Florida Jury Will ACQUIT TRUMP OF CLASSIFIED DATA CRIMES Since President Can Declassify by Thinking (HA Goodman)

Most national security legal experts dismissed the former president’s suggestion that he could declassify documents simply by thinking about it. But as an ABA Legal Fact Check posted Oct. 17 explains, legal guidelines support his contention that presidents have broad authority to formally declassify most documents that are not statutorily protected, while they are in office. - American Bar Association



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 26, 2023.]