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A Dozen Former Trump Aides Deny His Claim He Was Allowed To Declassify Documents: 'Ridiculous'

More than a dozen former Trump administration officials had "standing orders" to declassify documents he brought into theWhite Houseresidence denied the former president's allegations. Oval Office.

Donald Trump and his supporters have accused the former president of harassment when the FBI removed classified documents from the Oval Office days after they searched for his identity. It claims to have a standing order providing for automatic declassification. Florida residence for top secret materials.

However, 18 Trump White House officials told CNN they had never heard of such an order and said the allegations were false..

While laughing at Mr. Trump's allegations, his aide called the concept of the standing order "ridiculous," "complete fiction," "ridiculous," "ridiculous." There is,” “Hilarious,” and “Totally nonsense.”

One official called it "bullshit**", but many others disputed the claim.

Former Vice President Mike Pence's Homeland Security Advisor, Olivia Troy, described the idea of ​​blanket declassification as "absurd".

She said, "There will be paper trails that this overarching authority is true. In my two and a half years in national security at the White House, I have never seen this discussed.

John Kerry, who served as President Trump's chief of staff from 2017 to 2019, told the network:

"And I can't imagine anyone working in the White House after me who simply shrugged and allowed that order to go ahead without dying in a ditch trying to stop it." }

His successor, Mick Mulvaney, who assumed the role of Acting White House Chief of Staff, said he "didn't know about the general order."

"It's absolutely ridiculous," said another senior White House official.

"If that is true, where are the purchase orders with his signature on them?

The channel would have been made known to thepeople involved in the declassification process, former national security and intelligence officials, "Official after official mocked" the allegation, he said when he spoke with people who worked with White House lawyers.

Mr Trump has used, among several other excuses, the claim that he had a "permanent order" that often defied previous accounts.

Statements that he had a standing order suggest that the FBI may have planted evidence in Mar-a-Lago during theinvestigation. Contrary to his baseless allegations.

The President has the power to classify documents. However, a formal process must be followed. It remains unclear whether the former president followed that process.