Posted on 08/12/2022 2:03:08 PM PDT by dennisw
Martha Maccallum in the video in the OP at the 50 second mark was repeating the same thing about “waving the wand” that Bret Baier was saying.
Fox news has this ‘waving the wand’ meme going on.
“According to Brett Baier on Fox, Trump cannot just “wave a wand” and declare papers declassified but there is a process that has to be followed with a paper trail.”
Well then Brett, please tell us what the procedure is for a sitting President.
If it was officially and properly declassified, NARA would have had anything to negotiate. That’s the part that has me confused.
And I don’t think a bunch of Librarians are the ones that are going to lead the charge to destroy Trump. That doesn’t really pass the smell test.
Baier parroting the pre determined line.
Looking for technicality’s. Backup is we can’t show you as it’s classified / top secret
Meanwhile non president Hillary skates by with server etc u touched
FTR, I NEVER said everyone around President is incompetent.
Of course, he had to declassify them when he was still the president. But, others will likely claim otherwise. I believe President Trump and Kash Patel.
I think the botox is starting to rot out Brett Baier’s brain and he’s starting to resemble a lizard person with all the work he’s done to his face.
The Dems, if they can, will indict Trump for failing to dot an ‘i’ or failing to cross a ‘t’
Why? Patel spouts his stuff. Merrick spouts his stuff. Neither side believes the other. That's just the way it is.
I am talking about Trump!
I was talking about Garland & Wray.
At least that’s who I thought the pervious poster was talking about. Maybe I misread?
But the damage is done. That’s the leftist calculus. They generate a false crime. Then feed the media with lies. Democrats and RINO never Trumpers buy it hook, line, and sinker. It motivates the mind numbed robots to vote against Republicans.
We need to unwind the damage and inflict a death blow to all Democrats and the deep state.
Trump is fortunate to have him.
So who is right?
The short answer is Brett Baier is wrong. The whole system of classified information is wholly under the control of the President through Executive Order.
A slightly longer answer is that while Baier is correct that there is a process for declassification, the "process" for declassification is a paperwork exercise of updating classification markings and documenting the declassification decision to reflect reality. If there's a presidential decree for declassification, that is wholly the president's call. The deep state often would slow walk these decisions to frustrate Trump, and likely they'd claim that until the deep state says it's declassified, it's not declassified (which is facturally incorrect but technically more of a "we have to do the paperwork to make sure because it's better to be safe than sorry.").
However... declassified doesn't necessarily mean the material that was classified is now totally available for the public to read though because FOIA does follow a more convoluted process and is not wholly the purview of the President.
Baier is talking out his leftist ass. He suffers from TDS. He has zero credibility and proves that every time he is on TV. He needs to go by the way of Chris Wallace.
Re: 52 - As long as President Trump has some documentation that documents were declassified, he’s good to go.
Yeah Brett is a moron, any president doesnt even have to prove it, just say they did it and thats it, they dont have to write it down, they dont have to video themselves doing it, they can just say they did it and its done
According to Brett Baier on Fox, Trump cannot just “wave a wand” and declare papers declassified but there is a process that has to be followed with a paper trail.
So who is right?
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Unlikely that a publicly announced declassification can be rendered void just because a lower level employee, either by negligence or malevolence, does not transmit a form or check the proper box.
basically what they are doing is payback for hillary clinton..because they think if not for the allegations of wrongdoing she would have won in 2016, so what they want to do to Trump is dirty him up, have this float around, come out and issue the same similar statement they did about Hillary, and some people will believe that he did something sinister so he cant win
Maybe it’s documents about aliens!
Or the Kennedy assassination.
Or Epstein’s List.
Presidents. They know stuff.
Wait I thought you dont actually have to show proof that you declassified anything..that basically all Trump has to do is say “Yeah I declassified it” and thats it
It is a statement of principle. Biden needs to be declared to be the nasty corrupt perv that he is. The house needs to acknowledge this whether the Senate will do the right thing or not.
Do you only stand up for the right thing when you can win?
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