Purely out of curiosity, do we need to pursue anyone who has ever recycled/thrown away a speech from previous years? Garbagemen, janitors, etc.
Nice strawman, but she's not a Janitor, and it was not her job/concern to destroy official documents (copies or not).
But it's her free speech to do so. Also, it matters what is considered an official document- were those papers considered an official document?
If so, then yes- she may have broken the law (although counter-point, 1st amendment). Otherwise it wasn't and it wasn't breaking the law.
I don't like her one bit, but the laws should apply to all of us equally.
Strawman again.
Nothing to do with Free Speech. These documents aren't even her property. Destroying something that doesn't belong to you isn't free speech.
The documents must be left intact where they were placed. It's then the responsibility of someone else paid to collect and archive or destroy them, if necessary.
She abused her power and should be held responsible.
Counterpoint: How do you know those documents weren't her property? Where does it say that the documents must be left intact where they were placed?
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