Trump's Public Statements on Classified Information

As a candidate for President of the United States, Trump made the following public statements among others about classified information. On November 3, 2016, Trump stated, service members here in North Carolina have risked their lives to acquire classified intelligence to protect our country. In January 2021, as he was preparing to leave the White House, Trump and his White House staff, including Nauta, packed items, including some of Trump's boxes.Trump caused his boxes containing hundreds of classified documents to be transported from the White House to the Mar-a-Lago Club.