In Monday’s filing, his legal team argued that there was “disagreement” about the classification status of the seized materials and they emphasized that a president has broad power to declassify information. But they stopped short of repeating Trump’s claim that even if the records had classified markings, it couldn’t be illegal because he declassified them all.
Trump in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Sept. 3.
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“The Government’s stance assumes that ...