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grumpyduck

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1. Ok, but can a POTUS actually declassify materials

Reply to zuul (Original post)

Tue Sep 20, 2022, 03:49 PM

Sep 2022

just because he wants to? And isn't there a paper trail during the process?

Or is he just fed up and is telling them to go fuck themselves?

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Special Master Has a Simple Test That May Be Disaster for Trump [View all] zuul Sep 2022 OP

Ok, but can a POTUS actually declassify materials grumpyduck Sep 2022 #1

I think the way to look at it is this... Imperialism Inc. Sep 2022 #11

Let's say TFG can prove all docs are declassified he'd still have to prove they were his. MAGA is .. uponit7771 Sep 2022 #38

Please Make It Happen! The DOJ Cha Sep 2022 #2

DT must be pissing Cha Sep 2022 #3

Are you sure there is actually enough inside him for that? soldierant Sep 2022 #26

Seen Leaving MAL.. Cha Sep 2022 #33

ROTFLMAOAPMP! soldierant Sep 2022 #36

When do they have to put up or shut up ? Beachnutt Sep 2022 #4

I read on a twitter thread that the SM scheduled another hearing for 10/7. I suspect in2herbs Sep 2022 #10

Nice. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #5

just as pointed.... but another slapdown getagrip_already Sep 2022 #6

Trump wanted loyalty Demanchor Sep 2022 #17

Does Cannon dare remove The Special Master? Jim__ Sep 2022 #7

Idk about that. The Third Doctor Sep 2022 #9

I thinking she WILL! bluestarone Sep 2022 #18

They don't think he's the son... 3catwoman3 Sep 2022 #25

Reality is what the evidence says it is, unless there exists additional evidence bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #8

I think Trump's argument is, "If I steal it, it is mine." Chainfire Sep 2022 #12

ahh, the toddlers creed..... getagrip_already Sep 2022 #19

The point that seems to keep getting lost is that all these documents belong to the government. Lonestarblue Sep 2022 #13

He thinks he owns the documents because he's on the same page as Louis XIV: "L'etat, c'est moi". TheRickles Sep 2022 #14

'I'm The Only One That Matters,' Trump Says Of State Dept. Job Vacancies November 3, 2017 keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #34

His life-long motto Pinback Sep 2022 #39

EXACTLY! bluestarone Sep 2022 #27

A president takes secrets and does what he wants with them CharleyDog Sep 2022 #15

The Special Master of Monumental Disaster Blue Owl Sep 2022 #16

Lucky the SM turned out to be a real judge, not a Trump Judge. This should prove very Martin68 Sep 2022 #20

Right elleng Sep 2022 #23

Earlier articles mentioned that Dotard's lawyers proclaim loudly on social media that he declassifie keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #21

This matter of him claiming to have de-classified the docs makes me wonder; Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2022 #22

Doubt it. elleng Sep 2022 #24

some place, some where there must be a way to control this information. Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2022 #30

There SHOULD be, but I tend to doubt that such A document or documentS exist. elleng Sep 2022 #32

There is a process that produces a paper trail and those papers do not exist. TigressDem Sep 2022 #29

Thanks! Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2022 #31

SO WHAT IF.... they keep getting Special Masters and ALL OF THEM DO THE SAME THING? TigressDem Sep 2022 #28

It'll be good to see this move forward. TiredGenXFemme Sep 2022 #35

He doesn't want just attestations, he wants proof. lindysalsagal Sep 2022 #37

Dearie asks Trump lawyers whether they believe FBI lied about seized documents LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #40