Trump admits he didn't declassify any of the documents..

Abiding by the laws of the USA and the duties of the office of President is what the man swore to do.

Only Trumpturd munching sycophants would claim that the President doesn't need to do the things he got up in front of hundreds of people at his inauguration and swore to do.

Maybe I was wrong about MAGAtards possibly hurting themselves due to these revelations. I think many of them are too stupid to actually understand what's going on. And the cleverer ones choose to be that stupid by the sound of it.

@ray..................You are as unaware as Trump is. Sad really.

Correct. He can declassify or even re-classify just by his actions.

People are utterly clueless as to just how much power the President of the United States holds. It may well be too much power for any one person, but that can only be changed through a constitutional amendment.

So is there a law that makes the president exempt from the declassification requirements that everyone else has to follow? There is not. Even though the president can declassify certain information, there are still rules.

Trump made up the "I declassified them" lie a few weeks ago. Not only is there no record of any such thing before that, Trump never asserted that in any of his interactions with NARA, the FBI or, now, with the courts. Presidents change; the executive branch goes on. If the executive branch--the sitting executive branch--says documents are classified, that's the final word on the subject.

according to this EO, the President can declassify anything.

Executive Order 13526- Classified National Security Information
This order prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information, including information relating to defense against transnational terrorism. Our democratic principles require that the American people be informed of the activities of their Government. Also, our Nation's progress depends on the free flow of information both within the Government and to the American people. Nevertheless, throughout our history, the national defense has required that certain information be maintained in confidence in order to protect our citizens, our democratic institutions, our homeland security, and our interactions with foreign nations. Protecting information critical to our Nation's security and demonstrating our commitment to open Government through accurate and accountable application of classification standards and routine, secure, and effective declassification are equally important priorities.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

I wonder why he didn't just think all the area 51 material declassified. He promised he was going to declassify them but something must have got in the way of his ability to just think that they were declassified. Otherwise we'd be sitting here looking at E.T.'s autopsy report right now.