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Trump authorizes DOJ to declassify Russia probe documents

[Politco 19 Jan 2020] President Donald Trump on Tuesday authorized the declassification of a set of documents connected to the investigation of his 2016 campaign’s contacts with Russia.

Trump has long declared his intention to make public more of the sensitive materials underlying the probe, which he has maligned as a "witch hunt," despite findings that his campaign sought and relied upon materials obtained by Russia to aid his campaign against Hillary Clinton.

Trump has spent his final weeks in office seeking to erase any vestiges of the investigation, pardoning key figures such as George Papadopoulos, the 2016 campaign aide whose interactions with a Russia-linked professor helped ignite the probe, known as Crossfire Hurricane.

It’s unclear which documents Trump has ordered declassified less than 24 hours before he leaves office. He cited the decision as based on the results of a Dec. 30 review he asked the Justice Department to perform. The department presented him with a "binder of materials" that remain classified, he said in a memorandum issued on Tuesday. Trump said he then asked for the documents to be declassified to "the maximum extent possible."

The FBI responded that it believed that all of the materials should remain classified, but that some were particularly crucial and should at least be redacted.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-01-24 05:08|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Going to take 10 years of FOIA suits in court before DOJ gets around to it if at all.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-01-24 06:39|| 2021-01-24 06:39|| Front Page Top

Any bets on what may eventually be released ?

Posted by Besoeker 2021-01-24 06:45|| 2021-01-24 06:45|| Front Page Top

#3 No line at Vegas on that one.

Posted by Clem 2021-01-24 08:13|| 2021-01-24 08:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank the Lord, Rantburg is back. Hopefully Fred is recovering. As to the authorization I'm sure it is going to be unauthorized by a stroke of the pen. Case closed. I guess I am with TW too.

Posted by illeagleIll 2021-01-24 08:47|| 2021-01-24 08:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Hear, hear, #4 sick-bird. ;-)

Posted by Barbara 2021-01-24 09:55|| 2021-01-24 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll never understand why Trump waited so long to do this, and then in such a half-assed way. All of these documents should have been dumped onto the interwebs long, long ago. Screw the red tape.

Posted by PBMcL 2021-01-24 10:20|| 2021-01-24 10:20|| Front Page Top

#7 There are a few things Trump did that baffle (hiring Bolton, Barr, Wray, et al.). Nothing happened to Hillary despite her in-your-face violations of court orders. We can go on and on.

Did the Deep State get to him or his family?

Posted by Clem 2021-01-24 12:05|| 2021-01-24 12:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe he was just 'playing nice'. Not RINO nice, but as nice as he could.

Lord knows the demon-media would have roasted him alive were he any nastier.

Posted by Bobby 2021-01-24 12:33|| 2021-01-24 12:33|| Front Page Top

#9 It pleases me that rantburg is back but puzzles me as to why it went missing. Couldnt rantburg rent its own server?

Posted by irish rage boy 2021-01-24 13:07|| 2021-01-24 13:07|| Front Page Top

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