“I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information, no-one will be above the law."

@BizSuitStacy 'Presidents have unfettered authority to declass.' - Yes they do , when they follow the declssification process , which Trump had done in the past , but did not do with the documents retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.

There are [b]seven[/b] counts including ; willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the Espionage Act, making false statements and a conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Did Biden do any of those things ?

@BizSuitStacy Butwhatabout, butwhatabout

@RodionRomanovitch [quote]when they follow the declssification process[/quote]

Oh...enlighten us. What is that process?
Hint: there isn't.

[quote]Did Biden do any of those things [/quote]
Most likely, yes. The deep state loves to project.

@BizSuitStacy https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/trump-doj-declassify-russia-probe-documents-460511

@RodionRomanovitch oooo...Politico. Always on the forefront of truth. 🤣

@RodionRomanovitch the politico article doesn't explain the declass process either.

@BizSuitStacy Ok , let's see how this grabs ya ...... and please don't make an even bigger fool of yourself by trying to rubbish the source again.

"A key former White House official was interviewed earlier this year by special counsel prosecutors investigating the handling of classified materials by both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. The former official said he told federal prosecutors that Trump knew the proper process for declassifying documents and followed it correctly at times while in office."

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/former-white-house-official-declassification-trump-biden/index.html

@BizSuitStacy John Kelly, Gen (Ret), USMC knows a whole lot more about handling classified documents than you do. Guess who the Grand Jury believes.

@RodionRomanovitch LOL...how can I, when you're doing such a wonderful job of making a complete fool of yourself.

I keep asking you the same question, and you keep dodging it. [b][i]what is the process for declassification?[/i][/b]

You have no clue, and like a fool, you keep posting links to articles [b][i] that fail to explain it[/i][/b].

"Speaking to CNN on condition of anonymity, the former official said he told federal prosecutors that Trump knew the proper process for declassifying documents and followed it correctly at times while in office."

Ahhh...the magical [i]anonymous source [/i] So...WTF is the proper process? We asked the same question [i]10 months ago[/i] back in August when the raid occurred. If Trump didn't follow "the process" why can't you the left explain what it is?

@KunsanVeteran Oooo...so the TV General is suddenly a legal expert? 🙄

When you're all done with your circle jerk and have an actual explanation of "the process," lemme know.

@BizSuitStacy https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2010-title3-vol1/pdf/CFR-2010-title3-vol1-eo13526.pdf

Read it and weep!

@KunsanVeteran Already read that long ago. And it's obvious you didn't.

Go ahead...show us. Copy and paste the information in Section 3 of this [i]executive order[/i] explaining the process the president [b][i]must follow[/i][/b] to declassify documentation.

@BizSuitStacy So what's your position then ?

Trump magically declassified anything , without anyone knowing ? Or , he had a 'standing order' to declassify everything ?

Regardless , you do realise the declassification argument is a complete red herring anyway , don't you ? As for national defence documents , it doesn't matter whether they were classified or not , it's a crime to possess them , and an even more egregious one to disseminate them.

But the real issue here is the illegal retention of presidential records , something Trump has already admitted to. How does he/you defend that ?

@RodionRomanovitch LOL. First you tell us there's a process to declassify. So I said, what's the process?

Here's the first link you provided:
[quote]https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/trump-doj-declassify-russia-probe-documents-460511[/quote]
Does ⬆️ article provide an explanation? No.

Here's the 2nd link you provided:
[quote]https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/former-white-house-official-declassification-trump-biden/index.html[/quote]
Does ⬆️ article provide an explanation? No.

Then in a pathetic attempt to pile on, one of your comtades sites a TV general as some sort of Constitutional expert.
[quote]John Kelly, Gen (Ret), USMC knows a whole lot more about handling classified documents than you do.[/quote]
Does ⬆️ provide an explanation? No.

And in a truly pathetic bluff, your comrade sites EO13526.
[quote]https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2010-title3-vol1/pdf/CFR-2010-title3-vol1-eo13526.pdf[/quote]
Does ⬆️ EO provide an explanation? No.

So now that you two have exposed yourselves as lying illiterates who can't provide a shred of evidence of what the declass process is (because there isn't one) you write:
[quote]the declassification argument is a complete red herring[/quote]
If it's such a red herring, why did you and your comrade add links to two bogus articles, site a military general on constitutional law 🤣, and then add a link to an EO that you haven't read?

Since last August, the MSM has been jumping up and down crying, "there's a process to declassify." Yet no one knows what it is. 🙄

@BizSuitStacy If there wasn't a process then how come Trump followed one to declassify the Russia documents , as per my original reply ?

Of course I don't know what it is because I'm not an intelligence official in the US Govt. , but [b]clearly[/b] one exists.

Edit : Here's an explainer for you that I found describing the classification and declassification process , and how it applies to the Mar-a-Lago case ;

"As with classification, declassification is a two-step process. First, an authorized official must determine that the information no longer requires protection. Second, that determination must be communicated so that the protections are removed. Accordingly, when a decision has been made to declassify information, it must be marked as declassified. If the declassification affects an entire category of information, the agency’s classification guide must be updated accordingly. If it is narrower, the decision may be captured in a declassification guide — although often, the consultation process that accompanies a declassification decision is sufficient to alert the necessary personnel."

- https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/government-classification-and-mar-lago-documents#:~:text=As%20with%20classification%2C%20declassification%20is,that%20the%20protections%20are%20removed.

Maybe that's good enough to finally convince you , although somehow I doubt it. Ergo , if you still want to persist with this conceit , then are you really suggesting , like your hero , that [b]everything[/b] is magically declassified by his mind , but no-one else knows about it ? Do you seriously expect that his lawyers (if he can find some new ones that is) are going to be putting forward that assertion as a defence in the courtroom ? These preposterous explanations are not dissimilar to the ones he was making about the election being stolen from him. They are politically inspired to rouse his base (yourself being an exemplar) into creating a swell of public opinion. Once they reach the courtroom they are exposed for the fantasies that they are.

And since I've already told you the whole declassification thing is simply a distraction , how about the rest of it ?

Trump had documents that weren't his. He refused to return them even after a subpoena. Then he engaged in a criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Care to offer a defence for those actions ?