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ThoughtCriminal

(14,675 posts) Fri Oct 17, 2025, 11:55 AM Oct 17

Can Bolton use Trump's Claim that he declassified everything that was at Mar-A-Lago [View all]

Remember when Trump Claimed he de-classified everything that was at Mar-A-Lago?

Okay, that was complete BS, but Trump said it, so Bolton should be able to argue that the DOJ must prove that any intelligence that he "mis-handled" was not included in the boxes of documents there.

This puts the DOJ in a rather awkward position - in court where they might have to admit that the documents were not de-classified. BUt also with the optics since it brings up the whole episode of Trump's stolen documents again.

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Can Bolton use Trump's Claim that he declassified everything that was at Mar-A-Lago [View all] ThoughtCriminal Oct 17 OP

No. Probably not be any overlap of documents involved, regardless. I am not a lawyer. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 17 #1

Here's the thing. rzemanfl Oct 17 #5

I'll say all he has to do is grab the headlines regardless of court ruling. GreenWave Oct 17 #2

Can he claim he declassified them dweller Oct 17 #3

Brilliant! Of course. He can and will. rzemanfl Oct 17 #4

Would that also mean that in order to make that determination, Volaris Oct 17 #6

Halligan doesn't have this case. It's in Maryland. rzemanfl Oct 17 #7

Youre right, i fixed it. Volaris Saturday #9

More on this topic- rzemanfl Saturday #8