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Declassification, because it seems to suggest that donald trump knew in july 2021 that a document he was holding he could not share with individuals because it was still classified. that's the idea here, that he -- the intent and the willful understanding of the declassification laws, that this would undermine what mr. trump and his legal team had been claiming in terms of their understanding of the status of those documents. >> and if that tape is authentic, and if it matches up to an actual document, i can understand that. but again, he's not being investigated for mishandling classified mat...

It would keep the light down so that he could sleep at night. and it is just this folder that says classified evening summary on it. it is not a classification marking. it is not anything that is controlled in any way. there is nothing illegal about it, there is nothing in it. and when doj found out about it they went crazy and they said that they actually gave me a subpoena to say give us over this empty folder that means nothing. >> those trump lawyers have now done a complete reversal on their own handling of the government documents case. for over a year, trump lawyers refused to hand over...

Says classified evening summary on it. it is not a classification marking. it's not anything that is controlled in any way. there's nothing illegal about it, nothing in it. >> glenn, i'm not a lawyer or a former prosecutor like you, but that's the dumbest thing i might have ever heard. they found 48 more empty folders that contained classified documents at trump's house. last month, he said he had so many of those folder because he thought they were cool. they were a cool keepsake. how are any of these people not in jail? make it make sense to me, please. >> the only reason they're not convict...

To classified materials? now, he insisted she just thought she was copying schedules, she didn't realize there were these classified materials in those boxes. look, that's not a great explanation. >> that's also the responsibility of the person with the classified documents to protect them and not allow access. >> exactly. one of the big questions is trump has been out of office for two years, how is it that classified materials keep turning up? they also turned over a folder marked classified evening briefing and he explained where this folder was and why he had to turn it over. let's listen....

It has a blue light on it and it keeps him up at night. so he took the manilla folder and put it over so it would keep the light down so he could sleep at night. it's just this folder, it says, "classified evening summary" on it. it is not a classification marking. it's not anything that is controlled in any way. there's nothing illegal about it. there's nothing in it. and when doj found out about it, they went crazy. they actually gave me a subpoena to say, give us over this empty folder that means nothing. >> how did they find out about a folder on his bed table? >> we put it in our report. ...