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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump can't 'declassify documents by saying so, Senator Barrasso admits when pressed
Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso acknowledged on Sunday -- only after being pressed -- that former President Donald Trump cannot declassify documents simply by declaring it so or "even by thinking about it," as Trump has suggested he could.
During an exclusive interview on ABC's "This Week," Barrasso was asked by anchor George Stephanopoulos about Trump's handling of classified material, which is under federal investigation as Trump denies wrongdoing.
Stephanopoulos asked if Barrasso agreed with how Trump described the president's declassification power. Barrasso said that he had not heard about such a claim and pivoted to criticizing the Department of Justice's court-authorized search of Mar-a-Lago. He said that he had "never seen anything like that before" and that it had "become political."
Stephanopoulos pushed back: "That was a rhetorical question. You know that a president can't declassify documents by thinking about it." He asked, "Why can't you say so?"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-can-t-declassify-documents-by-saying-so-gop-senator-admits-when-pressed/ar-AA12dVQP
We've never had a president like Trump before Barasshole, one who thinks the rules don't apply to him.
RVN VET71
(2,698 posts)Check this out for how the law treats American thieves who steal records whether classified or not from NARA:
https://www.archives.gov/research/recover/notable-thefts.html
So why in heck isnt this fact broadcast in caps by every news station and media outlet? American citizens have been jailed, some for a long time, for stealing documents and artifacts. And Sandy Berger, privileged pol and once smart man turned stupid, was given a community service sentence, lost his law license, and was put on probation for it . . . And the fascist oozles on Fox and the former GOP screamed to high flippin heaven that dumb ass Sandy wasnt dumped into a Federal prison cell.
(Of course, IOKIYAF its ok if youre a fascist).
MagickMuffin
(15,962 posts)Perhaps that is why this has NEVER happened before. But keep repeating your lies about Classified documents that belongs to the American people that your leader STOLE. They do not belong to him.
Now tell us how if this was Hillary that did this, What would your reaction be?