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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by FuriouslyAdrift on Monday July 01, 2024 @03:37PM (#40849716)
Then that would be a violation of the Presidential Records Act (1981) and they could be prosecuted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Records_Act

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by vel0city on Monday July 01, 2024 @04:16PM (#40850172)
They could just argue the PRA is impeding their ability to communicate with the people within the executive branch and are thus immune to the punishments of the PRA.
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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by metabagel on Monday July 01, 2024 @05:00PM (#40850625)
You missed the part where the Supreme Court granted the president immunity.
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