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Comment by pmoriarty | Hacker News Reader

There's been an argument that was made all throughout the Trump administration that there were honorable people in that administration who stayed on instead of quitting because they sought to minimize the damage that Trump did.

Well, now's their chance to prove that they were sincere by saving what they can of these records.

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So would you support the same Trump supporters in those positions now doing the same to the Biden admin? If not, how is it any objectively different beyond your perspective that “your side is right/good, and the other side is wrong/evil”?

Or is it more reasonable that you do your job and set your own politics aside because a peaceful and unobstructed transition of power is a key to a free society? That we should not celebrate or reward unelected partisans internally sabotaging elected representatives?

Yes? Official records should be conserved.

Party affiliation and morality are separate things. People can want someone in the administration to act morally and not shred/destroy documents while disagreeing on policy and wanting someone else in that position.

"would you support the same Trump supporters in those positions now doing the same to the Biden admin?"

I would absolutely. Every administration's records should be saved.

Following the law is not a partisan act.

The fact that you think it is should hopefully give you pause.

I, for one, would 100% support honorable people staying instead of quitting to minimize the damage Biden does.

When a President is a leader and not a demagogue, that is called "Surrounding oneself with a good team."

Unfortunately, most of them were ferreted out and fired when they committed the error of breaking kayfabe by questioning or contradicting the President in public.

The ones who remain do not have career track records that suggest they are the kind of honorable people who would save a document from the fire.

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