On the recordOctober 5, 2022
There is just none. There's no conceivable basis for that.
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transcripts.cnn.comThere is just none. There's no conceivable basis for that.
Nancy Gertner asserts that there is no excuse for having classified information at a private residence.
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I don't think there's any question that he himself is under investigation for violations of the Espionage Act.
The classified information that is being described is not and can't possibly be shielded by executive privilege. In other words, he didn't have a right to have it, he didn't have a right to have it in his beach house.
This is power, it seems to me, that is baked into the Constitution and cannot be taken away.