There are Federal statutes that make it a crime to mishandle or share classified materials, but there is no Federal statute that explicitly defines what constitutes “classified materials.” Instead, the definition of “classified materials” lies entirely within the executive branch of the government. And since the President (by definition) cannot be subject to the authority of personnel in executive branch departments that report to him, he cannot ever be doing something illegal by sharing or publicizing information that had previously been deemed “classified” by his subordinates.
Makes total sense, therefore this explanation will never be heard on MSM
If we are talking about the indictment, at least one charge seems to be related to him sharing classified information with people who did not have the right or need to know it after he was no longer president and could not declassify the document in question. In tha audio he acknowledges he could no longer declassify it. There is no question he could have done so as president, but that is not what is being alleged. If there was no record of him declassifying the document while president and the document still contained classification marks, he will have a hard time proving the document was declassified when he shared it (assuming the event took place as the transcript appears to show).