GOP Senators: Telepathic Declassification Isn’t A Thing

CNN reports:

Several GOP senators raised new concerns about former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, rejecting his claim that he could simply declassify the secret records by “thinking about it.” In interviews with CNN, the senators broke from Trump’s claim that everything was handled appropriately, diverging from many in the party who have sidestepped questions about the matter or have vigorously defended the former President.

Sen. Mike Rounds, a South Dakota Republican who sits on the Armed Services Committee, called the handling of classified documents a “very serious” issue. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and top Trump ally, also dismissed the former President’s claims. “The process is probably more complicated than that,” he said of Trump’s claim that he could declassify anything by thinking about it.

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