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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Brags About Publishing Innocent People's Social Security Numbers
Imagine being such a degenerate asshole that you delight in publishing the personal information of others

https://newrepublic.com/post/193053/trump-brags-publish-social-security-numbers-jfk-files
Donald Trump bragged about releasing the Social Security numbers of hundreds of people during his anticlimactic release of the John F. Kennedy assassination files.
Eighty thousand pages of documents is a lot to sift through, a reporter said to Trump on Friday. Can you just tell us who killed Kennedy?
Well, you know, I was given the task of releasing that. Many presidents have gone through it, and they havent released. And I said, Release. We even released Social Security numbers, I didnt want anything deleted, Trump replied. They said, So what about Social Security? People long gone. We gave Social Security, we gave everything. And the rest is for you to look at.
These Social Security numbers are from potentially hundreds of people who are alive, not long gone, as the president wrongly claimed.
One of them, Reagan-era Justice Department attorney and Trumps own former campaign lawyer Joseph diGenova, was furious about the release of his personal data. I intend to sue the National Archives, he told USA Today. They violated the Privacy Act.
Eighty thousand pages of documents is a lot to sift through, a reporter said to Trump on Friday. Can you just tell us who killed Kennedy?
Well, you know, I was given the task of releasing that. Many presidents have gone through it, and they havent released. And I said, Release. We even released Social Security numbers, I didnt want anything deleted, Trump replied. They said, So what about Social Security? People long gone. We gave Social Security, we gave everything. And the rest is for you to look at.
These Social Security numbers are from potentially hundreds of people who are alive, not long gone, as the president wrongly claimed.
One of them, Reagan-era Justice Department attorney and Trumps own former campaign lawyer Joseph diGenova, was furious about the release of his personal data. I intend to sue the National Archives, he told USA Today. They violated the Privacy Act.
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Trump Brags About Publishing Innocent People's Social Security Numbers (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2025
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GreenWave
(12,333 posts)1. Time to release his and all the Doge doggies' too.
sakabatou
(45,771 posts)2. Cruelty. Absolute cruelty.
underpants
(194,911 posts)3. Trump can't admit even the hint of a mistake. Meanwhile they are combing through the Epstein documents
All hands on deck at the NYC office. Taking agents out of the field to do it.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20164821
This was one of my big fears. He simply cant accept any mistake even if its 6-8 steps away from him. He thinks that since the world revolves around him, any mistake or misstatement is seen as being a reflection on him.
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Jim__
(15,078 posts)5. "And I said, 'Release.' We even released Social Security numbers, ..." But why? What does that accomplish?
C'mon media. Make him fully explain, or chase him back under his rock.