Donald Trump’s one-time Attorney General William Barr said the former president is “toast” for mishandling classified documents — and Trump has only himself to blame.
But he said the charges that Trump kept hundreds of classified government documents related to sensitive national security matters at his Mar-a-Lago estate after leaving the White House are a serious matter.Fox News“I was shocked by the degree of the sensitivity of these documents and how many there were, quite frankly,” Barr told host Shannon Bream.“[Trump] is not a victim here. He was totally wrong,” Barr said.
Trump was peddling “big lies” — one being that he has complete authority to declassify documents, Barr added. While an argument can be made to declassify Trump’s personal correspondence, for instance, that is not the case for national security or other government documents under the Espionage Act, he said. He said these are “official documents” not Trump’s personal materials that would be his to take.Justice Department
Trump kept hundreds of classified government documents related to sensitive national security matters at his Mar-a-Lago estate after leaving office.Trump’s lawyer claimed many of the documents were newspapers, pictures and personal mementos.She said many of the documents were newspapers, pictures and personal mementos and maintained that Trump could declassify documents under the Presidential Records Act.for the White House even if he is convicted in the classified documents case.
The beleaguered ex-president is also under federal investigation for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots and is being investigated for alleged election fraud in Georgia. He was also recently“I’ll never leave,” Trump told Politico on Saturday, “Look, if I would have left, I would have left prior to the original race in 2016. That was a rough one. In theory that was not doable.”
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