In other words, “the statute Congress enacted providing for opening the files will go into effect as scheduled”: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-106/pdf/STATUTE-106-Pg3443.pdf …https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/921716470140325889 …
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Replying to @steve_vladeck @JasonLeopold
Sure, but the statute also provided for a way for the president to stop the opening of the files. So, this isn’t a total lie of a tweet.pic.twitter.com/yMn6aL6pAQ
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Replying to @chrisgeidner @JasonLeopold
True enough, but he made it sound like it was unilateral and out of the blue, when the statutory disclosure deadline is this Thursday...
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Replying to @steve_vladeck @JasonLeopold
I actually thought his use of “allow,” suggesting a passive lack of action, was almost a normal presidential way of discussing such things.
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Of course, I’m also reading it differently, in a sense, because we ran a story yesterday (now updated):https://www.buzzfeed.com/lissandravilla/members-of-congress-want-documents-related-to-the-jfk?utm_term=.lfGJ68JDP#.qizyLPymw …
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“Subject to the receipt of further information” suggests he may well withhold some of the documents.
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Replying to @EricColumbus @chrisgeidner and
Also that phrase notably did not sound like him.
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Yes, it’s a careful tweet.
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