DOJ admits Trump lied about Russian documents

[Roland99]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/doj-admits-trump-lied-about-russian-documents/

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was forced to assert that President Donald Trump actually lied when he tweeted that he had declassified documents relative to the federal investigation into the alleged “Russian Hoax.”

The DOJ released a statement in response to an emergency motion filed by BuzzFeed News journalist Jason Leopold seeking unredacted sections of the Mueller report and 302s— Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) witness interview materials. BuzzFeed also requested that Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton order the government agency to reprocess its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and lift redactions the Trump administration may have left in place.

The publication also argued that with the president’s claim that the documents had been declassified, there was no longer a justifiable reason for the DOJ to legally continue withholding the documents.

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The DOJ added, “The Court cannot infer that any such sweeping order exists based on the President’s Twitter statements because they merely suggest that the President ‘authorized’ the ‘declassification’ of unspecified information. The Twitter statements do not refer to any specific document and do not indicate that the President was exercising his Constitutional authority to declassify specific information. They were not an order to declassify particular material.”

ya don't say?!

[Iliyah]

1. Official report coming to also include the "unmasking" bullshit? . . .

And where is treason barr?

[magicarpet]

2. Oh,.. so what DOJ is saying is we have a Reality TV pResident residing in the White House.

... everything trDumpie says is a fucking fabrication and a fucking lie. Only done to boost his ratings and poll numbers. Like a "Z" grade movie star.

What the hell is he doing in the White House he is incapable of effective governance. He lacks the intellectual fire power to be the dog catcher who wanders around town collecting dog shit for proper disposal. He'd gum that job up too.

[FakeNoose]

3. Don't they mean "He was being sarcastic"?

The White House staff knows better than to ever admit Chump was wrong or he was lying, it's always "he was being sarcastic."

They need to give Dept. of Justice a clue on how to handle these things.

[superpatriotman]

4. K&R

Because it so matters.