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Originally Posted by SurgerySleeper
You know as well as I do, Trump didn't pack the boxes. If you weren't so busy self gratifying yourself, you would see this is another hoax.
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Any proof at all to support your claims? Were you in the WH watching the boxes being packed? Didn't think so.
At no time did Trump deny having the documents in his home. His defense is that he declassified them.
"Former President Donald Trump admitted that he took reams of records from the White House to Mar-a-Lago but argued that the records were designated as personal records by him rather than remaining presidential records."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...use-mar-a-lago
"Trump said he could declassify documents with his mind, but he may have also accidentally admitted to taking them 'intentionally,' NYT reporter says.
In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Trump made the unfounded claim that Presidents are able to declassify documents simply by "saying: 'It's declassified'" or "even by thinking about it."
"Because you're sending it to Mar-a-Lago, or to wherever you're sending it," Trump told Hannity on Wednesday. "You're the president, you make that decision. So when you send it, it's declassified. I declassified everything," Trump added."
https://www.businessinsider.com/trum...aberman-2022-9
Sorry Donald, you are wrong. There are formal procedures that must be followed in order to declassify documents.
"In all cases, however, a formal procedure is required so governmental agencies know with certainty what has been declassified and decisions memorialized. A federal appeals court in a 2020 Freedom of Information Act case, New York Times v. CIA, underscored that point: “Declassification cannot occur unless designated officials follow specified procedures,” the court said."
https://www.americanbar.org/news/aba...ial-authority/