Trump ‘Standing Order’ to Declassify Not Found by DOJ, Intelligence Agency
- DOJ, ODNI say they have no such records after a FOIA request
- Former president has been indicted over secrets he had at home
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A “standing order” that former President Donald Trump has claimed authorized him to instantly declassify documents removed from the Oval Office could not be found by either the Justice Department or Office of Director of National Intelligence.
The by the agencies was made in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed last August by Bloomberg News, which sued ODNI and the Justice Department’s national security division for a copy of Trump’s so-called standing order — if one existed.