Liz and Andrew take a look at a letter sent by Donald Trump’s lawyers to House Republicans and bring back expert National Security Lawyer Kel McClanahan to help answer all their questions about Trump’s dubious assertions about how the National Archives should have handled the Mar-a-Lago documents.
Notes
In re Sealed Case (Pence-Boasberg)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67164305/in-re-sealed-case/?order_by=desc
Parlatore Trump letter
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23789802/read-trump-lawyers-letter-to-congress-reveal-foreign-leader-briefings-may-be-among-classified-documents-taken-from-white-house.pdf
Less-redacted search warrant
https://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/Reinhart-Mar-a-Lago-less-redacted-affidavit.pdf
NARA Oct. 11, 2022 statement
https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2022/nr22-001#october-11-2022
Debra Steidel Wall 1/17/23 letter to Jim Comer
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23575130/nara-response-to-rep-james-comer.pdf
18 USC §793(e)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793
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