Tag: Lawsuit

The SIG Sauer P320 and the Killing of Alex Pretti

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

I was listening to Scott Horton’s new podcast Provoked with Daryl Cooper when they mentioned something I hadn’t heard anywhere else: that Alex Pretti was carrying a SIG Sauer P320, it allegedly misfired, and the resulting confusion led to ICE shooting him. That claim immediately stood out because none of the reporting I’ve seen on the incident mentions a misfire, let alone one involving the P320.

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Archive, Historians, CREW Sue White House, Seek to Preserve Presidential Records During the Transition

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Archive, Historians, CREW Sue White House, Seek to Preserve Presidential Records During the Transition

The National Security Archive, the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, the American Historical Association, and the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington today filed suit against President Donald Trump in his official capacity, seeking to enforce the Presidential Records Act and prevent any destruction of records during the presidential transition.

The lawsuit cites the inadequacy of current White House policies that only require a screenshot of instant messages to be saved, preserving only the graphic content, when the law (as amended in 2014) requires “a complete copy” to be preserved, including digital links and attachments.