特朗普政府认为《总统记录法》违宪。联邦上诉法院小组周五对特朗普总统试图推翻管理总统记录的水门时代法律的努力表示深度怀疑，该法律在他因在马阿拉囤积机密文件而面临的刑事指控中发挥了核心作用。
The Trump administration argues that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional. A federal appeals court panel sounded deeply skeptical Friday about President Donald Trump’s effort to invalidate the Watergate-era law that governs presidential records — and played a central role in the criminal charges he faced for hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
哥伦比亚特区巡回法院小组的两名法官就司法部律师约翰·贝利关于政府主张《总统记录法》违宪的断言进行了严厉质询，该法是一项旨在确保总统文件由政府保存的联邦法律。法律专家警告称，该立场给予特朗普销毁或拒绝交出其现任任期白宫记录的空间。
Two judges on the D.C. Circuit panel sharply questioned Justice Department attorney John Bailey about the administration’s assertion that the Presidential Records Act, a federal law intended to ensure that presidential papers are retained by the government, is unconstitutional. That position, legal experts warn, gives Trump leeway to destroy or refuse to turn over White House records from his current term.
周五，奥巴马任命的法官帕特里夏·米勒特和康妮莉亚·皮拉德表示，政府的全面立场——即总统拥有其官方文件——可能导致荒谬甚至危险的结果。
On Friday, Obama appointees Patricia Millett and Cornelia Pillard said the administration’s sweeping position — that presidents own their official papers — could lead to absurd and even dangerous results.
“总统随后能否在eBay上出售它们，将我们的所有国家安全秘密卖给出价最高者？”米勒特问道，并补充说，在政府的观点下，“它们是他的财产。”
“Can the president then offer on eBay to sell them, all of our national security secrets to the highest bidder?”Millett asked, adding that under the administration’s view, “they’re his property."