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President Trump had the authority as President of the United States to so much as wave his hand to declassify a document as granted by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution.
In addition, President Trump declassified. In particular: ‘Certain Materials Related to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation’. Therefore, any documentation that is and was stored at his Mar-a-Lago home, a home and family guarded by Secret Service, which contains a SCIF, and a document storage room that has been inspected by National Archives with recommend locks and associated controls is outside of the authority of the FBI.
President Trump and his staff have worked tirelessly to assure that the National Archives are satisfied with his control and management of documentation. Factually, an on-going process was taking place when the FBI saw fit to capture documents that they regarded as damaging to the FBI lawlessness.
As such ‘all’ documents and articles taken by the FBI raid as to be returned forthwith, and with a letter of regret and apology.
DECLASSIFYING: President Trump Starts Document DUMP
Declassifying: President Trump Completed his Document DUMP in January, 2021 prior to leaving office. Just six days prior to Joe Biden’s inauguration date, President Donald Trump declassified the massive trove of documents on “Obama-gate”.
Trump can put a serious dent into the Biden administration and perhaps the Democratic Party. Maybe these “Trump dumps” will cause people like Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, James Comey, and countless others who can actually get their asses put in a sling?
Some of the data that was at President Trump’s disposal was being used to bring Comey and his lawless cops to justice in a lawsuit that the President Trump current has in the court system this year.
How U.S. Presidents Can Declassify Documents
Current presidents can classify documents as long as they can “make a plausible argument that it is related to national security.” On the other hand, the president “doesn’t have to give any reason for declassifying” information, according to McClanahan.
“He can just say, ‘I decide that this should be declassified,’ and it’s declassified,” McClanahan said.
The Supreme Court determined in its 1988 decision on Department of the Navy v. Egan that the president’s power over classified information comes from executive authority granted by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which says, in part, that the “President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.”Said, Kel McClanahan, executive director of the National Security Counselors, a nonprofit public interest law firm
The very fact that these documents were present at Mar-a-Lago means they couldn’t have been classified,” the former president’s office stated. “As we can all relate to, everyone ends up having to bring home their work from time to time. American presidents are no different. President Trump, in order to prepare for work the next day, often took documents including classified documents from the Oval Office to the residence.
In addition, President Trump declassified, in particular, ‘Certain Materials Related to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation’, and the Clinton RICO Act Russian Collusion suit of March 2022. Therefore, any documentation that is, and was stored at his Mar-s-Lago home, a home and family guarded by Secret Service, which contains a SCIP, and documentation storage room that has been inspected by National Archives, with recommended locks, and associated controls is outside of the authority of the FBI; and is President Trump’s safeguarded belongings.
Trumps Standing Order on Documents Taken from the Oval Office
“He had a standing order that documents removed from the Oval Office and taken into the residence were deemed to be declassified,” the statement added. “The power to classify and declassify documents rests solely with the President of the United States. The idea that some paper-pushing bureaucrat, with classification authority delegated BY THE PRESIDENT, needs to approve of declassification is absurd.”
Memorandum on Declassification of Certain Materials Related to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
Section 1. Declassification and Release. “At my request, on December 30, 2020, the Department of Justice provided the White House with a binder of materials related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Portions of the documents in the binder have remained classified and have not been released to the Congress or the public. I requested the documents so that a declassification review could be performed and so I could determine to what extent materials in the binder should be released in unclassified form.
I determined that the materials in that binder should be declassified to the maximum extent possible. In response, and as part of the iterative process of the declassification review, under a cover letter dated January 17, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation noted its continuing objection to any further declassification of the materials in the binder and also, on the basis of a review that included Intelligence Community equities, identified the passages that it believed it was most crucial to keep from public disclosure. I have determined to accept the redactions proposed for continued classification by the FBI in that January 17 submission.” President Trump
I hereby declassify the remaining materials in the binder. This is my final determination under the declassification review and I have directed the Attorney General to implement the redactions proposed in the FBI’s January 17 submission and return to the White House an appropriately redacted copy.
Yes, the president can declassify documents, but there isn’t a set protocol they have to follow
In a post on Truth Social, his social media platform, Trump later claimed that the documents were “all declassified.” Kash Patel, who served as chief of staff for the acting defense secretary during the Trump administration, also claimed that Trump had declassified the documents.