China News Service, September 23. According to comprehensive US media reports, on the 21st local time, former US President Trump, who was caught up in the investigation of Mar-a-Lago, said in an interview with Fox News that the president does not need to go through formal procedures to decrypt sensitive documents. It's just a matter of "thinking about it".

Some Republican members expressed concern about the remarks.

File photo: Trump.

　　Trump's remarks came as the Justice Department launched an investigation into whether he violated the Espionage Act by taking classified documents from the White House when he left office.

Trump has repeatedly argued that he has declassified all of the documents.

　　On the 21st, Trump told Fox News anchor Hannity, "As I understand it, there doesn't have to be a process. If you're the president of the United States, you can just say 'this is decrypted' and you can decrypt it. You can even think about it. Decrypt."

　　Trump added, "There can be a process, but it doesn't have to be. You're the president, you make the decision...I declassified everything."

　　Trump's remarks aroused concern among some Republican members.

　　Senate Republican whip John Thune told CNN that there is a procedure for declassifying documents and believes that procedure should be followed, and it applies to anyone with access to or processing classified documents .

　　"I think there's a concern that those documents that were taken from the White House were not declassified, or about the fact that classified documents were removed and not properly protected," Thune said. "I think that's what the Justice Department is dealing with."

　　Thom Tillis, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also said he believed the president had to follow a process to declassify the documents.

　　Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, known as a close ally of President Trump, also dismissed Trump's claims.

Asked about Trump's claim that the documents could be declassified "with a single thought", Graham said "the process could be more complicated than that."

　　CNN reported in the report that the Republicans were not aligned with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who typically declined to comment on the Mar-a-Lago raid, and later Those who have been defending Trump.

　　In addition, Indiana Senator Mike Braun (Mike Braun) believes that the president has the right to declassify, "I don't know what the right way is, I think we will know."

　　On August 8, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

According to the information that was authorized to be unsealed, there were more than 11,000 government documents and photos in the seized items, of which more than 100 were classified as classified, 54 as “secret”, 31 as “confidential” and 18 as “highest level” Top Secret".

　　Trump's lawyers have repeatedly stated in a court filing that the president has the authority to declassify the records, but declined to say whether Trump has done so.

　　On September 21, the U.S. federal appeals court challenged the claim of declassification, and the panel of judges wrote in its opinion, “The claim of declassification is a diversion, and declassification of an official document does not change its content, nor does it Make it private."