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Government

Jun. 29, 2020

Donald Trump can’t ignore the Presidential Records Act

Trump’s private unrecorded meetings with President Vladimir Putin of Russia have not yet been revealed, and many citizens are rightfully concerned about the content of those private meetings. This may be about to change.

John H. Minan

Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law

Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.

President Donald Trump's penchant for cozying up to authoritarian leaders has been on public display for some time. Most of his dealings with those leaders have been limited to photo ops and happy talk. John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, makes new revelations about Trump's dealings with foreign leaders in his book "The Room Where It Happened." But those revelations may be just the tip of the iceberg.

Trump's priv...

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