Their narrative has... Dissolved, went away, found to be totally incorrect, no longer applicable to their goal.
We need to end this idea about Trump declassifying the classified documents he had. He didn’t. There is absolutely no evidence he did, and if he even tried it would be only show that he had zero regard for our national security. I don’t think he does, actually.
You wouldn’t hear about that yet. Why would you expect it to leak?
Oh, I don't know..... maybe because staged pictures of the documents were leaked. Rumor of 'nuclear codes' were leaked.
You are wrong. totally wrong. Couldn't be further from the truth. There is no statue that covers how many ways that Trump couldn't declassify them given the circumstances.
I understand damn near every post that you have made about this topic. I do not discount anyone of them, I've taken every one of them under total, respectable consideration.
I miss the daily COVID briefings for the sheer awkwardness of Birx while Mr. Trump just rambled about bleach and UV light.
How? If he, as CIC with total final say on what is or is not, declassified, how would it be illegal for him to posses them? NOW, I'm not saying that he should or should not, but I graduated law with GOAT.
None of that matters. Besides the fact that it's ridiculous. I mean, why in the world would Trump use his last few moments to declassify the documents he wanted to take back to Florida? That's just f*cking stupid. He probably didn't even know those documents were there. He had them lying around his rooms, and the movers packed them up. It happens (probably). This whole "he declassified them" thing just makes you people look brain-dead. He didn't, okay? They were classified. He f*cked up. It happens.
Yes, you are . Do you ever realize when you do these little snippets you are analyzing yourself?
Again, at that point I was in it for the theater. I hate that SNL hasn’t found a good Biden.
That doesn't even make sense (that Trump could snap his fingers and something would be declassified on the spot). Even I don't think the government people are that stupid. Common sense would tell you that there is a procedure. However, he treats people so rudely it wouldn't surprise me if there was evidence it would be conveniently lost.
Lol. Nope. You are wrong. Just because Trump says so doesn't make it true.
There was no leak about nuclear codes. Someone made up a scam Trump fundraising email about Trump having nuclear codes asking for money amounts matching the numbers. Also, Trump defenders like you claimed that’s what they were. That was a very lame defense, by the way.
His ability to regurgitate facts has nothing to do with his ability to lead. He's "smart" but can't effectively do his job. The latter matters much more than the former.
Roger. Just be aware that among the findings of the Special Counsel will not be, "all's good, Trump declassified the documents." I'm certain that it never happened and so certain that i'd be willing to bet a sizeable chunk of change on it. However, it's not a fair bet for anyone that would take me up on it and would be like stealing money. I don't want to do that to anyone here.
Biden and Pence appear to have mishandled classified information . . . same as Trump.
If the Prez has the magical power over classified v declassified docs, then why can’t Biden say he “thought” all Trumps docs back into classified mode immediately upon taking office and “thought” all his own can docs were declassified?
I think the bolded sentence is probably accurate for Biden, Pence and Trump. The issue with all of them is that they should not have been lying around anywhere in their offices or wherever the packers packed them. They were clearly mishandled. We have a problem, Houston. This sloppy handling of classified documents by elected officials needs to be stopped. If any good comes from this, it will be fixing that. A man can hope.
Pence self-reported. Biden and Trump got caught. I would think that is important for the sienter requirement.Biden and Pence appear to have mishandled classified information . . . same as Trump.
Some people have said the classification system is out of control. It’s often used to conceal embarrassment instead of state secrets. Can you walk us through how a particular document becomes classified?
I've not read that Biden got caught. I read that they were found at his office when they were cleaning it out, then they decided they needed to look in the boxes that he had in his house. It's probably going to be political problems for Biden and Pence (he had no chance for President anyway), though I'd be good with at least fining all three of them. This sloppy handling of classified information needs to be stopped.
I have the impression ignorant staffers marked documents classified when they really were documents subject to executive privilege. Those aren’t the same thing, but I wouldn’t expect many staffers to know the difference.
Biden didn’t self report. Some documents were in his personal office in his home to be found by the FBI. I have to assume Biden either put them there or knew they were there. It has been reported that the Biden documents appear to have been selected. If so I think that is a major problem. We can’t verify that without knowing at least the subject matter of the documents. If not the actual material.
You're telling journalists what words they have to use to be "objective"? More "if you're not with me, you're agin me" bullshit.
Good grief. Biden's team first found the documents when they were cleaning out an office to shut it down. They self-reported.
You claim to be a lawyer but you frequently struggle with legal terms. It's "scienter."
Some people say that, and it may happen here and there, but it's not my experience. Early in my career I did see that, but not since. Early examples were ship schedule to include the dates of departing home port. Just about everyone in the port or on the base and friends and families all knew that information. Classifying that at the Confidential level was just dumb and we don't do that any longer. Classification process is complicated and tightly controlled. Easiest is if the source is classified, the new document containing that information is classified the same - at least that part. A document can have classification for each paragraph. If it's new information we have classification guidance spelled out in Classification Guides. Here's an example (obviously, it's unclassified):
Doesn't sound very plausible. It doesn't happen that way, and documents would have the classification in the print within the documents. Besides, why would they do that for 130 or so documents and leave thousands of others unmarked? Why not shove them all into boxes and write Secret or Top Secret on the boxes? It would take a high level of ignorance and stupidity for anyone to do that and cause a ton of programs, but it would make more sense than marking a fraction of the documents due to some ignorant staffer's concept of Executive Privilege.
He’s smart. He does a lot more than regurgitate facts. He will be a thorn in the side of conservatives for a very long time.
Timeline I've read in various articles was that first documents were found at his think tank office (don't recall where that was, but I think it was at a university) and those were turned in. Then it's been reported that Biden's lawyers/staffers invited the FBI to search the boxes in his garage and his house for any additional classified documents. Maybe he did deliberately take some. I don't know and hopefully the special counsel finds out and it's reported. I think it's clear that all three of them are a least guilty of gross negligence which is exactly what HRC was guilty of despite the decision not to prosecute. At this point I don't see prosecution as possible for mishandling classified information by any of them, unless there is some intent found, and of course we have the dumb rule that our President can't be prosecuted while in office. They could impeach him, but the Senate would never convict him. Unless the special counsel finds something really explosive with Biden's case. Intent, disclosure to others, etc.
Seriously, what is wrong with you? Why do you follow and then share with us these absolutely horrendous, pathetically disgusting people? Who calls Jimmy Carter names? And what kind of person thinks Wow! I’d better share that? Do you have no filter whatsoever?
