Maybe an interesting legal case!
This could be one more reason why President Trump could go down in history as one of the most consequential US presidents in recent history since President Reagan.
Caveat: I am not familiar with the Presidential Records Act.
"The Justice Department declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, saying President Trump doesn’t need to comply with the post-Watergate law requiring presidents to preserve and turn over documents when they leave office."
"The Justice Department said that a federal law enacted in the wake of the Watergate scandal that requires the president to preserve certain documents and turn them over to the National Archives at the end of his administration is unconstitutional.
The opinion from Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser, who leads the Office of Legal Counsel, concluded that the Presidential Records Act exceeds Congress' power and "aggrandizes the legislative branch" at the expense of the independence of the executive branch. ..."
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