A secret Obama memo, the Presidential Information Technology Committee, regarding control of Presidential records could change everything in the DOJ's politicized prosecution of Trump THREAD: Image /2 In October 2014, Russian hackers breached the Executive Office of the President's network.
Gov/the-press-office/2015/03/19/presidential-memorandum-establishing-director-white-house-information-te /3 First, PITC creates a presumption that the President controls all information he receives.
The PITC memo established the President's exclusive control over information resources and systems provided to the President.
4 The memo created the presumption that information contained on information systems and resources was "EOP information." /5 Because the memo relied upon the Federal Records Act's definition of "Information system" as resources organized for the "Use" and "Disposition" of "Information", the memo gives the President exclusive control over information he receives.
7 Special Counsel Jack Smith's indictment against former President Trump, claims "Trump was not authorized to possess or retain...classified documents." But Obama's PITC memo may have created a reasonable belief in President Trump that he had such authority.
8 Additionally, if the records Trump allegedly destroyed are still preserved within the EOP or the U.S. Department of Defense as part of PITC-created information systems, then other claims in the indictment may be baseless.
Unroll available on Thread Reader /10 The American people deserve to know the truth behind this secretive memowe filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Defense Information Agency, part of the Department of Defense.
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