2-8-2022
After Crusade Against Hillary Clinton Emails, GOP Silent
On Trump Ripping Up & Burning Documents.
A constant theme of the 2016 election was the Republican belief that Hillary Clinton was a criminal because she used a private email server for government business as secretary of state.
“Lock her up!” and “Hillary for prison” chants and signs were mainstays at Donald Trump’s campaign rallies. Trump’s nickname for his Democratic opponent was “Crooked Hillary.”
One of her most persistent critics was Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who used his powerful perch as chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to keep on
the case of Clinton’s emails.
But on Tuesday, Johnson had no comment when HuffPost asked him about revelations that Trump literally ripped up government documents that he was supposed to preserve as president.
The Presidential Records Act requires the White House to preserve documents related to a president’s official duties.
Those materials should have been handed over to the National Archives when Trump left office.
But last month, the agency retrieved 15 boxes from his Mar-a-Lago residence, according to The Washington Post.
Trump’s team continues to search for more documents.
Trump also frequently ripped up documents as president ―
Some of the records received by the National Archives had been torn and taped back together.
Republican senators were far less willing to go after Trump Tuesday than they had been against Clinton for her private
email server.
“I know there are legal requirements,
but I really don’t know enough to comment,”
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said.
Yet in 2015, Cornyn was very concerned about Clinton’s server, saying it “raises serious concerns for Americans who believe in open government and the accountability of our highest officials.”
“I can’t comment on that. I don’t know about that,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) similarly said Tuesday. He, too, was deeply concerned about the proper handling of government information when it came to Clinton.
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