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Kablooie

(18,637 posts) Sun Aug 14, 2022, 09:45 PM Aug 2022

If Trump declassified the documents, he would break the law that he's being investigated for.

18 U.S. Code § 793 does not refer to document classification.

In a nutshell, anyone who possesses or transmits information respecting national defense to any unauthorized person commits the crime.

If Trump declassifies sensitive national defense documents he is making them available to unauthorized persons and thereby has committed the offense.

His statements of de-classifying the documents is an admission of the crime.

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If Trump declassified the documents, he would break the law that he's being investigated for. (Original Post) Kablooie Aug 2022 OP

The documents don't need to be classified for him to be in violation of the law. onecaliberal Aug 2022 #1

He's also admitting they were in his possession before they were in Mar-a-Lago. kentuck Aug 2022 #2

onecaliberal

(32,876 posts)

1. The documents don't need to be classified for him to be in violation of the law.

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Sun Aug 14, 2022, 09:51 PM

Aug 2022

kentuck

(111,106 posts)

2. He's also admitting they were in his possession before they were in Mar-a-Lago.