Republican Representative Matt Gaetz is asking for a criminal referral against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for Destroying her copy of President Trump’s State of the Union speech. “Her conduct was beneath the dignity of the House, and a potential violation of law (18 USC 2071).” Gaetz would say on twitter. U.S. Code § 2071 Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
