to US Code after FBI raid
by Daniel Chaitin, Deputy News Editor |
| August 08, 2022 08:58 PM
| Updated Aug 09, 2022, 12:39 AM
With news of the FBI raiding Mar-a-Lago, buzz quickly bubbled up Monday evening about whether former President Donald Trump could be disqualified from holding office again.
The FBI search of the Florida resort was related to Trump's handling of presidential records, including classified documents, after leaving office, sources told CNN. The search warrant was connected to the National Archives, a senior government official told NBC News.
Such reporting had Marc Elias, the top lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign who has drawn scrutiny for his role in pushing Trump-Russia collusion claims, pointing to U.S. Code Title 18, Section 2071. "The media is missing the really, really big reason why the raid today is a potential blockbuster in American politics," Elias said in a tweet.
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1556794749377454080The passage that says anyone "having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States," was the one he highlighted.
Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman argued Elias made a "HUGE POINT" about the records provision the Justice Department appears to be investigating. "So this could be the whole enchilada in terms of DOJ resolution," he said.
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