Judge Cannon sets hearing next week in Trump documents case

www.washingtonpost.com ^ | 3/7/2024 | Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein

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[justme4now]

Must the president follow any specific declassification procedures?

The answer is a resounding no for two reasons. First, Executive Order 13526 on its face contains no such declassification procedures.

The Order sets forth (1) who may declassify information and (2) what standards they should apply, but beyond that, there is no additional process required.

While both individual agencies and the Information and Security Oversight Office have developed additional rules about how declassification should be carried out, none of these procedures apply to the president.

Second, given the president’s constitutional authority over both classified information and the administration of presidential executive orders, even if Executive Order 13526 did establish constraints, they are at most self-constraints that the president has the power to ignore.

[justme4now]

Seems clear to me!🤔

[toddausauras]

Would be great to get a couple of stunning legal victories soon. Here’s hoping.

[bgill]

Apparently, he did declassify, etc. the documents. That said, why would any prez want them? Better question is why did VP Joe want them especially since he doesn’t have the power (?) to declassify anything.

[lastchance]

I have argued that I do not believe the procedures or laws they are aiming at Trump apply to the President. Not just him but any President.

[justme4now]

The President doesn’t even have to tell anyone that he has declassified any documents.

He could set them on the sidewalk in front of his house!

He is the main classifier/de-classifier!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[montag813]

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This is "journalism," folks!

[lepton]

even if Trump did designate them as personal, prosecutors said, the PRA would still not apply to classified information.

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The Act doesn’t say it doesn’t apply, and there is a clear tradition of it not applying.

[justme4now]

“The Act doesn’t say it doesn’t apply, and there is a clear tradition of it not applying.”

What does that mean?🤔

[justme4now]

If anyone is into reading a long and involved explanation on classified and declassified documents, I have just what you need!🤔

On the other hand if you want help and a shortcut on the very involved page .. scroll down and look for:

Reality #4: Presidents Have Broad Declassification Authority and Need Not Follow Any Formal Procedures

CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS

[lepton]

1. The Presidential Records Act doesn’t make any exclusion for classified documents.

2. The Supreme Court has already ruled that it is the President who gets to decide what materials are personal and which ones are not.

[Maris Crane]

I KNOW!!!

How many times must this be explained??

The Justice Department is Fakakta.

[rdcbn1]

The current controlling law on the removal of presidential documents was set by a legal case against Bill Clinton.

A DC Court determined that Bill Clinton converted classified White House documents to Personal Presidential Records simply by the de facto method of taking them with him when he left the White House.

[Ex-Con777]

Correct. And Obozo has a warehouse full of documents, yet no one will ever question The One.

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[rdcbn1]

Correct. And Obozo has a warehouse full of documents, yet no one will ever question The One.

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Yup.

[ridesthemiles]

IIRC: There have been pics of boxes of documents dropped at Mar A Lago from the NATION ARCHIVES-—WHO REFUSED TO ACCEPT THEM FROM TRUMP.

SOOOOOOO—IF NATIONAL ARCHIVES REFUSED DOCUMENTS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP SAFE——

NAME ME THE ALTERNATIVE.

[ridesthemiles]

JOE HAD DOCUMENTS HE DIDN’T EVEN HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE..