Setback for Donald Trump over classified documents seized from his home

It's a scathing decision.

A federal court ruled on Wednesday in favor of the Department of Justice (DOJ), authorizing it to access the hundred classified documents seized from Donald Trump.

A setback for the former president who obtained the appointment of an independent expert to review the thousands of documents seized by the federal police, which until then prevented federal investigators from examining them.

The panel of three magistrates challenged a highly criticized decision by a Florida judge, which had prevented the DOJ from accessing the documents, assuring that there were doubts about their classified nature.

But as many experts had suggested, the fact that these documents have a “classified” or “top secret” stamp is sufficient proof, the three judges believe.

“The plaintiff (Donald Trump) suggested that he may have declassified these documents when he was president.

But the file does not include any proof that these documents have been declassified, ”write the magistrates.

Declassification by Thought

“I have declassified everything”, certified Donald Trump on Fox News, Wednesday evening, assuring him: “There is no process, if you are the president, you can declassify just by saying” It is declassified even just by thinking it.

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“I declassified everything,” Trump tells Hannity.

"There's no process, if you're the president you can declassify just by saying 'It's declassified', even just by thinking it."

Nope, the 3 judges were clear: he did not provide any evidence.pic.twitter.com/cuGPnaStwx

— Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) September 22, 2022

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Such an argument "is nonsense", responds to

the lawyer specializing in national security issues Bradley Moss.

According to him, a president or his administration must follow a process to declassify information, and as long as the documents are marked with a stamp, they remain classified.

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