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former president had knowingly stashed away? trump complained very loudly and very publicly about that raid. he also fundraised off of it and really, he took every opportunity to point out what a victim he was for a deep state which hunt. but his first real defense, his first real justification for why he kept all those documents in the first place, that came in the form of a statement said exclusively to fox news, quote, president trump had a standing order the documentary from the ov...

joining us this evening. remember back in august last year, when the fbi searched trumps mar-a-lago home looking for classified documents, documents they believed the former president has knowingly stashed away? trump complained very loudly and publicly about that. he also fund-raise off it and took every opportunity to put out what a victim he was of a deep state witch hunt. but his first real defense, first real justification for why he kept all of the documents in the first place, t...

come on and run. >> i mean, you know, real talk about like the sociologist teaching intro to sociology of race at 40 universities. >> stand back new college. all right, thank you as always, my friend. >> thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. remember back in august of last year when the fbi searched trumps mar-a-lago home looking for classified documents, documents they believed the former president had knowingly stashed away? trump complained very loudly ...

Of the official process for how to declassify things, which totally makes sense because trump really like sharing classified information when he was in office. remember the time that president trump casually revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister during a white house meeting? or the time he tweeted out a highly classified image from a u.s. by satellite? or the time that he had sensitive discussions about north korea with the japanese prime minister in front of a c...

Declassify all these documents, whatever a standing declassification order is? cool. except nobody bought it. cnn interviewed 18 former officials from trumps own administration who called this explanation ludicrous and ridiculous and a complete fiction. john kelly, who as you recall, was trumps chief of staff, he says, nothing approaching an order that foolish was ever given, and i cant imagine anyone that worked at the white house after meet that would have simply shrugged their shoulders and a...

Saying its the classified, even by thinking about it. >> there does not need to be a process, i can declassify it by when, when i think its declassified, when i say its the classified, is, proof. national security experts everywhere found this ridiculous, but trump stuck with the defense. this is what he said at a town hall last week. >> i was there and took what i took, and it gets the classified. let me tell you, i have the absolute right to do whatever i want with them. i have the right. >> t...

Into mar-a-lago and the case of jack smith is building. we know now that there is this piece of it. we know that there are key players, that they have broken attorney-client privilege in the case, there are a number of fronts where jack smith has had some significant winds, and i wonder, what you make of trumps exposure oppression? >> sure, i thought his participation in the town last week, and this has been said so many times, i am sure, on your broadcast, as well, whats great for him political...

Of the official process for up to the classified things, which totally makes sense because trump really like sharing classified information when he was in office. remember the time that president trump casually revealed havoc ossified information to the russian foreign minister during a white house meeting? or the time he tweeted out a highly classified image from a u.s. by satellite? or the time that he had sensitive discussions about north korea with the japanese prime minister in front of a c...

Things, but as i understand, it does not have to be -- if youre the president of the u.s., you could be classified by saying its the classified, even by thinking about it. >> that does not need to be a process, i can declassify it by when, when i think its declassified, when i say its the classified, is, proof. national security experts everywhere found this ridiculous, but trump stuck with the defense. this is what he said a town hall last week. >> i was there and took what i wanted to talk, an...

Except nobody bought it. cnn interviewed 18 former officials from trumps own administration who called this explanation ludicrous and ridiculous and a complete fiction. john kelly, who as you recall, was trumps chief of staff, he says, nothing approaching an order that foolish was ever given, and i cant imagine anyone that worked at the white house after meet that would have simply shrugged their shoulders and allowed that order to go forward. okay. a few weeks later, trump sat down with an inte...