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Presidents, Prosecutions, and the Rule of Law

We the People

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The President's Defense of Willfully Retaining a Classified Map

The president has broad authority when he's president to declassify. He can do it by executing a formal document. But as we know the Trump administration didn't always do things the normal way. If these documents that are being talked about on these tapes are in the 31 documents that are listed in the indictment,. It's fair to assume they are, but we don't know for sure. Then I think the president has an uphill battle in putting down these charges.

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