Obamas EX Order provides a very strict procedure for decassifying documents in pargraph (a)
but
(b) Information originated by the incumbent President or the incumbent Vice President; the incumbent President’s White House Staff or the incumbent Vice President’s Staff; committees, commissions, or boards appointed by the incumbent President; or other entities within the Executive Office of the President that solely advise and assist the incumbent President is exempted from the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section
The catch that will need to be explained would be the bit about adding the lock. If declassified, no reason to lock it up.
Nevertheless, given the FISA fraud, 2 nonsense impeachments, and the blind eye given leftists, I consider any charge against Trump to be baseless and solely politically motivated.
“”He had a standing order that documents removed from the Oval Office and taken to the residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them,” the statement continued. “The power to classify and declassify documents rests solely with the president of the United States.””
That policy doesn’t seem to make sense. If he took home the list of all undercover CIA agents working in China that document is automatically declassified and could legally be broadcast by CNN?
One problem: President Trump’s authority ended when he left office.
Biden could reclassify everything and then prosecute Trump for posession of classified material.
TDS lives on!
Reclassification is the key. Can a president reclassify that to which has been declassified?
And then prosecute for it?
And he’s absolutely right. That’s exactly how it works… the Commander-in-Chief is the topline OCA.
33,000 emails on HRC server in her house away from the secure area
Basically, this will be a court battle.
Trump claims he declassified anything that left the White House and came to Mar-A-Lago.
The swamp will claim Trump’s declassification was too broad, therefore, invalid.
The courts will decide.
Why keep a folder on a French President paperwork ?
What was the point ?
Its quite odd .
Trump should demand of the court that all the documents taken from his residence be returned.