>There are certain procedures that need to be followed to declassify documents which Trump definitely did not follow. There is debate if a president needs to f

>There are certain procedures that need to be followed to declassify documents which Trump definitely did not follow. There is debate if a president needs to follow any specific procedure. >Also, I've read the legal briefings. Trump doesn't actually claim that he declassified the documents, only that he may have declassified them. Ok? >And when pressed to clarify whether or not he was arguing that he declassified them, he complained that it was unfair to demand that he take a position on that matter. I don't think he needs to take a public position. If there is a trial he can take whichever position he wants then. >(Also, Trump never offered the declassification argument until well after the search warrant was executed, and not at any of the other several times when he was asked to return classified information.) We don't know that. We only know he publicly didn't make the argument until after the search warrant. >(And to be fair, Trump has been unfairly treated--if anyone else had SCI information in their personal residence, they would be arguing these points of law from jail awaiting their trial. That he has yet to be charged with any crime is a sign of how unequitable his treatment has been.) Biden, Obama, Nixon and quite possibly all sorts of other politicians have all done the same and aren't in jail. I think you mean if he was a pleb he would be in jail, which is probably correct. The problem is, this whole thing was a comparison with Biden, who isn't in jail...