"Biden's documents are different from Trump's documents"

[Billiejeens]

Its actually true. You would NEVER in a million years hear it from one of your left wing sources, but it is 100% true.


The U.S. classification system has three levels: top secret, secret and confidential.
“That is based on the level of damage that its release would cause to the national security of the United States,” Kel McClanahan, executive director of the National Security Counselors, said. “When you classify a document, that means that only people with a security clearance equal to the classification or higher can read it.”
A sitting U.S. president has wide-ranging authority to classify and declassify certain documents, but former presidents do not have authority over classification and declassification.
Current presidents can classify documents as long as they can “make a plausible argument that it is related to national security.” On the other hand, the president “doesn’t have to give any reason for declassifying” information, according to McClanahan.
“He can just say, ‘I decide that this should be declassified,’ and it’s declassified,” McClanahan said

Yes, the president can declassify documents, but there isn’t a set protocol they have to follow

Former President Trump claimed documents found at Mar-a-Lago were “all declassified.” We explain why sitting presidents can declassify documents and how it works.

www.verifythis.com

ABA Fact Check: Extent of Presidential Legal Authority to Declassify Materials Is Still Unclear

Most national security legal experts dismissed the former president’s suggestion that while in office he could declassify documents simply by thinking about it. But in theory, legal guidelines support his contention that a president has broad authority to formally declassify most documents that...

lawandcrime.com

Don’t Dismiss Trump’s Assertion of Presidential Power to Declassify Information

The country is focused on the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral of former President Trump to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for four alleged crimes, including inciting and abetting an insurrection. But Trump’s decision to stash classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence continues to be...

www.aei.org

Power of the cult.

 

[g5000]

 

[Faun]

Did you know that China and other corrupt countries added another 250 million right after Biden won the election?

Penn took in millions from countries like China and Saudi Arabia, and there may be more

Department of Education officials are cracking down on how schools report funds they receive from foreign sources.

www.google.com

That has nothing to do with Biden.

 

[g5000]

Mr. Biden had neither been notified that he had official records nor been asked to return them, the White House said, and his team promptly revealed the discovery to the archives and returned them within a day.

“The documents were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry by the archives,” Richard A. Sauber, a special White House counsel, wrote in the statement. “Since that discovery, the president’s personal attorneys have cooperated with the archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden administration documents are appropriately in the possession of the archives.”

By contrast, in 2021 the archives repeatedly asked Mr. Trump to turn over large numbers of documents it had determined were missing. He put the agency off for months, then allowed it to retrieve 15 boxes of material in early 2022, including scores of classified documents, but it was later discovered that he kept more.

Biden Lawyers Found Classified Material at His Former Office

The White House said it was cooperating as the Justice Department scrutinizes the matter.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Godboy]

Your meme didnt list all the differences. Also, why do you care that Biden only had 12? Is there a new limit on the number of secret documents you can take from the White House? Why doesnt the meme mention who does and doesnt have declassification powers?


Does any-fucking-body care about an honest discussion anymore? Christ almighty!!!

 

[Godboy]

That has nothing to do with Biden.

You consider it impossible that China donated that money in connection with Biden? You dems are asking us to overlook an awful lot of shady shit at every turn with this guy.

 

[Marener]

Trump isnt any other president. That is EXACTLY how Trump would do it, but you are missing the point here. You are actually half right.

The DOJ knew that they could play dumb and say "we had no idea that he declassified them, so it was illegal in our eyes". That will absolutely work for them. They are perfectly insulated with that excuse. On the other hand, they know that they will never be able to charge him because all he has to do is say "I declassified those" and its over. He will NEVER be charged for those documents. NEVER.

They just did it to try to sway the midterms. Thats also why they hid the fact that Biden got busted with classified documents 6 days before the midterms.

The DoJ isn’t playing dumb because they have no indication that anything was declassified. The only sane thing to do is to treat them as classified.

You’re right. Trump isn’t any other president. He’s a complete moron. He could have saved himself a lot of trouble by telling people the documents were declassified but never did so and actually REFUSED to do so when asked directly.

 

[basquebromance]

 

[Godboy]

The DoJ isn’t playing dumb because they have no indication that anything was declassified. The only sane thing to do is to treat them as classified.

You’re right. Trump isn’t any other president. He’s a complete moron. He could have saved himself a lot of trouble by telling people the documents were declassified but never did so and actually REFUSED to do so when asked directly.

This whole exercise seems pointless, doesnt it? Why raid him in the first place? All presidents keep documents. Hell, most cabinet members probably keep documents. Hillary did, and she isnt the only one.

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

Imagine that, the lefty MSM trying to claim that the two are different.

Madcow from MSNBC said they are soooo different, LOL!

 

[Marener]

This whole exercise seems pointless, doesnt it? Why raid him in the first place? All presidents keep documents. Hell, most cabinet members probably keep documents. Hillary did and she isnt the only one.

Pointless is right. Trump had no reason to keep the documents. The government wanted them back and had every right and reason to seek them.

All evidence points to Trump having not declassifying any of them and not actually wanting to.

 

[Godboy]

Pointless is right. Trump had no reason to keep the documents. The government wanted them back and had every right and reason to seek them.

All evidence points to Trump having not declassifying any of them and not actually wanting to.

He wanted those documents. That was reason enough. He was the President afterall, like him or not.

 

[Marener]

He wanted those documents. That was reason enough. He was the President afterall, like him or not.

They’re not his. They belong to the American people.

Your comment represents a fundamental reason why Trump was truly unfit for the job. He doesn’t understand that being president is a service to the American people.

 

[Marener]

He wanted those documents

Spoiled brat

 

[Godboy]

They’re not his. They belong to the American people.

Man, you must be really pissed at Biden then. Spare me your fake righteousness.

 

[g5000]

 

[Godboy]

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Spoiled brat

EXACTLY like that.

 

[jotathought]

"How does that happen? How could anyone be that irresponsible?"

-Biden

 

[Godboy]

The U.S. classification system has three levels: top secret, secret and confidential.
“That is based on the level of damage that its release would cause to the national security of the United States,” Kel McClanahan, executive director of the National Security Counselors, said. “When you classify a document, that means that only people with a security clearance equal to the classification or higher can read it.”
A sitting U.S. president has wide-ranging authority to classify and declassify certain documents, but former presidents do not have authority over classification and declassification.
Current presidents can classify documents as long as they can “make a plausible argument that it is related to national security.” On the other hand, the president “doesn’t have to give any reason for declassifying” information, according to McClanahan.
“He can just say, ‘I decide that this should be declassified,’ and it’s declassified,” McClanahan said

Yes, the president can declassify documents, but there isn’t a set protocol they have to follow

Former President Trump claimed documents found at Mar-a-Lago were “all declassified.” We explain why sitting presidents can declassify documents and how it works.

www.verifythis.com

ABA Fact Check: Extent of Presidential Legal Authority to Declassify Materials Is Still Unclear

Most national security legal experts dismissed the former president’s suggestion that while in office he could declassify documents simply by thinking about it. But in theory, legal guidelines support his contention that a president has broad authority to formally declassify most documents that...

lawandcrime.com

Don’t Dismiss Trump’s Assertion of Presidential Power to Declassify Information

The country is focused on the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral of former President Trump to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for four alleged crimes, including inciting and abetting an insurrection. But Trump’s decision to stash classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence continues to be...

www.aei.org

 

[jotathought]

The number of documents, cooperation, disclosure, handling misplaced classified material .. blah blah blah ... Does not negate that Biden did the very thing he criticized Trump of (being irresponsible) or how the outcome should be handled.