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If you're POTUS or authorized by the POTUS things are different since they are the classification authority.
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
If you're POTUS or authorized by the POTUS things are different since they are the classification authority.
- mrguyorama 3y agoThere is still process you have to follow. Being president doesn't magically make you immune to rules and process. No, trump could not just "think they are declassified and they are", and that's not how it works, and he knew that.
- lesuorac 3y agoWell, it really does work that way. The classification stems from a series of executive orders [1] which long post-date things such as the Espionage Act. The thing is that Biden is the president not Trump so Biden could declassify everything at Mar-a-lago but Trump can't. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information_in_the_...