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The loyal Trump ally has insisted that Donald Trump declassified the documents the FBI gathered from his Florida resort.
The Navy veteran is captured on surveillance video transferring documents at Mar-a-Lago, The Washington Post reports, adding credibility to his account.
A worker told investigators the ex-president ordered that boxes of documents be moved after he received a subpoena for them, The Washington Post reported.
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance suggested Trump's remarks in Arizona were telling.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Jay I. Bratt, head of DOJ counterintelligence operations, told Trump’s lawyers he has not yet returned all the documents that should go to the National Archives.
Judge Aileen Cannon lets Trump skate — for now — on his highly suspect claims that the FBI planted files in records seized from Mar-a-Lago.
"You know that a president can't declassify documents by thinking about it," George Stephanopoulos told Sen. John Barrasso.
The former president claimed he could declassify documents "even by thinking about it.”
“It’s amazing that Trump continues to have the confidence of a man who is ready for anything while being prepared for nothing."
The former president makes a wild new claim about the extent of his powers while in office.