OA 733: Trump Phones A Friend As Document Indictment Looms (feat. Kel McClanahan) (Patreon)

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.

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NotesIn re Sealed Case (Pence-Boasberg)https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67164305/in-re-sealed-case/?order_by=desc

Parlatore Trump letterhttps://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 warranthttps://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/Reinhart-Mar-a-Lago-less-redacted-affidavit.pdf

NARA Oct. 11, 2022 statementhttps://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2022/nr22-001#october-11-2022

Debra Steidel Wall 1/17/23 letter to Jim Comerhttps://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