Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents" in English language version.
Only Trump's staunch ally and former Pentagon official Kash Patel has publicly backed Trump's claim that he had issued a 'standing order' to declassify anything removed from the White House.
Some of the exhibits revealed, for instance, that the F.B.I. used the code name 'Plasmic Echo' for its initial investigation of the classified documents that Mr. Trump took to Mar-a-Lago.
Some aides recalled that staff secretary Derek Lyons attempted to maintain a semblance of order in the West Wing despite the election uncertainty. But he departed the administration in late December, leaving the task of preserving the needed records for the National Archives to others. The two men atop the office hierarchy – then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump – took little interest in it, aides and advisers recalled. Meanwhile, responsibility for overseeing the pack up of the outer Oval and dining room, an area where Trump liked to work when not in the Oval Office, was left to Trump's assistants, Molly Michael and Nick Luna, according to multiple former aides.
... the comments by Trump show he was well aware that the 27 letters exchanged between himself and Kim were classified ... Woodward also said he observed no classified markings on any of the letters he was given, though U.S. officials have indicated that they were classified documents.
Some of the exhibits revealed, for instance, that the F.B.I. used the code name 'Plasmic Echo' for its initial investigation of the classified documents that Mr. Trump took to Mar-a-Lago.
... the comments by Trump show he was well aware that the 27 letters exchanged between himself and Kim were classified ... Woodward also said he observed no classified markings on any of the letters he was given, though U.S. officials have indicated that they were classified documents.
Some aides recalled that staff secretary Derek Lyons attempted to maintain a semblance of order in the West Wing despite the election uncertainty. But he departed the administration in late December, leaving the task of preserving the needed records for the National Archives to others. The two men atop the office hierarchy – then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump – took little interest in it, aides and advisers recalled. Meanwhile, responsibility for overseeing the pack up of the outer Oval and dining room, an area where Trump liked to work when not in the Oval Office, was left to Trump's assistants, Molly Michael and Nick Luna, according to multiple former aides.
Only Trump's staunch ally and former Pentagon official Kash Patel has publicly backed Trump's claim that he had issued a 'standing order' to declassify anything removed from the White House.
... the comments by Trump show he was well aware that the 27 letters exchanged between himself and Kim were classified ... Woodward also said he observed no classified markings on any of the letters he was given, though U.S. officials have indicated that they were classified documents.
