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one of trump's loudest defenses following the -- has been a chest pounding declaration that he -- it doesn't matter that they wound up there. he said that, quote, everything was declassified. but so far, that argument has been noticeably absent from any declaration by trump's lawyers in court. this morning, in a legal filing, trump's attorneys once again failed to say that trump declassified any documents. furthermore, they are insisting that actually these documents might not in fact be classified to begin with. essentially, trump's team is saying, don't trust the doj, because who k...

Sight this october case. but we talk about the presidential records as if it is scrapbook keeping or, at least in this scenario, trump's team has wanted us to believe that this is -- these are just souvenirs. but the presidential records in the presidential records act came about after a very specific chapter in american history. can you talk about why the pr right, the presidential records act, is important? and what it signified in a post nixon era? >> okay. i will take my time -- the 90s back to the 90s -- >> please do. >> when richard nixon was driven out of office, he held a lot of embarr...

That trump could sell to a hostile government or terrorist or -- mar-a-lago. those are secrets that can be used by people who hate america, to kill our children. under the law, they are supposed to be in a national archives vault, under heavy guard, and not sitting around mar-a-lago with people -- >> it really feels like the parallels between what happened with nixon, a president intent on destroying records, and keeping things in a vault with only a single or two keys, the parallels between that and mar-a-lago are stunning and erie. michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian, thank yo...