Lies. The court opinion is here [1]. This guy tried to have things classified as presidential records 10 years after Clinton left office and they told him to pound sand.<p>> The PRA provides that “diaries, journals or other personal notes serving as the functional equivalent of a diary or journal which are not prepared or utilized for, or circulated or communicated in the course of, transacting Governmental business” should be treated as personal records.<p>These are recordings made by a journalist/author for the purpose of writing a book. Ergo, personal records.<p>> The PRA requires that all materials produced or received by the President, “to the extent practicable, be categorized as Presidential records or personal records upon their creation or receipt and be filed separately.”<p>> The PRA provides the Archivist with authority to invoke the same enforcement mechanism found in another statute, the Federal Records Act (“FRA”). The PRA provides:
When the Archivist considers it to be in the public interest, he may exercise, with respect to papers, documents, or other historical materials deposited under this section, or otherwise, in a Presidential archival depository, all the functions and responsibilities otherwise vested in him pertaining to Federal records or other documentary materials in his custody or under his control.<p>Interesting. That directly contradicts what this guy is claiming.<p>It goes on, but isn't worth the time.<p>[1] <a href="https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2010cv1834-13" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2010cv1...</a>