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2023-05-18 16:07:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 452FD8A94C19A2D3D9438D1ABAC3BFDD9C93336DF9F941118B9563E66C0BC489
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By conflating “protocols” (procedures) with law, the tweet implies possible legal jeopardy for Trump. According to Politifact: “The president is not obliged to follow any procedures other than those that he himself has prescribed. And he can change those." https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/16/james-risch/does-president-have-ability-declassify-anything-an/
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