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Here’s why the defense asserted by Trump's team—that while in office Trump issued “standing orders” that any “documents removed from the Oval Office and taken to the residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them”—is nothing short of absurd and laughable.

And one year ago today, Kabul fell to the Taliban.

Did that. so there is a lot of back and forth. and presidents can declassify information and he said he did declassify information. does this warrant an unprecedented action that has never before happened in our countrys history and still not explained days later by the department of justice. >> sandra: we did get the statement from a.g. garland yesterday but not a clear explanation to what spurred all of this. as we learn more details and the timing coming into question, we know the judge signe...

Declassify information. >> yes. >> so clearly this is trying to hide information. and i think the reason that someone would do -- >> brianna, i dont want to say clearly. i dont know what his motive is. >> i understand youre not saying that, maggie. but this is highly unusual. and this would have the effect of obscuring the information that was on those papers. i think its important, maggie, as you know from covering him so long, he has an information from trying to hide information, classified i...

Prosecuted against hillary clinton, to the extent that there was any exposure other than poor document retention policy, was that, there was classified information which she done and we should note here, as president, you can control classification, you can do which one with. thats not sure of ex presidents, correct? >> thats correct. as a president, youre right, you have broad latitude to declassify information. we are seeing that right now with the biden administration, they are declassifying ...

Trump, that are not his to keep. that needed to go to the archives. thats whats started them on this process. >> there is also, im gonna come to you in a second, look, theres also reporting on some of the information is classified. perhaps even top secret. were now getting into one of the grand ironies. the thing, the case, that was prosecuted against hillary clinton, to the extent that there was any exposure other than poor document retention policy, was that, there was classified information w...

Assumed that presidential records belonged to the president, only after watergate that congress stepped in to make the new standard so they belong to public. and in national archives, presidential record act does not have any enforcement mechanism. it rely --s on the presidential to preserve things. the january 6 committee, i think how he come across this whole thing, is looking for information connected to what the president was doing on january 6 while the riot was on going. and then the other...

Assumed that presidential records belonged to the president, only after watergate that congress stepped in to make the new standard so they belong to public. and in national archives, presidential record act does not have any enforcement mechanism. it rely --s on the presidential to preserve things. the january 6 committee, i think how he come across this whole thing, is looking for information connected to what the president was doing on january 6 while the riot was on going. and then the other...

Assumed that presidential records belonged to the president, only after watergate that congress stepped in to make the new standard so they belong to public. and in national archives, presidential record act does not have any enforcement mechanism. it rely --s on the presidential to preserve things. the january 6 committee, i think how he come across this whole thing, is looking for information connected to what the president was doing on january 6 while the riot was on going. and then the other...

Evidence, is it time for the biden of administration to declassify everything that they have on the origins in china does not want to cooperate with the investigation and if biden does not do that what does that say about him and his investigation. >> biden has never wanted to know about the origins of this disease he spent two hours wishy jumping and did not raise the issue once and i could not agree with you more we should be declassify information of the reason is we know now we know enough a...