Letter to the editor: Trump violated law

The writer of the letter “Trump deserves 4th Amendment protection” (June 22, TribLIVE) bases his argument on the Presidential Records Act. Before writing his letter, perhaps he should have actually read the act, which states in part that the official records of the president and his staff are owned by the United States, not by the president. The archivist is required to take custody of these records when the president leaves office, and to maintain them in a federal depository. This straightforward law makes it quite clear that Donald Trump was and still is in violation of the law.

Letters to the editor appear on the Opinion page of this newspaper, so he is entitled to his opinion, but the facts and reality of all the charges against Trump will soon win out over anyone’s misguided opinion.

Paul Nichols

Harrison