Why won’t Trump lawyers tell Judge Dearie whether Trump declassified the docs? It’s because the lawyers don’t want to lie and be disbarred and subject their client to a criminal false statement charge. 18 USC 1001.
— Andrew Weissmann 🌻 (@AWeissmann_) September 20, 2022
And (ianal)
Declassifying doesn’t magically make them personal docs. *
Theyre still govt docs and they still belong to the govt.
*anymore than your seat cushion “becomes” a flotation device. Its still a seat cushion, that maybe floats