24 Sep 2022 2:06 pm
Authority to declassify isn’t the issue. The question is, did he? My guess is the court would find Trump’s mentioning it now, for the first time, lacks credibility, that any president would recognize the seriousness of exposing national security documents to unclassified status and provide prompt notice of having done that. And, since Trump never did, rule the documents remain classified. The other point is IT DOES NOT MATTER. Classified or not the documents are government property. So ruled the 11th Circuit, three to zip.Neo » 24 Sep 2022, 1:24 pm » wrote: ↑ Shooting someone would be outside of presidential authority. Classification is not.