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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: marco100   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: What Congress is "Legally Entitled To".
Date: 11/17/25 9:52 AM
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Trump stating that the House Committee should vote to get whatever they are legally entitled to is perfectly appropriate.

Many of the records at issue may contain confidential or privileged information, or may have been obtained by or provided to the DOJ pursuant to binding court orders or confidentiality agreements.

Further, individuals named in the files may have a legal right (depending on what stautory authorities and DOJ or other regulations may be applicable) to challenge the release of portions of the files or raw data contained therein in a court proceeding.

There should be nothing at all surprising about this. We are all in favor of the Rule of Law, aren't we?

As only one purely hypothetical example, suppose one of the victims confidential medical information is included in the files. Why should confidential medical information which may be in the files be released to the House Committee willy nilly?

As another example, given people like Massie are talking about wanting persons named in the file to be prosecuted, there is absolutely no way the DOJ would want files which may be used in a potential prosecution to be released to Congress (and then leaked to the media obviously at the whim of whatever politician thinks that leak will benefit themselves, politically).

Let the House do whatever it is going to do about this, and allow legal processes to play out accordingly.

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