Coverage dated August 19, 2023

Trump's claim of standing order to declassify docs was news to Mike Pence

Headline from Newsweek

"In my case, I was never made aware of any broad-based effort to declassify documents," Pence said during an interview on Sunday.

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Reports & sources

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NBC News
Mike Pence says he didn't know of 'any broad-based effort' by Trump to declassify docs while in office (opens NBC News)
Published Aug 19, 2023
NBC News's feed description
"That doesn’t mean it didn’t occur, I just— it’s just not something that I ever heard about,” the former vice president said.
Newsweek
Trump's claim of standing order to declassify docs was news to Mike Pence (opens Newsweek)
Published Aug 19, 2023
Newsweek's feed description
"In my case, I was never made aware of any broad-based effort to declassify documents," Pence said during an interview on Sunday.
KTVZ Bend
Mike Pence says he wasn’t aware of any ‘broad-based effort’ by Trump to declassify documents (opens KTVZ Bend)
Published Aug 19, 2023
KTVZ Bend's feed description
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday he wasn’t aware of any “broad-based effort” by Donald Trump to declassify documents before leaving the White House. “There is a process that the White House goes through to declassify materials.

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