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liberal N proud

(60,344 posts)
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 10:58 AM Jan 2017

Lock HIM UP for deleting tweets

.Donald Trump just deleted a tweet. Now that he's president, that might not be legal.


President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday morning that he was "honered" to serve as 45th president of the United States. Moments later, the tweet was gone — presumably deleted by the president or his team.

Under the 1978 Presidential Records Act, the president must obtain the "views of the Archivist of the United States" before disposing of any records. And his tweets — whether sent from his personal Twitter account or his official @POTUS account — are considered a matter of public record.

https://mic.com/articles/166245/donald-trump-deleted-tweet-illegal-presidential-records-archives#.TYQnj04rL

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Lock HIM UP for deleting tweets (Original Post) liberal N proud Jan 2017 OP
Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! bravenak Jan 2017 #1
Lock him up. yardwork Jan 2017 #2
Well it is public record that he can't spell malaise Jan 2017 #3
He has 2 Twitter accounts. SamKnause Jan 2017 #4
unfortunately for him, he is OUR employee now Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #5
Yes! ...nt 2naSalit Jan 2017 #6

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)
4. He has 2 Twitter accounts.
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 11:04 AM
Jan 2017

He kept his personal account and now he has a government account.

Do the same rules apply to both ???

Is he even allowed to have 2 accounts ???

It really doesn't matter.

The Republicans will not do anything to stop this clown.

They have never believed in the rule of law.

It only applies to others, not them.

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
5. unfortunately for him, he is OUR employee now
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 11:07 AM
Jan 2017

and deletion of records is basically what got Nixon impeached.
He owes us complete transparency in the dealings of the office. He isn't allowed to use his person Twitter.
We need to hold his feet to the fire on every rule of this office...no matter how mundane or trivial.

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