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| Department of Justice shows recovered documents labeled classified at Trump's Mar-A-Lago home (Source: WP) In further investigation of Trump's handling of classified documents after his presidency, the federal judge was tasked with reviewing the seized documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago residence as a result of Thursday's court filing. District Federal Judge Raymond Dearie states that the Department of Justice must provide unclassified documents for review. Trump denies any fault, arguing the documents are declassified. Trump claims “you can declassify just by saying ‘it’s declassified,’ even by thinking about it”. Yet, the former president has yet to provide any evidence concerning the classification of said documents-- raising the question of what power he currently holds to declassify such material. District Judge Aileen Cannon, whom the former President had appointed himself, ordered the removal of the classified documents from the special master's review. As I see it, it is a legally baseless, privileged review. Undoubtedly, her ruling seems to be irregular since such review lies within the duties of the Department of Justice, a part of the Executive branch, all while Trump is no longer president. To what extent does corruption impede the government's efforts to maintain national security? As I see it, Trump's efforts look to be a painfully obvious attempt at cheating the legal process given the special privilege of once being president.  (Souce: WP) |
The power struggle between the Executive Branch, and the former president seems unprecedented since Trump is no longer in a position for a special master's review. I guess one may say that the distribution of powers in a federal government may never be perfect. Moreover, Trump's abuse of public power for personal gain screams political corruption and exposes the flaws of the U.S. federal government.
It appears to be our federalist government is prone to corruption due to the power struggle present among America's elected government officials. The additional layers of government which make up a federalist structure may impede the central government's efficiency and call into question the pros and cons of such government.
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I agree that the government has poor measures to prevent corruption. This is in no way fair to the American public. It explains why public trust in the government has decreased in recent years. Corruption and scandals are dangerous to the American sentiment towards the government. We have seen it historically with Nixon's Watergate scandal. As I see it, public support and trust will continue to decrease with the Trump scandal. The American government should take measures to prevent its reliability from decreasing even more.
I agree, public support and trust in the federal government will continue to diminish as the Trump scandal progresses. At this point, corruption is now a perpetual issue of American politics due to the constant tug of war for power that occurs between government officials. Well, it's quite obvious that Trump has left a footprint on the Executive Branch, shown in Cannon's order. Nevertheless, it's painfully obvious that Trump's presidency gave him the unfair advantage of cheating the legal process.
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