Trump told Fox News last week that while he didn't want to interfere with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, he may have no choice but to declassify.
"That's why the sooner the president declassifies the better," he said, with an eye toward the November midterm elections that-if Democrats win-would likely place Trump nemesis Rep. Adam Schiff as chairman of the committee.
Trump uses the platform to attack "Elite" media narratives and reveal to his supporters how a "Deep state" operation is directed not only against him but also the people who elected him.
"Enough has emerged of late to give many Americans-certainly most Republicans and a lot of independents-considerable doubts about the legality of what's been done to Trump, from the election to the appointment of the special counsel," former DOJ official David Rivkin told RCI. "Trump is being smart. The more they 'resist,' the more they look like the bad guys."
One prominent theory holds that Trump is listening to White House legal counsel Donald McGahn, who is reportedly advising caution.
Trump heeded the White House lawyer's advice when McGahn threatened to resign last summer if the president ordered him to fire the special counsel for conflicts of interest.
The president seems to have been left on the defensive for now, with impetus to seize the initiative, by the recent guilty verdicts against former Trump campaign adviser Paul Manafort; the plea bargain struck by Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen; and immunity deals for high-level Trump figures.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/09/13/president-trump-keeping-classified-doj-docs-back-pocket/
"That's why the sooner the president declassifies the better," he said, with an eye toward the November midterm elections that-if Democrats win-would likely place Trump nemesis Rep. Adam Schiff as chairman of the committee.
Trump uses the platform to attack "Elite" media narratives and reveal to his supporters how a "Deep state" operation is directed not only against him but also the people who elected him.
"Enough has emerged of late to give many Americans-certainly most Republicans and a lot of independents-considerable doubts about the legality of what's been done to Trump, from the election to the appointment of the special counsel," former DOJ official David Rivkin told RCI. "Trump is being smart. The more they 'resist,' the more they look like the bad guys."
One prominent theory holds that Trump is listening to White House legal counsel Donald McGahn, who is reportedly advising caution.
Trump heeded the White House lawyer's advice when McGahn threatened to resign last summer if the president ordered him to fire the special counsel for conflicts of interest.
The president seems to have been left on the defensive for now, with impetus to seize the initiative, by the recent guilty verdicts against former Trump campaign adviser Paul Manafort; the plea bargain struck by Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen; and immunity deals for high-level Trump figures.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/09/13/president-trump-keeping-classified-doj-docs-back-pocket/
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