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The author is making a specious argument. 102 documents is what the FBI collected in the raid. In the first load of 15 boxes Trump returned to NARA, there were classified documents in 14 of them, including 30 Top Secret, 98 Secret and 69 Classified, with some of the documents marked SCI (Special Compartmented Information) and SAP (Special Access Program). Then when Trump did respond to the subpoena, he turned over another 38. So 197+38+102=335 classified documents. And the fact that 14 out of the first 15 boxes contained classified documents proved that any of the boxes could have contained classified documents.
The question has been asked — Does The fact that the President brought these classified documents OUT of the White House into his home mean that they are AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED?
If not, what are the formal procedures Trump had to follow to declassifiy them? Are they written out somewhere? And who wrote them?
You mean when the prosecution tried to make it look like there were boxes piled to the ceiling, but there was less than one box that really mattered?
Who wrote that? The three levels of classification are Top Secret, Secret and Confidential.
Having classified markings is not the same thing as presently classified. Tons of declassified stuff still has classified markings left on them.
Let’s go with your argument. Nowhere in the indictment do the prosecutors identify which box/es in the photos contained the alleged classified documents, (some had no classification markings according to the indictment).
So what is the purpose of the photos? Are they inferring that the documents were contained in those boxes or is it inferring that this is how all documents were handled by Trump’s people?
My understanding is that all the documents found during the various searches, (Trump attorneys and the FBI), were located in his office and the locked storeroom, thus the photos of the ballroom and the bathroom are only there for prejudicial purposes.
The first fight for Trump’s team is to have any photos of and references to boxes in any location that is not tied directly to any of the documents that are identified in the indictment, declared off limit to be shown/presented to the jury, (prejudicial and not proven/alleged to be associated with the charged offenses). That may require Smith’s team to have to file an amended indictment removing the photos and any mentions of the ballroom and bathroom.
Keep in mind that Smith must know where the box/es were found and in which box/es the documents which are the subject of the indictment were located, (unless the FBI was so sloppy that they did not document the location of the found documents at the time of the search). When, while doing a search, evidence is found the standard procedure is to immediately photograph it and where it was found so that chain of custody is established.
Hi Merrick!! Or are you Christopher?
It doesn’t matter how many classified documents or boxes there are. Trump declassified them.
I have DOZENS of plastic containers just FULL of stuff!
And, any one of them COULD contain Classified Documents!!!
Or desiccated UFO pilot's bodies, or Jimmie Hoffa's heart in a bottle of formaldehyde!
That itself is a specious argument. You know about the documents that Trump returned...because he returned them. The FBI, executing its search warrant, found 102 documents. Speculation on what the boxes could have contained is just that. Speculation. And treating speculation as fact is inuendo.
I curious how you know all of that information about what was collected.
So you’re saying these documents weren’t declassified by President Trump? Can you send a link to this assertion?