It also gives him #legal backing to refuse to hand over any remaining records to the #NARA when he leaves office in 2029.

https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1434131/dl

Archives personnel rely on the records #law daily to review, redact & make public the documents & digital records of every president since Ronald Reagan. Since Office of Legal Counsel opinions are typically treated as binding throughout the #ExecutiveBranch, the legal framework archivists have followed for decades is now in doubt.

#Trump #criminal

While #Congress & the presidency have been working hard to raise the #ExecutiveBranch above the #law, #SCOTUS has done its part to ensure that laws against #bribery & #corruption are near-unenforceable. With a series of rulings on #CampaignFinance, the #JohnRoberts Court has ensured that the #rich can try to buy #elections without formally breaking the law. As a result, #politicians are #indebted to a few hundred #billionaires who drop unholy amounts of cash every #election cycle.

#US #power

After that, #Congress decided in bipartisan fashion that it had had enough of special counsels sniffing around the #ExecutiveBranch. Barack #Obama pledged to look forward & not backwards, not only closing the door on prosecutions for executive lawbreaking but also failing to hold accountable those responsible for the 2008 financial crisis & the ensuing #GreatRecession.

#US #law #accountability #power #plutocracy