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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

Jun 1 • 4 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo

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Trump lawyer Jim Trusty says on CNN that Trump can prove he declassified documents when he left the White House -- but the smirk on Trusty's face when he says this sorta gives away the game

ABBY PHILLIP: Why would Trump have a document that seems to pertain to military plans regarding a very significant US adversary and be discussing them with people who don't have an appropriate clearance?

TRUMP LAWYER TRUSTY: You know what's really fascinating about the leak ...

TRUSTY: Obama, 2018, wrote a letter to NARA saying we have thousands of classified docs, we'll give them to you eventually

PHILLIP: That's not what happened. NARA retained control over all of those documents.

Kaitlan Collins to Trump lawyer Jim Trusty: "If this was declassified, then why are we told that [Trump] is on this tape basically telling the people in the room that he can't share it with them?

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