Trump’s Lawyers Advance Broad View of Presidential Powers

“A newly unsealed FBI document about the investigation at Mar-a-Lago not only offers new details about the probe but also reveals clues about the arguments former President Donald Trump’s legal team intends to make,” the AP reports.

“A May 25 letter from one of his lawyers, attached as an exhibit to the search affidavit, advances a broad view of presidential power, asserting that the commander-in-chief has absolute authority to declassify whatever he wants — and also that the ‘primary’ law governing the handling of U.S. classified information simply doesn’t apply to the president himself.”