The Fatal Flaws in Trump’s Document-Retention Defense

Megyn Kelly was right to challenge the former president on this, because his argument doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.

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Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a 2024 presidential election campaign event at Sportsman Boats in Summerville, S.C., September 25, 2023.

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Author’s Note: This is Part Two of a two-column series. Part One can be found here.

In Part One of this series, I described former president Donald Trump’s claimed defense under the Presidential Records Act (PRA) — the defense against the charges in his Mar-a-Lago case that he trumpeted but declined to explain in a recent interview with Megyn Kelly. In this column, I address the fatal flaws in Trump’s PRA theory.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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