AdvertisementA former aide, Kash Patel, has said that Trump declassified that material, Hewitt prompted. Since the search became public, the presence of material marked as classified has been fodder for political commentary. But in insisting that he declassified it, Trump’s making a political claim, not a legal one. What is alleged, it seems, is not that Trump had classified material but that he was in possession of material that was property of the government. But arguing that he’s being railroaded because the government refuses to acknowledge that the documents were declassified?

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2022 00:27 UTC