(CNN) Former Attorney General William Barr appeared on Fox News on Friday to say there is no "legitimate reason" for classified documents to have been at Mar-a-Lago and cast doubt in the idea that they had somehow been declassified.
"No. I can't think of a legitimate reason why they should have been -- could be taken out of government, away from the government if they are classified," Barr said of the documents found at former President Donald Trump's Florida resort.
"I, frankly, am skeptical of the claim that [Trump] declassified everything," Barr added.
"Because frankly, I think it's highly improbable, and second, if in fact he sort of stood over scores of boxes , not really knowing what was in them and said 'I hereby declassify everything in here,' that would be such an abuse and that shows such recklessness, it's almost worse than taking the documents," he said.
Barr also rejected criticism that the FBI search was in the wrong because it was "unprecedented."
Gro-A-Pear on September 2nd, 2022 at 18:53 UTC »
When Republicans admit Trump broke the law, the Republican base will simply insist that the speaker was never a Republican to begin with. The “No True Scotsman” defense is one of their faves
greenbluetomorrow on September 2nd, 2022 at 18:50 UTC »
LOL it's terrible, but that's a hilarious image
lestermagneto on September 2nd, 2022 at 18:49 UTC »
Yeah, just watched that. It was great.
Nothing like seeing the Fox anchors squirm before cutting away to more coverage of Biden's Border and his son's hard drive coverup.
Trumps OWN DOJ thinks Merrick Garlands DOJ is doing the right thing here.