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?
That's the bullshit line the DOJ wants you to believe - that faceless apparatchiks working in the bowels of Fed.gov bureaucracy have power over information greater than those spelled out clearly in the Constitutions for the President.
That’s a question that would probably need to be litigated, but in this case, it’s almost irrelevant. Trump wasn’t charged with mishandling classified documents. He was charged for having national defense information and refusing to return it when asked. How the documents were classified is not an issue relevant to the charge.
While there is a procedure....because many, many people can classify and de-classify documents, the President has an auto path. We know if he reveals something to anyone, this action is an auto declassification. He said it...it's done. YES, IT IS A MAGIC WAND which only the President has.
According to Kash Patel, and others, 1) there is no higher authority than the POTUS & Commander In Chief himself to Declassify any document he wishes at the end of his term that is in his own possession and, 2) upon his departure from the White House remove all docs to his private residence and, 3) has Two (2) years to review his papers and present any documents he deems to be of public interest or historic value to the National Archives for their compilation.
Of 18 Boxes, POTUS Trump had reviewed 15 boxes.
I can not find any report or US Court who disputes or overrides the singular privilege of the president over his WH documents, nor the arrangement with NARA to house all other documents not in the possession of a departing president.
Screaming on the runway, about any boxes loading for transport to Maralago, by a NARA staffer, is in the job description of no one affiliated with NARA.
Thus, the said staffer smeared the POTUS in the media, instead. Positively laughable behavior for representing NARA.
It will all come out.
What is the Best way to bring Evidence?
In Court.
The POTUS is entitled to DISCOVERY:
NARA behaviors, neglects of timely and proper assistance, defiance of procedures, fraudulent claims and general nuisance, in collaboration with Biden Administration etc... infinitum. And, audible whining towit. 😄
I did hear that the Classification System is notified by former presidents which documents he has personally declassified within that given time frame, above.
Trump doubtless did everything by the book knowing NARA was captured by the nefarious forces of the new resident.
I wonder what the grizzly FBI muzzled agents planted among those boxes they carted off from President Trump’s residence, and remaining in their possession.
Two tier justice impresses the hirelings and the stupid people, I’m afraid.😬
All classification flows from the President, down to everyone else. The President is not bound by classification laws; everyone else is.