Opinion: Trump’s declassification claims are implausible and irrelevant
Trump brought more than 300 records marked as classified to Mar-a-Lago, including 184 discovered in 15 boxes he gave the National Archives in January, 38 that his lawyers surrendered in June in response to a federal subpoena and more than 100 seized during the FBI’s Aug. 8 search. The documents ranged from “confidential” to “top secret” and included “sensitive compartmented information” about intelligence sources and methods.
Trump initially claimed he had a “standing order” as president that automatically declassified any documents he removed from the Oval Office. That policy was news to national security officials who should have known about it, and it would have been a haphazard and cavalier way to treat sensitive records.
In a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity last week, Trump himself cast doubt on his initial explanation, saying the president can declassify documents simply “by thinking about it.” That means such decisions do not have to be communicated to anyone, even though the whole point is to change how records are stored and handled.
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