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Originally Posted by wildcharlie
The PTA does not authorize anyone on the transition team to conduct official business with other governments. It allows the team to familiarize themselves with current issues(get up to speed) only. The president-elect gets intel briefings, etc... Flynn discussing the lifting of sanctions with the Russian ambassador during the transition is a violation of the Logan Act. This is the opinion of legal professionals, not me.
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You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.
I suppose you are going to disclose these "legal professionals" so that their credentials can be adequately vetted.
So where in the PTA does it say "get up to speed" ... "ONLY"?
But since you want to play lawyer when does asking a foreign diplomat what his or her position will be on a certain topic and are they willing to wait until the new administration is in place "conducting business" as opposed to "familiarizing" themselves with the issues they will face in the upcoming year?
And since you want to play lawyer you should probably reread those provisions with respect to activities BEFORE vs. AFTER the general election. No where does it prohibit direct communications with foreign governments and NO WHERE does it restrict the access to information to that provided by the current administration (WHICH WE NOW KNOW WAS COOKED INTEL!)
The "history" behind the PTA of 1963 was the "transition" between Eisenhower and Kennedy. One FACT Kennedy was not given until AFTER HE WAS SWORN AS PRESIDENT is that the U.S. had over 8,000 military and "contractors" in S.E. Asia engaged with "enemy" forces and a carrier group off the coast running daily sorties (weather permitting)!
So restricting access to what a hostile administration spoon feeds the newly elected administration is not consistent with the legislative purpose and background of the original PTA and is further demonstrated by the various amending statutes.
"Intel briefings" (as you call them) were provided to Trump beginning immediately upon his nomination as the Republican candidate through appropriately authorized personnel and after his election through approved personnel with proper security clearances as indicated in the PTA and its amendments. BUT NOTHING IN THE PTA SAYS THAT'S ALL THE PRESIDENT-ELECT GETS!
Otherwise there would be no need for the numerous security clearances and budget for the transmission team and facilities.
In the current events it's clear from the outrageous behavior of the Democrats and the Obaminable Administration in the ramp up to Trump's swearing that the purpose of the PTA is to provide resources to the President-Elect INDEPENDENT of the existing hostile administration which has attempted to undermine the success of Trump at EVERY TURN right up until the day he was sworn ... .and AFTERWARDS.
NOW: who are those "legal professionals" of whom you speak?
Were you the goofball who said a Presidential pardon would be an "obstruction of justice"? Or was that another goofball?
