If you have a copy of a signed White House confidentiality agreement, or have signed one, or have seen one with your own eyes, please be in touch with me.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-nondisclosure-agreements-came-with-him-to-the-white-house/2018/03/18/226f4522-29ee-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?utm_term=.dad061bd690e …
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Anyway, the point being, if you've signed one of these or seen one, you should talk with me. Thanks.
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As Ruth's story makes clear: These are almost certainly unenforceable. That doesn't mean they don't have a chilling effect on staffers/former staffers who might not want to deal with the threat of a lawsuit, even if it might ultimately come out in their favor.
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And, obviously, the fact that they're almost certainly unenforceable is a separate question from whether they're appropriate.
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Walter Shaub, former OGE head, goes into more about all this in this thread — with some very interesting legal questions — and this conclusion: "I keep thinking they can't surprise me any more or sink any lower, but they keep finding new ways to surprise and sink lower." https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/975474532562718721 …
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This tweet from Michael Hayden makes me think of another point. This is yet another story in which Don McGahn's White House Counsel's Office played a key role in a questionable-at-best decision, per
@RuthMarcus' reporting,https://twitter.com/GenMhayden/status/975499864749625344 …Show this thread
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48 found guilty in Watergate plot over course of three years. Trump's 14 months in.
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