Granted President’s can declassify anything they want….
Secretary ‘s of States can’t….
But the apparent finding of ‘Top Secret’ data at the Trump residence, taken from the White House in silence from the same Republicans that went after Clinton is ironic …..
But NOT to be unexpected politics, eh?
Donald J. Trump once thundered that the questions surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server were “bigger than Watergate.” On his 2016 presidential campaign, “where are her emails?” became a Republican rallying cry that was soon replaced with an even more threatening demand: “Lock her up.”
Now, it’s Mr. Trump who faces accusations of improperly taking government records to his private residence. But among Republicans, once so forceful about the issue of mishandling documents, there was little sign of outrage.
Several Republicans who once railed against Mrs. Clinton’s document retention practices did not respond Thursday to questions about Mr. Trump’s actions. Others who had been directly involved with investigating Mrs. Clinton declined to discuss the specifics except to suggest, without evidence, that the National Archives and Records Administration was treating Mr. Trump more harshly.
“Why is the Archives handling this differently?” Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa asked in a statement relayed through his spokeswoman….
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There were signs Thursday that Democrats may approach Mr. Trump’s possible violations with some of the same fervor as their Republican opponents.
On Thursday, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Democrat of New York, said she had asked the National Archives for more information about how the agency had communicated with Mr. Trump about the records he had taken. Ms. Maloney, the chairwoman of House Committee on Oversight and Reform, has promised to investigate whether or not Mr. Trump attempted to destroy records…
Lock Him Up!