Hahaha.
They've plumped for secret declassification,
Let the White House publish the standing order, if it exists in its records.
See how well the invented Trump model, without a paper trail, stands up in court against the established procedure.
Also note the difficulty. Biden has the same power to have reclassified any documents Trump claims to have declassified. His power ended on leaving office.
There ain't no way that Trump was able to declassify US nuclear secrets simply by removing them at the end of his term! That's just absurd.
"On Friday night, Mr Trump's office issued a statement maintaining that he had used his authority while president to declassify the documents.
"He had a standing order that documents removed from the Oval Office and taken into the residence were deemed to be declassified," the statement said.
"The power to classify and declassify documents rests solely with the President of the United States.
"The idea that some paper-pushing bureaucrat, with classification authority delegated by the president, needs to approve of declassification is absurd."" = BBC
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