This morning at 7:30am, Donald Trump tweeted this:
Notice the incorrect spelling of "councel".
About an hour and a half later, the original tweet was deleted, and the same tweet was sent back out, this time with the word "counsel" spelled correctly:
This isn't the first time this has happened. But is he actually breaking the law every time he does this?
Every word the President utters is meant to be preserved for the historical record, by law:
Both the Freedom of Information Act and Presidential Records Act require the commander in chief to painstakingly preserve all records of federal government actions and communications.
Of all the things Trump has done and is accused of, this is obviously one of the most benign. Still, it would be kind of funny, if and when Trump is ever indicted, for a few charges of violating the FOIA and PRA were tacked on.
We don't know that the original tweet is not preserved somewhere.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's true. It could be archived, more likely by Twitter than the Trump team, though. Apparently the official POTUS account is backed up, but we don't know about this one.
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