Nothing approaching an order that foolish was ever given. And I can't imagine anyone that worked at the White House after me that would have simply shrugged their shoulders and allowed that order to go forward without dying in the ditch trying to stop it.
John F. Kelly: “Nothing approaching an order that foolish was ever given. And I can't imagine anyone that worked at the White House…”
On the recordAugust 17, 2022
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John F. Kelly
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John Kelly dismissed the claim that Trump had a standing order to declassify documents taken from the Oval Office.
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