Trump Says His Designation of Documents Taken to Mar-a-Lago ‘Is Not Subject to Challenge’

Documents relocated from the White House to former President Donald Trump’s Florida property had been designated as personal, his lawyers insist, according to newly released court documents.
Trump’s legal team stated that under the Presidential Records Act, it’s primarily up to the then-sitting president to determine whether those Mar-a-Lago materials seized by federal agents in early August constitute a government record, and the decision “is not subject to challenge” once it was made.
“President Trump was still serving his term in office when the documents at issue were packed, transported, and delivered to his residence in Palm Beach, Florida,” the ex-president’s lawyers wrote in a 21-page filing (pdf). “Thus, when he made a designation decision, he was President of the United States; his decision to retain certain records as personal is entitled to deference, and the records in question are thus presumptively personal.”…}