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TC touches on it. First off in the espionage act it quite clearly states that if you are in possession of classified documents you are guilty of a felony. While Mueller gave HC a pass because he didn't think (but didn't know) she intended to use the information that is no excuse as the Act specifically states intent is not to be considered. Trump an the other hand, as POTUS can change the classification of most any documents on his say so alone. I believe he did so. So there it is in a nutshell. HC committed a crime and got let off because she is a Dem, Trump doesn't get let of because he is a Rep.

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Only if your head is so far up Donald’s ass you can smell his farts before he rips one… The Espionage Act doesn’t have a word about classified documents; it pertains to any document that belongs to the Federal Government. The only reason anyone outside of Trump himself brings up classification is because if a document is or was classified, then it automatically is property of the Federal Government.

So, in a parallel reality where Hillary Clinton did win in 2016, could she have changed the classification of documents? Or does only your Abominable Showman have that privilege?

“Trump… as POTUS can change the classification of most any documents on his say so alone. I believe he did so.”
No, he did not.
You can’t just declassify one copy of a document. Such as, for example, a map showing the patrol areas for our nuclear subs. if Trump felt that it was okay for every dick on the planet to know where our subs are hiding, he can declassify that data, but he has to declassify his copy AND every copy held by DoD.
It doesn’t work if the CNO and Squadrons are protecting info as Top Secret, while the same information is insufficiently guarded in Trump’s basement.
That’s why there’s a process. It’s not automatic, it’s not telepathic, and it’s not private.

Plus, things are classified EXACTLY because the contents pose a threat to national security if revealed. if he revealed them, it could very easily be POSING AN ACTUAL THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. Making Bonespurs a traitor.

Hillary’s case was eventually dropped because it wasn’t clear what she could be charged with. Her groups handling of classified documents on the group email server was bad but not clearly illegal. The law was changed afterwards to make it clearly illegal.
The questions in the Trump case are not if the documents are illegal but how clearly Trump was behind ordering them moved and hiding them in Mar-a-Lago.
Both Trump and Hillary have gotten favorable treatment from the DOJ. Common people like us would be arguing either case from jail.

Trump an the other hand, as POTUS can change the classification of most any documents on his say so alone

Apart if Fuehrerprinzip became the basic structire for the USA Federal governmnt instead of the Constitution, the POTUS still has to follow a procedure to (de)classify documents beying mere whims.

Clinton was hounded for careless storage of documents to which she legally had access as secretary of state, not stealing and hiding them once she was out of office.

@Conscience #146096

These people have no idea how government works. They have no idea how bureaucracy works. I'm starting to wonder if they know how indoor plumbing works.

@Sasha #146104
These ARE the people that laugh at liberals, always pushing for consumer protection laws, but still counting every single egg at the grocery store to make sure they really put a dozen in the carton.

<@KeithInc.> #146108

I check the eggs, but only to make sure they are not cracked :)

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