OK —here are my questions: The empty folders with the classified cover sheets on them —did the classified cover sheet have any additional information or were they blank? If blank, it could be they were just “waiting” to be used in the event that Trump generated classified documents -he still has a TS as all current living presidents do. Yes, even the peanut farmer at 95+ still has a TS. Yes, I’m sure he could still generate C/S/TS documents because he isn’t cut off from the world; he still talks to world leaders.
Those blank folders, if the cover sheets contained no program information, don’t have to be stored in a SCIF —not until there is information/reports generated and the President has DECLARED they are classified documents.
What is going on now at CNN/MSNBC/NYT/WaPo is a prime example that parents should beat the ass of your kids if they want to get a Journalism degree. All a Journalism degree will do is make you more stupid than you already are....and make you feel proud of the stupid......
“…he still talks to world leaders“
They all get briefings of various kinds too as I recall.