America's Next Top Secret
Lovett or Leave It
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The Hottest One Was the Party
President Jimmy Carter signed the Presidential Records Act in 1978, officially making a president's documents not his or her personal property. A former civilian employee at the Defense Department pleaded guilty to taking classified documents to a personal residence and a hotel room where they were uncovered. Donald Trump erroneously claimed both that the documents in his possession were his personal papers and the presidents could declassify documents just by thinking about them.
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