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At the heart of the FBI’s investigation into former President Donald Trump is the handling of government documents - including classified documents.
When the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home in August, they found numerous top secret materials. Some were labeled as sensitive information, which means they are supposed to only be viewed and stored in very secure facilities.
Trump argues he declassified the material while he was President, but there’s no written record of it. If the President declassifies something - but doesn’t document it - is it really classified?
WSJ explains the government’s classification and declassification process and what authority the President has - and doesn’t have.
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@evanbutlin1
@evanbutlin1 Жыл бұрын
Literally more useful in 5 minutes than any of the hours of JKO training I've done.
@isaacritter4605
@isaacritter4605 Жыл бұрын
Don’t pretend like the Army Cyber Awareness Challenge isn’t the highlight of your year
@calebhenderson6507
@calebhenderson6507 Жыл бұрын
Omg! Those things.. if you dont bring a snack while doing them.
@elizabethhenning778
@elizabethhenning778 Жыл бұрын
Declassification is a dumb talking point to distract from the fact that those documents weren't his to keep in his basement.
@andrewlove2227
@andrewlove2227 Жыл бұрын
And office and cupboards where they found empty folders
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
lol
@hoanguyenkundun1666
@hoanguyenkundun1666 Жыл бұрын
Laughing out loud
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@diorynovis
@diorynovis Жыл бұрын
Trump probably thought those documents with yellow rectangle borders were owned by National Geographic.
@dcm12388
@dcm12388 Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure it's just a ploy by obiden to keep President Trump from running again so they can continue to steal our money with all of the scams they put in bills.
@dcm12388
@dcm12388 Жыл бұрын
He's not that stupid and actually cares about our country obiden is the criminal not Trump
@zaphodsrealm1549
@zaphodsrealm1549 Жыл бұрын
That's hilarious 😂
@theprinceofpie
@theprinceofpie Жыл бұрын
“In my administration, I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law.” - Trump August 18, 2016
@jesse_-
@jesse_- Жыл бұрын
The president himself can declassify certain documents. The president has that power and privilege. Funny, the public has no clue what these documents are, but they are claiming they cannot be declassified. How do you folks know it’s not a log of the president moving from one room to another, or a log of phone calls making tee times? People have no clue whatsoever, but they are making stuff up or listening to the media, which has a 100% rate of being incorrect about trump. You going to listen to an entirely that has a major track record of being incorrect? If you’re that gullible, do you want to buy a bridge in NYC I have for sale? Really good deal!
@spacetoast7783
@spacetoast7783 Жыл бұрын
[ Curb Your Enthusiasm music plays ]
@hardren101
@hardren101 Жыл бұрын
The same individual that said "Folks that plead the 5th are clearly hiding something and guilty of a crime"
@coreyham3753
@coreyham3753 Жыл бұрын
The Chump declassify nonsense is his typical serial lying BS. Chump was long gone from office and had zero authority over anything by the time he lied and made up the declassify nonsense.
@reasonablebro
@reasonablebro Жыл бұрын
Well we aren't in his administration anymore so it doesn't actually matter, by this standard hes not a hypocrite
@joe.oneill
@joe.oneill Жыл бұрын
For most of what was recovered in the search, Top Secret & TS-SCI documents, the answer is no. For the rest, yes, provided the legal procedures are followed, which don't appear so. He knows he is toast. That is why he is attacking his accusers. That is what he has always done, even before entering politics.
@SweetSpot909
@SweetSpot909 Жыл бұрын
the President is the apex of classification. The entire classification system exists with the president at the very tip of the pyramid. All intelligence agencies exist to provide the President with information in the PDB. The President can snap his fingers and declassify any document he wants for any reason they want and no one has to sign off on it because no one is above the President. If Biden wanted to declassify all Area 51 documents there is no general or no group of people form the FBI, CIA, DNI, NSA or whatever agency that can stop him.
@madhavyu
@madhavyu Жыл бұрын
@jim Majority of conservatives are immune to reality, majority of Americans are thankfully not.
@billr5842
@billr5842 Жыл бұрын
This is the most accurate response. Finally someone with a functioning brain.
@TheMobileHomestead
@TheMobileHomestead Жыл бұрын
@wall street journal +𝟒𝟒𝟕𝟒𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟐𝟏𝟑𝟑𝟔
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@wilfriedholscher7029
@wilfriedholscher7029 Жыл бұрын
It is moot. The Documents belong to the National Archive. De- or not Classified. Period.
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
lol
@bigbrotherisasob
@bigbrotherisasob Жыл бұрын
Wrong.
@apple8511
@apple8511 Жыл бұрын
He has 12 years to give back
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@linusa2996
@linusa2996 Жыл бұрын
@@bigbrotherisasob The documents belong to the original classifiers (US military, CIA, FBI and so on), presidential records generated between Jan 20 2017 to Jan 20 2021 go to the National Archives per PRA, only Trump's personal files (personal letters, communications with his personal lawyers, (not white house lawyers), family go with trump)
@JKnightMusic
@JKnightMusic Жыл бұрын
It doesn’t matter if he can or not. All the statutes listed in the warrant do not require the documents to be classified for a crime to have been committed.
@ROCKLIKEACOBB
@ROCKLIKEACOBB Жыл бұрын
What crime?
@ufoinsider6932
@ufoinsider6932 Жыл бұрын
@@ROCKLIKEACOBB pay attention
@ROCKLIKEACOBB
@ROCKLIKEACOBB Жыл бұрын
@@ufoinsider6932 Oh, I am paying attention, and it's so gross. Some of you "Americans" approve of unconstitutional search and seizure and the NON STOP DNCFBI investigation of an American citizen...because you don't like him. In the USA, we don't investigate PEOPLE looking for a crime. We investigate CRIMES looking for the perpetrator. But you people....wow, I only hope you receive the same "justice" And none of you can name a crime, you only HOPE there is a crime. Once you realize the DNCFBI has led you on a hoax AGAIN, will you cry? will you riot? or will you finally, finally, finally figure out what is happening. Pay attention. Just like the 302's read just before they launched Crossfire Hurricane, "there is no 'there' there".
@JKnightMusic
@JKnightMusic Жыл бұрын
@@ROCKLIKEACOBB ok there MAGA cultist 🤡
@johnyarbrough502
@johnyarbrough502 Жыл бұрын
@@ROCKLIKEACOBB probably failing to comply with the Presidential Records Act for a start.
@jasonforester7292
@jasonforester7292 Жыл бұрын
Literally does not matter if any of the documents were classified or not, that's besides the point. They were not his to take. He broke several laws by doing so, that is a fact. He is not above the law. If I had taken any classified material home with me during my time in the Navy I would've been arrested, thrown in the brig, and charged accordingly. If we are truly a nation of laws, then he must be held to the same standard.
@Skankhunt420.
@Skankhunt420. Жыл бұрын
Powerful people are above the law. George Bush and Obama were war criminals by Illegally torturing and killing people. Obama also lied under oath about surveillance programs. Hillary burnt documents that were intially unclassified according to Comey and then Comey was stood down since the state department said they were classified. My point is is that they're all above the law. People just believe they're not despite history repeating itself over and over
@jesse_-
@jesse_- Жыл бұрын
Executive privilege. He took them, and in the end, nothing can or will happen, because of Execuitve Privilege. You hate trump, so you’ll certainly disagree with me, but if this had been Obama, and I was saying he couldn’t take those documents, you would argue executive privilege. Just watch, nothing will come from this. If anything, I think trump took them, because he knew exactly what democrats would do, and trump can play victim on his campaign. Trump is always baiting the democrats, and they fall for it. He always beats them at their own games. Always. Mark my words, this will fizzle out, and democrats will merely accuse trump of some other crimes. This has been going on for 6 years. The way I see it, is the establishment are abusing their powers to attempt to remove political opposition. That’s actually set a horrible prescient for our country, it will create chaos (possible civil war), and inevitably it will lead to overthrowing our government.
@ajaxava1200
@ajaxava1200 Жыл бұрын
What if he didn't know what classified means You know like when you had no problem when Hillary did it Except she destroyed them to avoid prosecution Idiot
@americafirst1282
@americafirst1282 Жыл бұрын
Jason you are why America is on fire. Go study and learn. Alll Presidents have the right to take their documents. Let’s look at Obammy and Bull Clinton. Go read you willfully ignorant fool
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
lol you have no clue
@tejanoj3017
@tejanoj3017 Жыл бұрын
Where is the paperwork of Trump declassifying the government's classified documents? Why didn't Trump "just comply" like he expects US citizens to do?
@nodescriptionavailable3842
@nodescriptionavailable3842 11 ай бұрын
Was biden potus when he brought hundreds of boxes of docs home? I gu Edit: it's not like they're gonna give us the actual answer on Trump or biden either way, for, reasons
@nuts_fattening
@nuts_fattening 10 ай бұрын
They don't need to file paperwork to declassify documents. It's an informal process that requires zero consultation with any other entity and requires zero paperwork. Did you even watch the video lol?
@nodescriptionavailable3842
@nodescriptionavailable3842 10 ай бұрын
@lilsprite103 " they" change laws to get Trump and ignore laws to protect clinton/biden etc. Sounds like a legitimate administration.
@Bidimus1
@Bidimus1 10 ай бұрын
Please cite the law that defines how the Executive does this.
@windingriver1275
@windingriver1275 8 ай бұрын
@@nuts_fatteningTrump said on audio that he didn’t declassify the document and that he could no longer declassify it because he is no longer President.
@chipchaser44
@chipchaser44 Жыл бұрын
"I just have to think about de-classifying those documents, there for, they are de-classified" trump, talking to Hannity on Fox last night.
@wayhollobj36
@wayhollobj36 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the breakdown Im going to share this
@TruckTaxiMoveIt
@TruckTaxiMoveIt Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that explainer. It would be nice if you also indicate the care and custody protocol for the handling of the documents
@op3129
@op3129 Жыл бұрын
you mean what _should have_ happened to all of it? like, once ALL of them were turned over to NARA - classed or unclassed - deadline of jan 20, 2021? OR do you mean how classed docs should have been handled prior to that, full stop?
@waryinzero
@waryinzero Жыл бұрын
There's a human or a group of humans connected to the other end of these documents. For one person to unilaterally deem these documents as "unclassified" is dangerous and shows disregard for what it truly may be at stake.
@ufoinsider6932
@ufoinsider6932 Жыл бұрын
It’s also entirely false. He didn’t declassify them
@jesse_-
@jesse_- Жыл бұрын
Ok smarty, what are the contents of the documents specifically? How does classification of documents work? What is protocol? Are all documents considered classified until the president declassified them? Some of these documents could be very meaningless stuff that are automatically classified as secret. I believe the content is going to eventually come out, and it’s going to be nothing really important. Will people that jumped up and down pointing finger at trump apologize for jumping the gun, or will they be good little minions and focus on the next shiny object the media dangles in front of them. The media and democrats have been 100% wrong about trump, as every allegation has fallen flat, yet the minions that support the establishment keep believing the media. That is basically just how ignorant some people are in this country. They will believe anything they hear and become outraged over it, and when it pans out to be nothing, they will forget it, and move on to the next fairytale.
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@jasons73
@jasons73 Жыл бұрын
@@ufoinsider6932 How would you know that? Why wouldn't he have declassified them? Y'all are so desperate to get Trump on this it's freakin pathetic 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jasons73
@jasons73 Жыл бұрын
Your feelings don't matter though chief. The President has the unilateral plenary authority to declassify vested in him by the Constitution and backed up by legal precedent. There is no crime here. And you're assuming the worst about what's in the documents without a shred of evidence.
@victorianmelody46
@victorianmelody46 Жыл бұрын
Here’s the evolution of Trumps excuses: 1) I didn’t take the documents. 2) But if I did take the documents, they weren’t classified. 3) And if they were classified, then they were planted. 4) And if they weren’t planted, I declassified them. 5) And if I didn’t declassify them, then it’s a hoax. 6) And if it’s not a hoax, then Obama did it. 7) WHAT ABOUT HER EMAILS?????🤣😂
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@UnclePlaysBadly
@UnclePlaysBadly Жыл бұрын
About sums it up.
@samlunter5126
@samlunter5126 Жыл бұрын
WSJ needs to put this on Fox News, also owned by the same Aussie
@nickt7486
@nickt7486 Жыл бұрын
can't wait for the follow up when it's announced no charges will be pressed.
@SwtTrisha8
@SwtTrisha8 Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Look what happened with Russian Hoax- they made it up and tried to impeach an innocent President. I’m still waiting for all involved to go down!
@TruckTaxiMoveIt
@TruckTaxiMoveIt Жыл бұрын
Domestically the underground street value of those documents was probably $2 billion, internationally probably $20 B.
@op3129
@op3129 Жыл бұрын
"probably $2 billion" aka _precisely_ that amount
@alexdigg
@alexdigg Жыл бұрын
I. DECLARE. DECLASSIFICATION!
@carlosheaven7887
@carlosheaven7887 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂✌️
@duerf5826
@duerf5826 Жыл бұрын
I, HEREBY, DECLASSIFY THE NUCLEAR CODE! I will now take it home with me with no malicious intentions whatsoever.
@jasonsummers8995
@jasonsummers8995 Жыл бұрын
You can't just yell "declassification" that's not how this works
@nirui.o
@nirui.o Жыл бұрын
@@duerf5826 its 0000, give it a try.
@pauljewel6988
@pauljewel6988 Жыл бұрын
You sound like a southern bell " I do Declare"
@accutronitisthe2nd95
@accutronitisthe2nd95 Жыл бұрын
What? you can't just wave a hand?
@monkeybusiness2204
@monkeybusiness2204 Жыл бұрын
I thought the question is not "can he?" but "did he (declassified the documents while he was still President and before he brought them to Mar-a-lago)?".
@saahiliyer11
@saahiliyer11 Жыл бұрын
Irrelevant. None of the statutes cited in the warrant make any distinction based on classification.
@jadawin01
@jadawin01 Жыл бұрын
Since the law only says Government documents and not classified Government documents, Trump having them in his possession became illegal from 1/20/2021 when Trump became a private citizen.
@suzyfarnham3165
@suzyfarnham3165 Жыл бұрын
IF he did..there would be a paper trail. I wish everyone would watch this to understand his statement of waving a KFC drumstick and SAYING' they are declassified DOES NOT make them so until ALL procedures are followed. He came out with that BS the day after the search...The reason this new lawyer did not even mention 'his declassification' in the latest answer written to the judge...is that they know it could ne disproven in 5 minutes.
@Leo-vc6rx
@Leo-vc6rx Жыл бұрын
How are US classified documents DECLASSIFIED? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnaTpaajad1nqM0
@jasons73
@jasons73 Жыл бұрын
@@jadawin01 Trump can legally possess them as Personal Records. Also, he can store them at his own secure facility while they are technically in the custody of NARA. Just like Obama did. You folks need to get informed.
@jarrodyuki7081
@jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын
i see.
@jokotri2186
@jokotri2186 Жыл бұрын
I DECLARE DECLASSIFY...... - Michael Trump
@derricklafrance9440
@derricklafrance9440 Жыл бұрын
What a long and precise process. I thought you just think with Jedi mind trucks.
@thisguy7976
@thisguy7976 Жыл бұрын
I know that it doesn't matter but "classification" is spelled incorrectly at 1:50
@williamrichardson2596
@williamrichardson2596 Жыл бұрын
The better question is, what can the people see?
@pauljewel6988
@pauljewel6988 Жыл бұрын
Yes, and can I get some of those declassified documents, and that box of Time Magazines you see at the right side of the picture, and where can I buy that rug?
@williamrichardson2596
@williamrichardson2596 Жыл бұрын
@@pauljewel6988 Fair.
@JOWNZ88
@JOWNZ88 Жыл бұрын
So the POTUS says something is declassified this means that he has to do all the work himself? It seems like there would probably be someone else that would do the rest of the work. Like the a construction company owner saying he would build a house... no he has employees that will build the house. Someone just didnt do their job in regards to the declassification order.
@Samuel-wf6kk
@Samuel-wf6kk 2 ай бұрын
Good video but you didn't really explain the actual declassification procedure. So he can declassify but there's a procedure. What's the procedure? We don't know😂
@jmyjam9038
@jmyjam9038 Ай бұрын
As long as every other politician goes to jail for keeping classified docs, then I agree, but until then trump should be free.
@blabberwulf7650
@blabberwulf7650 Жыл бұрын
What is the position without the person that holds it ????? empty. when she get to Trump she stops and expresses her opinion as it were law. also notice they rely on one court case where the judge wrote something. courts interpret the law not dictate and rewrite laws.
@jasons73
@jasons73 Жыл бұрын
Correct, this video is intentionally misleading. It didn't all of a sudden become a crime for Presidents to declassify documents and move them to a personal storage location. Every past President has done that. But all of the rules and precedents are different now because it's Trump and they hate him.
@onequestion2059
@onequestion2059 Жыл бұрын
"In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law." Done.
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@Royermang77
@Royermang77 Жыл бұрын
Perfect abstraction!!
@tonicalloway7227
@tonicalloway7227 Жыл бұрын
Ok..I understand these things,but..all of this is circumstantial if the feds did not record..before they left,or even tape what was in those boxes as they were having a look-see...what left the Teflon Don's abode may not be what arrived..it only matters what's in those boxes if the feds can prove that said contents are one and the same.. ...
@BP-1988
@BP-1988 Жыл бұрын
The biggest concern is not why Trump took the secret classified documents but rather what happened to them during their time at Mar-a-Lago and where are the contents of the empty folders? Were they copied by Trump? And/or were they photographed by agents of countries hostile to us?
@JatinMatani
@JatinMatani Жыл бұрын
This is like Mike screaming "I declare bankruptcy"
@QTEPYE
@QTEPYE Жыл бұрын
LOL! Looks like donald's aka tiny's and rudy's plan to get a shelf in their favorite adult bookstore, Fantasy Island Adult Book Store in Philadelphia Pennsylvania is on hold. In the meantime, melania will continue to get her _favorite toys_ from there. This area holds great memories for tiny and rudi. Not far from their favorite bookstore, is the site of one of rudi's great logistical feats. His great get for a press conference, "Four Seasons Landscaping" that just adds more fodder to tiny's and rudi's historical infamy.
@jimwellnitz1751
@jimwellnitz1751 Жыл бұрын
How the media lies to you. Watch the video
@pamelakremer7344
@pamelakremer7344 Жыл бұрын
BS
@TheKnight1997
@TheKnight1997 Жыл бұрын
Take a shot for every classified
@gdcarter01
@gdcarter01 Жыл бұрын
This video says a lot, but still says nothing.
@jasons73
@jasons73 Жыл бұрын
Yeah they'll get a few months of news cycles out of this, then at the end, wah wahh. No charges.
@williamliamsmith4923
@williamliamsmith4923 Жыл бұрын
WSJ, WP, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, FOX all should ask access to the declassified documents list and also for the declassified documents. This will clear things up. Kash Patel, Trump will have to clarify what all is accessible to them. Supreme Court would get involved- and we would know what is real truth and what is alternative truth.
@kaishiden4586
@kaishiden4586 Жыл бұрын
i will use MY SHARPIE & write DE in front of CLASSIFIED & erase SECRET so it’s TOP DECLASSIFIED-trump
@tamilgamer78986
@tamilgamer78986 Жыл бұрын
☺️👍🏻Thanks to understand
@Bidimus1
@Bidimus1 10 ай бұрын
THe court case cited may well apply to any member of he executive branch save the President as "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. " The second circuit nor any member of article III courts may override the fact that Executive power and how it is used is only the purview of the President as the Executive. Note the narrator said The Court, to infer the US Supreme Court (not that it would matter) and avoided stating it was a case from the SD-NY
@maxrusso2697
@maxrusso2697 Жыл бұрын
Nice!!
@TheVir1177
@TheVir1177 Жыл бұрын
Corruption in our government and politicians representing our people. Any politicians should go to jail for corruption. Nobody should be above the law. Former President Trump should be charged with the classified documents taken off the white house or archives. Many politicians should go to jail not only former president. Americans make a list. Classified documents shouldn't be hold in any presidential house. Enforce the laws of the land USA.
@kaosaechao7256
@kaosaechao7256 Жыл бұрын
Trump got magic wand. He can declassified any documents
@madhavyu
@madhavyu Жыл бұрын
There is no documentation that he declassfied the documents that were at Mar-A-Lago. Hypothetically, even if he did, he can´t just take them without permission from the National Archives according to the 1978 Presidential Records Act.
@SweetSpot909
@SweetSpot909 Жыл бұрын
Any President can declassify any document in any way for any reason they want. There is no form they have to fill out. The President also decides what is personal and what is considered presidential records.
@SweetSpot909
@SweetSpot909 Жыл бұрын
@jim yes
@madhavyu
@madhavyu Жыл бұрын
@@SweetSpot909 How would anyone know if something was declassified? Hillary Clinton could claim the documents on her computer were declassified.
@SweetSpot909
@SweetSpot909 Жыл бұрын
@@madhavyu The President is unique in that their power to declassify any document is absolute. Hillary or any other cabinet member does not have that power. All documents are treated and assumed to be at their classification level until someone in informed they're not classified anymore. Any President can literally point to a entire warehouse at Area 51 and say every document in this secret warehouse is now declassified and that's the end of it.
@Joel-bh5xd
@Joel-bh5xd Жыл бұрын
@@SweetSpot909 the video just clearly explained it doesn’t work that way
@mikeyoung9810
@mikeyoung9810 Жыл бұрын
The reality of this doesn't matter to his supporters. If you give them a talking point excuse they'll just repeat it and feel justified to do it.
@JK12518
@JK12518 Жыл бұрын
you take it home and...ehhh whatever.
@pauljewel6988
@pauljewel6988 Жыл бұрын
So, what are the procedures for each document types, is there paperwork that needs to be done, is there a Mass that is to be said, what is it exactly?
@thewolfdoctor761
@thewolfdoctor761 Жыл бұрын
Good questions that the media never discusses. And if SCI documents can only be viewed in a SCIF, how did trump get them and take them to Mar-a-Lago ?
@pauljewel6988
@pauljewel6988 Жыл бұрын
@@thewolfdoctor761 Can fallen fruit return to branch? (Charlie Chan)
@rshuey7183
@rshuey7183 10 ай бұрын
Every classified document that has its classification printed on it, requires the reclassification or declassification printed on it as well, along with when it was reclassified or declassified, and who did it, as well as what office that person was in so that its validity may be verified.
@grantsmythe8625
@grantsmythe8625 Жыл бұрын
Why did Trump want those documents?
@ttarantulas4u258
@ttarantulas4u258 Жыл бұрын
Why did Obama create a museum in Chicago 2021 with over 30,000 classified and unclassified documents?
@dam8087
@dam8087 Жыл бұрын
The Saudis have a few billion reasons why
@dewaynehasty
@dewaynehasty Жыл бұрын
One theory put out there was to use as bargaining chips in case he was ever found guilty of other crimes.
@madhavyu
@madhavyu Жыл бұрын
@@dam8087 More probably Russians and Chinese.
@grantsmythe8625
@grantsmythe8625 Жыл бұрын
@@madhavyu Exactly, or perhaps the Saudis could more easily get hold of those secrets and sell them to the Chinese/Russians or exchange them for "favors".
@Randall2023
@Randall2023 Жыл бұрын
Dauphin River First Nation Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
@chocinspired
@chocinspired Жыл бұрын
I can declassify just by thinking about it man, sometimes in my sleep
@jannmutube
@jannmutube Жыл бұрын
------ > @ 5: 45, I doesn't make sense to say it doesn't mater whether the documents are classified and then say that widening of the investigation depends on whether documents were classified.
@timothycourtney6894
@timothycourtney6894 11 ай бұрын
Incorrrect
@Leo-vc6rx
@Leo-vc6rx Жыл бұрын
Is it true that Trump is selling the contents of the empty folders at auction on eBay? Also, is it true that bidding is starting at 1.5 million Rubles?
@pauljewel6988
@pauljewel6988 Жыл бұрын
Leo expertly asked just like Tucker C would, and did you brow wrinkle up like a Chow dog. Don't get me wrong I like your comment
@sprogg2001
@sprogg2001 Жыл бұрын
Why was he holding on to those documents, for what purpose?
@lawngaiyi
@lawngaiyi Жыл бұрын
Self comes before family. Family comes before work. Who in continental China does not know this? Babies?
@thinkdifferent3028
@thinkdifferent3028 Жыл бұрын
what a joke. Wall Street Jokers
@kolopow141
@kolopow141 Жыл бұрын
Maybe actually watch the video? Cognitive dissonance is normal but for your own sake you need to push through it.
@Exodus26.13Pi
@Exodus26.13Pi Жыл бұрын
So T24
@jasons73
@jasons73 Жыл бұрын
So that whole Jan. 6 Trump Insurrection narrative just sort of died didn't it? Coincidentally just in time for "Document Gate" 😂
@frankmart3339
@frankmart3339 Жыл бұрын
The 2009 executive order directs the head of the department or agency that originally deemed information classified to oversee declassification reviews, and it sets some standards for them. The executive branch has regulations laying out the process that should be followed, such as a requirement to make sure that other agencies and departments with an interest in the secret are consulted. There are also procedures for the removal of classification markings on documents.
@philipottato8625
@philipottato8625 Жыл бұрын
Everytime someone talks about this guy I want to throw up
@ln14517
@ln14517 Жыл бұрын
I'm just a regular guy who now knows what classified documents at least look like because of trump.
@mullahbaksheesh9151
@mullahbaksheesh9151 Жыл бұрын
Who doesn't understand the meanng of the word "empty"?! They are properly called cover sheets and any supply room at CIA, DIA, NSA will give you as many as you want.
@Pyrrhic.
@Pyrrhic. Жыл бұрын
I learned something about declassification and this will have zero impact in my day to day life.
@VAMobMember
@VAMobMember Жыл бұрын
,um, no CONFIDENTIAL is not the lowest, UNCLASSIFIED, RESTRICTED ACCESS is the lowest and includes stuff such as PRIVACY ACT. Second POTUS has absolute classification and declassification authority, if he says it’s TS then it’s TS and if he says release it to the public the it’s released, PERIOD. I had a security clearance and even helped write a Security Classification Guide once.
@DrFaust-pr8vw
@DrFaust-pr8vw Жыл бұрын
he didn't declassify them though. and he cant just say they are now, he isn't president. no matter how much some want to believe that.
@VAMobMember
@VAMobMember Жыл бұрын
@@DrFaust-pr8vw who said he didn’t declassify them? Te FBI and Intel community who lied to us for years about Russian Collusion? The DNC who cooked up the false Collusion story in the first place? All he has to do legally is say to staff I WANT THIS DECLASSIFIED and it is (as the sitting POTUS) as of that moment.
@DrFaust-pr8vw
@DrFaust-pr8vw Жыл бұрын
@@VAMobMember those are conspiracy theories. Please take your medication.
@jasons73
@jasons73 Жыл бұрын
Turns out they found 48 empty folders marked Classified, so the document count they provide in this video isn't even accurate anymore.
@TheGlamourChiick
@TheGlamourChiick Жыл бұрын
True Trumper I see, just because they were empty doesn’t mean the documents aren’t located somewhere else. Jesus Christ!!!! USE YOUR BRAIN. If that was the case why didn’t he say I took empty folders rather than having the DOJ build a case against him.. I FEEL LIKE IM TAKING CRAZY PILLS READING THIS BS.
@fomalhauto
@fomalhauto Жыл бұрын
Classified is actually not a marking The classification markings are Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret
@jasons73
@jasons73 Жыл бұрын
@@fomalhauto yeah I realize that Einstein I didn't want to type out each type of classification, it's irrelevant anyway, they were all declassified
@jasons73
@jasons73 Жыл бұрын
@@TheGlamourChiick bunch of empty folders, could've been extras, could've been empty after documents were taken by FBI back in June, you don't just get to invent evidence that doesn't exist yet pal
@TheGlamourChiick
@TheGlamourChiick Жыл бұрын
@@jasons73 you are the type of person who listen to people who tell you want you want to hear, regardless of the facts and evidence. You are a follower who obviously don’t have the mental competency to think on their own, the world needs people like you. I’m going to pray for you buddy.
@RudieObias
@RudieObias Жыл бұрын
LOCK HIM UP!!! LOCK HIM UP!!! 🔒🔒🔒🔒
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@ajaxava1200
@ajaxava1200 Жыл бұрын
With Hillary's bathroom shredder Because that's ok
@EricCartman915
@EricCartman915 Жыл бұрын
Lol Hillary destroyed personal emails about a wedding
@auro1986
@auro1986 Жыл бұрын
complicated question is: can trump satisfy wsj in his other mansions?
@jarrodyuki7081
@jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын
math physics chemistry law politics finance and medicine.
@stinkly2423
@stinkly2423 Жыл бұрын
It's 2022 and we're still talking about the orange anti-mexican meme man?
@JogBird
@JogBird Жыл бұрын
i guess itll be up to scotus to determine this
@jackboot3946
@jackboot3946 Жыл бұрын
Donnie is counting on it.
@dam8087
@dam8087 Жыл бұрын
His extremist plants would be willing to seek out America again. SCOTUS is compromised as badly as the orange traitor
@spacetoast7783
@spacetoast7783 Жыл бұрын
Charges haven't even been filed in a lower court yet. Slow down. Take a breather.
@niranjansm
@niranjansm Жыл бұрын
When will they put this guy in jail?
@jamesberonja1539
@jamesberonja1539 Жыл бұрын
I thought dicementsbwere his for a Trump Presidential Library. Just a misunderstanding from what I can tell about the matter.
@soonlengpoh5110
@soonlengpoh5110 Жыл бұрын
they shd have done it when he was there... to witness the search.
@stephensandoval4132
@stephensandoval4132 Жыл бұрын
This is a security and safety issue of the United States of America safety!! Whom did Trump sell these documents to??????
@villeyoyo
@villeyoyo Жыл бұрын
If documents are declassified I liked to see them. They are public now because of the declassification?
@op3129
@op3129 Жыл бұрын
various journalists have FOIA'd "any and all" and gotten responses that range from "nothing found" to "nothing found." (Mother Jones was clever enough to not FOIA the NSA but instead the agencies that feed NSA. like NGA. NGA's response was "nothing found.") p.s. declassifying would vitiate the monetary value of TS, since even foreign entities can use FOIA
@TruthRobinson411
@TruthRobinson411 Жыл бұрын
Donald J. Trump 2024!!! #LetsGoBrandon #FJB #FJBiden #RedWave2022 #RedWave #UltraMaga #MagaKing #MAGA #ImpeachJoeBiden
@hyojoonus
@hyojoonus Жыл бұрын
No, not complicated. He was not a king and he is no longer whatever he thinks he was. He did not have the authority to wantonly endanger national security and nor does he now retroactively have such power no matter how much he wants to believe. Fail, go to jail.
@mikew1368
@mikew1368 Жыл бұрын
"I can declassify documents just by thinking about it." [Donald J. Trump] This settles everything. He's just a little tardy on getting a few documents back to the Archive officials. /s
@philippinesunfiltered421
@philippinesunfiltered421 Жыл бұрын
🤔🤔🤔
@hikky631
@hikky631 Жыл бұрын
Trump got lazy🤣, then he got busted, what clown🤡
@jakelong6860
@jakelong6860 Жыл бұрын
Karl Rove said it load and clear they 're not his to take.
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
@@jakelong6860 stop hanging out with butter knives.... its making you the dullest knife in the drawer.
@donarrivas1675
@donarrivas1675 Жыл бұрын
At a 101 level, the US intelligence system is built on the military (sometimes known as the DoD) intelligence and the non-military (sometimes known in difference) intelligence. Both are commonly known as the IC -- the intelligence community-- managed by the NDI, the national director of intelligence, and supervised by the Congressional committee on the intelligence and the WH presidential instructions.... Well, people can ignore the rest of how the complexity in the priority set by the IC chain of command is. How the IC talks among each other at the diff level of classified, for an example how FEMA can get tbe DoD intelligence info or data for its field humanity-reliefs ops, or how military cross-talks to the non-military. Which community is assigned to collect the US domestic intelligence geospatial data without infringement of the Constitutional rights, etc and etc. One thing we all know for sure that no one can be above the laws of the land, except donald trump?!?!! or some abusing top government's people. Now, FBI is part of the IC but has nothing to do with the classified DoD methodology or vice because of no money for it. The classified is easy to go up, but not that easy to go down without the IC scrutinized and approved. Even the WH presidential order! For example, Barrack Obama decided to declassify the old priority list of US nuclear targets around the globe... It took more than 12 months to come up with the declassified that could be released to the public and the media. But the declassified did not cover every original thing because the sanitation or scrubbing process was to either change or redact the list by each IC member. The FBI is no god of the IC but follows the NDI instructions and the rules of IC membership. Trump knows the IC rules. And he knows he is in the losing end, so he comes with his old dog-trick of blamimg somebody behind the murky rules. He only wants to be like Kim J Un for the U.S by keeping his secret talks in doc to his endearing NK friend, mr Un!!
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
youve nothing but blather. ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@op3129
@op3129 Жыл бұрын
DoD is _not_ the same as IC. military IS equivalent to the DoD. wtaf (are you trying to sound ignorant on purpose?)
@incufan120
@incufan120 10 ай бұрын
Crazy looking back at this Today as to why Trump is being indicted
@accutronitisthe2nd95
@accutronitisthe2nd95 Жыл бұрын
Declassification has no bearing on this as even declassified documents DON'T BELONG TO CONALD!
@thepantscommandme
@thepantscommandme Жыл бұрын
Then you'd have to prosecute every former president, don't act like this is a new thing.
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
@vegasvato55
@vegasvato55 Жыл бұрын
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 6:16-19
@tamilgamer78986
@tamilgamer78986 Жыл бұрын
சாகித்தன் family நல்லவங்க நீங்க சொல்லுற announcementah கேப்பாங்க நீங்க சொல்லுறத எங்களுக்கு புரிய வைப்பாங்க. 👍🏻
@suzyfarnham3165
@suzyfarnham3165 Жыл бұрын
I just put the ling to this on FOX News comment thread!! I just had to!! lol !!
@joannepicciano2668
@joannepicciano2668 Жыл бұрын
Who would take remove documents and leave the empty folder? If the docs were really there, and really removed, the folders would be gone also. Smart people know this fact, and the others are just showing how dumb they really are....again.....
@joer9276
@joer9276 8 ай бұрын
This is factually wrong. Do some actual research.
@bruceh3905
@bruceh3905 Жыл бұрын
Et tu, Brute…?
@freedomofspeech4u
@freedomofspeech4u Жыл бұрын
He said that he took them. Then after months he refused to give them back. Told them that he already gave them all back but, lied like normal. Got caught with them at his house. Now found 40+ folders empty. WHAT MORE PROOF DO THEY NEED TO LOCK THIS TRAITOR UP? Justice system needs to work for EVERYONE and no one sound ever be above the law!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
sounds like obama
@freedomofspeech4u
@freedomofspeech4u Жыл бұрын
@@callyourgeek All his cult can do is point fingers like a child, that is sad.
@Scarywesley4
@Scarywesley4 Жыл бұрын
@@callyourgeek Then why didn't Trump's DOJ prosecute Obama for these crimes? Crickets...
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
@@Scarywesley4 because presidents can declassify what they want genius. youre not the sharpest knife in the drawer are you?
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
@@freedomofspeech4u your ignorance and cult like following liars is pathetically obvious. sharpen your knife, its dull
@death363
@death363 Жыл бұрын
Can Biden forgive student loans? It’s complicated
@spacetoast7783
@spacetoast7783 Жыл бұрын
It is complicated. The criteria for changing payment plans are really vague.
@pauljewel6988
@pauljewel6988 Жыл бұрын
Apparently, all you have to say is "I do Declare"
@steveng7174
@steveng7174 Жыл бұрын
The Biden Cartel can do whatever they want, pay attention!
@pauljewel6988
@pauljewel6988 Жыл бұрын
@@steveng7174 OH I forgot the millions the Bidens made off of selling the hunter brand laptops, even more money Jarid made selling his cologne called top secret
@steveng7174
@steveng7174 Жыл бұрын
@@pauljewel6988 Are you that shallow? There are plenty of never Trumper's out here that recognize a criminal when we see one!
@bobertsogert2809
@bobertsogert2809 Жыл бұрын
Isn’t this the lady from vox speaking? Or am I going crazy
@bobertsogert2809
@bobertsogert2809 Жыл бұрын
Nevermind I’ve done some digging. Turns out they are two different people who sound almost identical
@comradechenkov6210
@comradechenkov6210 Жыл бұрын
What is Tucker Carlson's take on this?
@spacetoast7783
@spacetoast7783 Жыл бұрын
Do you really need to ask?
@tejanoj3017
@tejanoj3017 Жыл бұрын
Trump appoints judge. Judge goes way outside the norm to accommodate Trump. Looks like quid pro quo.
@matthewkeating6970
@matthewkeating6970 Жыл бұрын
Yea they were for his presidential library witch is going to be a chain of star bucks that he owns so to see it all you have to travel to multiple locations. LOL
@everythingzen2428
@everythingzen2428 Жыл бұрын
I don't see how WSJ says it gets 'complicated' when it's obviously just an alibi from Trump.
@gadaadhoon
@gadaadhoon Жыл бұрын
Going through this issue in detail is sensible. It keeps us from being a state with a sham legal system. ....it also might be the news equivalent of speaking slowly and loudly to someone who's being an idiot.
@callyourgeek
@callyourgeek Жыл бұрын
ill quote jason "Literally false. A President can declare anything he wants to be a Personal Record at his own discretion, anything he takes home is presumed to be a Personal Record as decided in the 2012 court decision Judicial Watch vs NARA (Clinton sock drawer tapes). He can also store documents at his own secure facility while they're in the custody of NARA, same as Obama did. You're comparing the President's rights and authorities to classifications and storing documents to a normal citizen or lower level bureaucrat or official, but a President has much more authority under the Constitution which is backed up by case law. Get informed, then comment."
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