Appearing to contradict former President Donald Trump’s primary public defense in the classified documents case, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has told special counsel Jack Smith’s investigators that he could not recall Trump ever ordering, or even discussing, declassifying broad sets of classified materials before leaving the White House, nor was he aware of any “standing order” from Trump authorizing the automatic declassification of materials taken out of the Oval Office, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.

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    1 year ago

    When a witness uses the old “I can’t recall” it’s not really an answer and earns you no leniency points

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      I’m talking about the hangman part, are you saying figuratively for the justice system?