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On the recordAugust 14, 2022
And the idea that 18 months after the fact Donald Trump could simply announce, Well, you know, retroactive actively declassifying or whatever I took home had the effect of declassifying them is absurd.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

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Adam Schiff criticizes Donald Trump's claim about retroactively declassifying documents.

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