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Is the Presidential Records Act Unconstitutional? DOJ Office Memo Overturned

The federal judge's latest order to senior White House staff has directly challenged a Justice Department opinion that branded the statute unconstitutional.

International Business Times UK

Presidential Records Act ruling: Can Donald Trump ignore the Presidential Records Act? Judge says the White House must follow the law

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to comply with the Presidential Records Act, rejecting a Justice Department opinion that deemed the law unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled the act is likely constitutional and found a substantial risk of non-compliance.

The Economic Times

Who Owns The President's Papers?

Yes, there is a Domestic Emoluments Clause issue.

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A justice department opinion arguing the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional could revert the nation to a time when presidents freely burned their papers

Prior to 1978, U.S. presidents could do what they pleased with the records from their time in office. They owned them.

The Conversation

Trump Faces Lawsuit After Attempts to Keep Presidential Records From Public Access

A lawsuit challenges Donald Trump's alleged efforts to block access to presidential records, raising concerns over transparency, historical integrity, and executive power.

International Business Times UK

Bondi out, Blanche in: what will a new justice department head mean for the Epstein investigation?

Bondi, reportedly ousted due to her botched handling of Epstein files, is still set to testify before Congress on 14 April

The Guardian - US

Texan shot dead by ICE agent months before killings in Minneapolis, records show

The involvement of federal immigration agents in the fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez on South Padre Island in March had not been disclosed in initial reports.

The Texas Tribune

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ICE ignored increase in use of force reports among its agents, even before deportation surge in Minnesota: report

Officials appeared to highlight the number of reported assaults on ICE officers over the number of use-of-force reports

The Independent UK

Georgia election board settles ethics lawsuit over private emails for $50,000

Republican-controlled board, which questions Trump’s 2020 loss, agrees to use government, not personal, accounts

The Guardian - US

Georgia election board member accepted anonymous donations linked to ‘election integrity’ movement

Exclusive: funds are being raised for Janice Johnston, vice-chair of the state election board, for her defense in lawsuit over open-records laws

The Guardian - US

Top US prosecutor’s use of text message auto-delete could be illegal, watchdog groups warn

Lindsey Halligan, who brought cases against James Comey and Letitia James, allegedly violated records-retention laws

The Guardian - US

DHS hasn’t been keeping Kristi Noem’s text messages for months, watchdog group says

American Oversight says Homeland Security is declining to share public records of text message data — and may have stopped keeping them altogether

The Independent UK

Trump justice department sued over legal memo on Qatar’s luxury jet gift

Freedom of the Press Foundation filed suit after DoJ failed to produce document that cleared way for $400m gift

The Guardian - US

Gov. Greg Abbott, AG Ken Paxton do not have to release Uvalde or Jan. 6 emails, Texas Supreme Court rules

The decision, stemming from a 2022 lawsuit, narrows the public’s legal options to challenge Texas officials under the state’s open records law.

The Texas Tribune

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The Independent UK

Trump wanted to unleash the troops on George Floyd protests. Now the gloves are off

After his advisers steered him away from bloodshed in 2020, the president promises troops ‘everywhere’, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Veterans slam Trump’s ‘political’ deployment of Marines and National Guard to LA: ‘Citizens are not enemy combatants’

Sending troops to American streets crosses a ‘dangerous line’ that tests how far Trump will go to crush dissent, veterans and legal experts tell The Independent

Salon

Signal breach resets scrutiny standard

Deleting official communications is a federal crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison

The Independent UK

New York Times reporter reveals reason Trump won’t fire Mike Waltz

White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman tells CNN that Trump ‘does not want to fire’ officials involved in the Signal group chat leak

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The Guardian - US

Judge orders participants in Signal chat group blunder to preserve all messages

Restraining order was issued to ensure that records of Yemen attack group conversation are retained

The Independent UK

White House tells DOGE to save its Signal chats after leak and legal questions over its use

Staffers in the newly formed government organization were reminded to preserve all work-related communications – including those on Signal

Al Jazeera

Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Signal texts on Houthi attack

Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order against deleting any messages in the controversial chat.

The Independent UK

Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

A federal judge says he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen’s Houthis

Roll Call

Judge orders Trump officials to preserve Signal group chat records - Roll Call

A federal judge in Washington ordered Trump administration officials Thursday to temporarily preserve records of a leaked Signal group chat.

The Guardian - US

Ethics watchdog issues conflict of interest warning to Musk’s Doge agency

American Oversight has raised concerns over ‘department of government efficiency’ using encrypted apps

International Business Times

Heavily Redacted Police Report On Trump's Arlington Confrontation Released

It shows the cemetery worker was pushed, but blacks out the names of the employee and the Trump campaign staffer involved

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