Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread

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“… It’s the latest in Trump’s efforts to remove people charged with oversight of his administration from the federal government. For example, his administration has also removed prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases.

His removal of Huitema, who was confirmed in a party-line vote last year, is likely to draw criticism, especially from Democrats who have been sounding the alarm about Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s sweeping cuts across federal agencies. …”
 
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superrific said:
I am not sure that is illegal
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Well then why not just classify every document produced in the Executive Branch as a "Presidential Record" and be done with judicial oversight once and for all?

I must be missing something here...
 
TarSpiel said:
Well then why not just classify every document produced in the Executive Branch as a "Presidential Record" and be done with judicial oversight once and for all?

I must be missing something here...
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The problem is that DOGE doesn't have an agency associated with it. That puts it under the aegis of the White House. I don't know the ins and outs of the presidential records act, FOIA or any of that, which is why I said I'm not sure. But as an office of the president agency, it could plausibly be protected.

By the same token, DOGE has no power to do anything. I'd rather people go after that infirmity rather than the presidential records.

It's not possible for DOGE (as far as I know) to be a) a presidential office; and b) empowered to do anything.
 
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