13 Jan 2023 10:45 am
This is untrue; if he shares with a foreign adversary he is committing treason. In addition declassification cannot be done in the president's head it must be done in the real world.Beekeeper » 13 Jan 2023, 10:00 am » wrote: ↑ !. The PRESIDENT is given FULL CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY as Commander in Chief of the Military, hence, he can SHARE anything he wants with ANYONE he wants for ANY PURPOSE he deems fit. Hence, he can't violate the Espionage Act. And there is ZERO evidence that any documents Trump had were shared with anyone ever. And he had full authority under the Presidential Records Act to possess any documents he desired. THOSE ARE FACTS you have NOTHING to refute with.
2. As an INCUMBENT POTUS, he is ALSO protected from the Espionage Act as he too had FULL AUTHORITY AS POTUS to determine what he could share and with whom. PERHAPS you need to read Obama's EO on "declassification" and who are considered PROTECTED PERSONS!!
Trump claimed the documents were planted by the FBI how did he declassify them if they were planted?
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