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Mark S. Zaid @MarkSZaidEsq

END/Yes, I won the declassified Truman document. 😄 — PolitiTweet.org

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7/But for last 40+ years, there has been a law prohibiting what Trump did. No one who works in WH thinks otherwise. And Trump knew it. He was advised of it multiple times. @TheJusticeDept should open criminal inquiry. #RuleOfLaw #Consequences — PolitiTweet.org

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6/If classified, NARA keeps it. But if unclassified, i.e., declassified, NARA can make copy for historical record & Steelman keeps it. Prior to Nixon Administration, WH staff literally took all files home w/them, whether classified or not. There was no law to stop it. — PolitiTweet.org

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5/Turns out docs came from John R. Steelman (1900-1999), who was Truman's Assistant to the President (now called Chief of Staff). Around 1994 NARA was approached by Steelman's family that they had many presidential docs. Could they be reviewed? — PolitiTweet.org

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4/I notified auction house, which I do frequent business with, that if I won I would not pay until NARA finished its investigation. That was not an issue. The investigation finished, to everyone's surprise, quickly. The doc was LEGIT! How could that be? — PolitiTweet.org

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3/I notified @USNatArchives, which I work with (& sue!) often, that there might be stolen classified item for public sale. I was told it was likely as many items had disappeared from Truman Presidential Library over the years & an Inspector General investigation would be opened. — PolitiTweet.org

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2/But how could there be original Top Secret doc for sale? Would be illegal to possess. Except bottom right corner has original declassification stamp from @USNatArchives that doc was declassified in 1995. What? Why isn't this at NARA then? — PolitiTweet.org

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1/My experience with the Presidential Records Act. About 15 years ago I was bidding on this item at auction. It was described as: "Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed and Original Top Secret Telegram". Docs were from 1949 & dealt w/atomic energy issues & @CIA. I needed it! https://t.co/d4FbBKZsLG — PolitiTweet.org

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"Mr. Trump, who mercilessly attacked Hillary Clinton for using a private email server, turned out to be a slovenly steward of the people’s property. He regarded himself as above the law, but he was not." https://t.co/tG8UtNVWtV — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytmike: NEW: The National Archives and Records Administration discovered what it believed was classified information in documents Dona… — PolitiTweet.org

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I am so not surprised. 🤣 — PolitiTweet.org

Mark S. Zaid @MarkSZaidEsq

My views on @DeptofDefense's mandatory #COVID vaccination policy & pending legal challenges. Nearly 20 years I helped successfully challenge Pentagon's mandatory anthrax #vaccination program, but as I explain in article the two are very different. https://t.co/IMfDDJxgVT — PolitiTweet.org

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They were fortunate their Governor allowed unacceptable partisanship & ideology to prohibit their prosecution but at least they suffered some deserved consequences. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CREWcrew: Did Michael Flynn interfere in the response to the insurrection? How accurate is the DOD Inspector General report? That’s wha… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Arun_Iyer_Real: @Mpolymer and I teamed up on this piece. US adversaries have been mastering hybrid warfare. It’s time to catch up. http… — PolitiTweet.org

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As he should, and good for him. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is actually factually incorrect and there is far more to the story, some details I doubt the Congressman wants publicly known. — PolitiTweet.org

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#SydneyPowell should be professionally sanctioned, and possibly disbarred. https://t.co/RVDAbYjfiF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLegalGeeks: Review of #Falcon and the Winter Soldier with Mark Zaid https://t.co/xbh3LohCxG #treason — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLegalGeeks: Legal Analysis of Black Widow with Mark Zaid https://t.co/QF8C94XuF5 — PolitiTweet.org

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@umaramji https://t.co/kxvnOY7JdX — PolitiTweet.org

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I have encountered & represented too many Afghan & Iraqi heroes who risked their lives for the US only to then find themselves (and their families) ignored or abandoned by our govt. It's despicable & un-American. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SollenbergerRC: NEW: Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander personally cashed in from his PAC after he got subpoenaed, and no one knows… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @andydiggle: Our @IntlSpyMuseum SPIES, COMICS & COCKTAILS event is up on YouTube! It was fun chatting with the mighty @SMartinbrough an… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @quitamattorney: New episode of Garrulous Gavel podcast out. A chat with attorney Mark Zaid about government secrecy! #podcast #lawtwi… — PolitiTweet.org

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As they should, unless they meet a legitimate exemption. — PolitiTweet.org

Mark S. Zaid @MarkSZaidEsq

@IntlSpyMuseum For those who missed my presentation w/@andydiggle & @smartinbrough at @IntlSpyMuseum on "Spies, Comics, and Cocktails", you can watch it here: https://t.co/9lY50ZGJJt — PolitiTweet.org