Because, like most Trumpists, you leave out over a years worth of efforts to try and get Trump to voluntarily return them.
Did Biden voluntarily
Interesting. I looked it up and I guess it is in the courts. It appears there is dispute over whether a tweet was a declassification order, what to redact and violating privacy rights.
Former President Donald Trump's final declassification request was blocked by the Justice Department after he left the White House, new records reveal. The memo by Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows that was delivered on the morning of Jan. 20, 2020, noted the Justice Department “must” release...
www.washingtonexaminer.com
I’m going to give my opinion(this could be a good topic for a real discussion if that is possible). This puts us, the American people in a real bind.
The president has absolute power to declassify any thing at anytime. Along with that, there is a procedure to do that, to make sure privacy rights aren’t violated, and that it is done across all the existing copies of the documents.
Like most of our rules concerning absolute power, or the powers of each of the branches of the government, it depends heavily on the decency and integrity of the person wielding the power to not abuse it and to keep the interests of our country and its people in mind. There are no laws that govern that aspect or that infringe on it. No guardrails.
I don’t believe anything and everything should be declassified or un redacted. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of stuff that might be classified that shouldn’t be or is simply because it embarrasses someone. That is why there is a procedure involving multiple people in the process and typically in consultation prior to a formal order.
If Trump indeed “declassified” those hundreds of documents found in Maralago, it was done with no regard to the country he is supposed to be serving. For example, one of the documents was said to detail the nuclear capabilities of another country. If that got out it would comprise sources, raise the question of how we knew, if it was an adversary- tell them what we know, if it was ally, reveal their capabilities.
So what happens when absolute power coincides with a rogue president who disregards all those norms and procedures?