BMX Bandit said:
here is what you said:
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If the 31 documents in the indictment are marked classified and don't have declassification markings on them, it won't be hard to prove they're classified, as that's some literal "prima facie" evidence that they're classified.
so, again, which of the 31 document in the indictment is being discussed by Trump on this tape?
the entire discussion I was having was how it will be difficult to prove the documents talked about by Trump are classified. You jumped in with the above comment, so explain how that pertains to the documents being discussed.
I'm mostly saying its a much-a-do about nothing. As you believe and I believe the same, the audiotape is probably there for general purposes, most likely to cut against the generalized "I declassified everything" claim, and not because they need it to specifically prove any of the 31 documents included in the indictment are specifically classified. If they're marked classified, not marked declassified, that's really strong evidence and they don't need to cobble together something about the audiotape.
I will add, however, that if document referenced in the audiotape is one of the 31 in the indictment, and they actually don't have it, a tape of the defendant saying it "came from the military", "it is classified", and "it is a secret" is still significant evidence that the document was classified/secret. The defense would essentially have to tell the jury "the defendant is full of *****"
