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Trump claims presidents can declassify documents "even by thinking about it"
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Trump's lawyers have resisted requests for information about whether records with classified markings seized from Mar-a-Lago were in fact declassified by Trump.
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The former president's attorneys said it's too soon to offer a substantive defense, but claimed in court that he was the ultimate authority on declassifying documents.
Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday on FNC's "Hannity" that a president of the United States can declassify any documents without a process. | Clips
Trump's lawyers have resisted requests for information about whether records with classified markings seized from Mar-a-Lago were in fact declassified by Trump.
Former President Trump finally articulated clearly in a Wednesday night interview with Fox News's Sean Hannity an argument that he and his attorneys have been suggesting for a long time: that Trump…
Former President Donald Trump said that the very fact he shipped documents to Mar-a-Lago upon leaving the White House automatically meant they were declassified.
The former president insisted in an interview with Sean Hannity that the documents at issue in the Mar-a-Lago probe were all declassified. Evidence, he added, isn’t really needed.
In his first TV appearance since a court-authorized search of his Florida home last month, Donald Trump reasserted Wednesday that any documents taken from the White House to Mar-a-Lago were
Former President Donald Trump insisted during an interview on Wednesday that "there doesn't have to be a process" for a president to declassify documents, and claimed that a commander-in-chief can declassify material "even by thinking about it."
Former President Donald Trump claimed this week that he had the authority to declassify documents just by thinking about it. While presidents have broad authority to declassify material, but there is a detailed process unlike what Trump described. Here's a look at how declassification works.
By Bob Brigham Donald Trump on Wednesday argued that a president of the United States can declassify documents without speaking or writing a single word.
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