I don’t understand the move if Trump had a standing order or had unreviewable authority to deem it so declassified in any manner.
They are tap-dancing on the issue and no one wants to stick his law license on something Trump said he did. I am beginning to believe that that they don’t have the paperwork for these files.
a standing order is usually written down once at least...
but a president taking files home can be assuming he is declassifying them. but assumptions in law are bad.
“I don’t understand the move...”
Well, if the DOJ is looking to prosecute, as they have revealed that they are, then the onus is on them to prove that a crime was even committed, even before they have to try and prove that Trump committed a crime. To assert that Trump declassified the documents is to make an assertion of fact and that puts the onus on Trump’s lawyers to prove the assertion. Essentially they would be making the state’s case much easier if they did that.