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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Mar-a-Lago Raid => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 21, 2023, 02:23:56 pm
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Mark Meadows Just Complicated Donald Trump's Defense in the Classified Docs Case
By Bonchie | 7:39 AM on August 21, 2023
News of what Donald Trump's former chief of staff told special counsel Jack Smith regarding the classified documents case in Florida is spreading. According to reports, Mark Meadows testified that he was not aware of any standing order to declassify any materials that the former president took with him to Mar-a-Lago.
https://twitter.com/PhilipWegmann/status/1693575173755039750
Appearing to contradict former President Donald Trump's primary public defense in the classified documents case, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has told special counsel Jack Smith's investigators that he could not recall Trump ever ordering, or even discussing, declassifying broad sets of classified materials before leaving the White House, nor was he aware of any "standing order" from Trump authorizing the automatic declassification of materials taken out of the Oval Office, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
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https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/08/21/mark-meadows-just-complicated-donald-trumps-defense-in-the-classified-docs-case-n2162849
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