Just Read the Law

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by papadee

Not sure what your point is ....

That's painfully obvious ... how could you?

[IIFFOFRDB]

Originally Posted by Stromprophet

If Clinton had gotten caught on the hot mic talking about abusing women that may have played different. It is what it is.

Is This MIC HOT, Stormtrooper?...

[dilbert firestorm]

Originally Posted by papadee

To repeat from above and this is what I'm looking for clarification about,: Is a copy of the filed & deposited document considered legally equal to the original?

yes. govt. officers keep these copies in their files and discard them until no longer needed under regulation guidelines. they are responsible for its custody & security of its contents.

[papadee]

Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

yes. govt. officers keep these copies in their files and discard them until no longer needed under regulation guidelines. they are responsible for its custody & security of its contents.

Thanks for the clarification.

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by papadee

Why does this particular law apply? I don't know if she violated other laws pertaining to the handling of documents. But for the code stated in the OP, I don't see what documents were destroyed. She destroyed her copy of them, but the original document remains intact.

Originally Posted by papadee

So is having an email/copy of a document, the same as having THE document? Is having a copy of the Constitution the same as having the original?

And since we don't know what was on the emails, we're only guessing that they had been filed or deposited.

Are classified documents "filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States"?

Originally Posted by papadee

But is an email copy, the document or a copy? I'm assuming that the law was intended to stop the destruction of the filed document. But destroying the copy of that document isn't the same. That's a legal argument, not a partisan one.

Originally Posted by papadee

Not sure what your point is here since that is exactly the issue I raised.

If the original document is filed or deposited, and you receive a copy of that document, the filed original is still intact. Why is a copy of the document considered equal to the original? What if you print out an email document and delete the email? Or print out an email, save the email, but destroy the printed copy?

U.S. Code Title 18, Section 2071 was enacted in 1948. Electronic documents, mass emails, smartphones, scanners, etc weren't envisioned. So to distribute documents to multiple people, paper copies had to be made. And it was of utmost importance not to physically damage the original. Today that is not a concern.

To repeat from above and this is what I'm looking for clarification about,: Is a copy of the filed & deposited document considered legally equal to the original?

Originally Posted by LexusLover

That's painfully obvious ... how could you?

Originally Posted by papadee

Thanks for the clarification.

She has to win in November or be indicted.