https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-allies-say-declassified-mar-lago-documents-experts-say-unclear-w-rcna42311
Richard Immerman, a historian and former assistant deputy director of national intelligence under former President Barack Obama, disagreed and said that, while the president has the authority to declassify documents, there’s a formal process for doing so, and there's no indication Trump used it.
“He can’t just wave a wand and say it’s declassified,” Immerman said. “There has to be a formal process. That’s the only way the system can work,” because otherwise there would be no way of knowing who could handle or see the documents, he added.
“I’ve seen thousands of declassified documents. They’re all marked ‘declassified’ with the date they were declassified,” Immerman said.
Gerald Ford is one of the most under-appreciated presidents in US history.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats hated Nixon. They hated him for daring to run against their golden boy, Kennedy, and almost beating him. They hated him for his massive wins in 1968 and 1972. They hated him for pulling America out of the Viet-nam war that they had gotten the US into. They wanted his blood and they didn't get it when he resigned before they could fire him. And they wanted it after and then Ford came along and say "Enough!" The only thing Nixon's prosecution would've done was further demoralize and divide a country that was struggling to maintain its lead position in world politics against the USSR and to keep its economy from sinking under the Arab oil embargo. He said "Enough, let it go and let's heal." And for a while there was peace.
But I guess the Dem's are still looking for a Republican president to destroy since they didn't get Nixon. Now they have one, or so they think. Honestly, if the warrant was worth something and important documents had been found that shouldn't have been there, the press would've been informed within hours of the raid. That the FBI is still saying "Yeah, we're getting around to releasing the warrant and we still won't comment on what we took from the place" tells you all you need to know about what a failure this was on the FBI's and Dem's part.
And let's say they find something, something that no one would've bothered Hillary or Obama about but you decide that since it's Trump, well now it's bad. What will be gained by further attacking him? You don't want him to run in 2024? This will seal the deal, galvanize the base and demoralize his opponents, Extremism will rise. The next time BLM starts have "most peaceful riots" people will probably start standing up to them. Violence will spiral and we'll hear more about "Civil War II". Is that what you really want?
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