Trump authorizes DOJ to declassify Russia probe documents

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Politico

Donald Trump on Tuesday authorized the declassification of a set of documents connected to the investigation of his 2016 campaign’s contacts with Russia.

Trump has long declared his intention to make public more of the sensitive materials underlying the probe, which he has maligned as a “witch hunt,” despite findings that his campaign sought and relied upon materials obtained by Russia to aid his campaign against Hillary Clinton.

Trump has spent his final weeks in office seeking to erase any vestiges of the investigation, pardoning key figures such as George Papadopoulos, the 2016 campaign aide whose interactions with a Russia-linked professor helped ignite the probe, known as Crossfire Hurricane.

It’s unclear which documents Trump has ordered declassified less than 24 hours before he leaves office. He cited the decision as based on the results of a Dec. 30 review he asked the Justice Department to perform. The department presented him with a “binder of materials” that remain classified, he said in a memorandum issued on Tuesday. Trump said he then asked for the documents to be declassified to “the maximum extent possible.”

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[PA_jen]

1. Here we Go!

[radical noodle]

2. My Mama always said

"Be careful what you wish for." He might live to regret this.

[Lock him up.]

3. What about the Grand Jury Materials related to the Mueller Report?

All in the "binder of materials" the kucfing moRon did not read?

[reACTIONary]

10. They should have chucked that into the binder also...

... and release it after his ok. He would never know it was in there.

[Tactical Peek]

4. Blowing one of his final kisses to Putin while in office,

Blowing one of his final kisses to Putin while in office, sources and methods and flowers and Valentines.

[TomSlick]

5. The risk is that Trump will be declassifying intelligence means, methods, and resources.

I worry that Trump will be signing death warrants for intelligence assets.

[Lonestarblue]

6. That's the idea! His last gift to Putin.

[Pachamama]

7. +10000

Exactly

[onetexan]

8. Not gonna happen. Andrew Weissman was on Rachel Maddow earlier &said

Its way too late in the game to get this done. The redaction takes days if not weeks to do & Biden admin will stop it in its tracks tomorrow.

[question everything]

9. They took it seriously on Brian Williams. I think