Trump's 2016 Campaign Promise to Protect Classified Information During His Administration Goes Viral

[BeyondGeography]

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A clip of then-candidate Donald Trump vowing to protect classified information during a 2016 campaign stop went viral on Monday as critics called out the hypocrisy surrounding the issue and the former president. “On political corruption, we are going to restore honor to our government. In my administration, I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law,” Trump says in the clip from a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 18, 2016.

Trump’s attacks on his then-opponent, Hillary Clinton, and her alleged mishandling of classified information featured prominently in his 2016 campaign and even led to him strengthening laws regarding classified information.

On January 18, 2018, Trump signed S. 139 into a law. The bill, which Trump supported, edited 18 U.S. Code §1924, which originally read:

Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trumps-2016-campaign-promise-to-protect-classified-information-during-his-administration-goes-viral/

[KPN]

1. Hilarious! This next little while or longer could very well

create lots of smiles and laughter. Going to be fun. Yay!

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2. Get thee to the greatest page!

[Chainfire]

3. He didn't say anything about "after" his administration... ;)